- 23 June 2012
Navy forcibly evicts resettled villagers in Pesalai overnight
The Sri Lankan Navy on Friday (22) forcibly evicted overnight at least 15 families, who were resettled just two week ago in their native places at Vetriman Housing Scheme, a fishing village located between Pesalai and Thalaimannar...
- 22 June 2012
'Stop rejecting asylum requests by journalists' - RSF
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is urging western governments not to turn away media workers who flee repressive countries including Sri Lanka. On the eve of World Refugee Day, while alerting UN High Commissioner for Refugees...
- 18 June 2012
'Unashamed' Sri Lanka military occupying schools in north
The United Nations that removed Sri Lanka from its 'List of Shame' on children in countries of armed conflict has reported on the island's military occupying fifteen schools in the Tamil dominated north of the country. The UN has named...
- 18 June 2012
Relatives fear removal of Tamil prisoners to ‘torture dens’
Parents and family members of Tamil political prisoners in Sri Lanka are calling upon international human rights organisations to stop their loved ones being forcibly removed to a detention centre infamous as ‘torture dens’.
