- 15 May 2018
Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons urged to probe star generals
Sri Lanka has been urged to probe two of its highly decorated commanders for the inaugaration of the much delayed Office of the Missing Persons (OMP). The OMP that plans to “address the...........
- 09 May 2018
Tamils forced to wait half a day to lodge complaint on sexual abuse
Police in northern Sri Lanka failed to act on allegations of sexual harassment and racial hatred by a government officer, forcing two Tamils to spend almost half a day, without being able to lodge a.........
- 23 April 2018
Report highlights UN failure in screening Sri Lankans for peacekeeping
The United Nations has come under criticism for allowing troops including a frontline commando from an elite police unit in Sri Lanka, alleged to have been involved in serious human rights violations, to be deployed............
- 28 March 2018
“Bogus!” Sri Lanka back to rejecting credible evidence of wartime crimes
A top Sri Lanka presidential aide has flatly denied evidence showing disappeared Tamil children in a photograph with President Maithripala Sirisena, reiterating the former government’s stubborn..............
- 26 April 2018
David and Goliath: Battle against Iranaitheevu Naval land robbery
Iranaitheevu, a combination of two small islands located 22 kilometers from the Nachchikuda beach, had been populated for about four decades. The Northern Island – Iranaitheevu and its Southern Island – Hoom were.........
- 06 April 2018
SL Human Rights Commission slams Army for violating agreement on peacekeeping
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has complained that troops were deployed to Lebanon without their clearance, in violation of an agreement reached in 2016 that would see..........
- 20 March 2018
Video: British trained elite police brutality against Muslim clerics during riots
Damning evidence proving the brutality of Sri Lanka’s British trained elite police commandos against Muslim religious leaders have surfaced a day before the UN human rights body debates the...........
