- 18 May 2019
Sri Lanka: Army chief to retain military spy accused of murder and torture (VIDEO)
An army intelligence officer accused of deadly attacks against journalists, including the assassination of a senior editor, will not be removed said Sri Lanka’s army chief, despite heavy opposition from local and international....
- 02 April 2019
Sri Lanka: UN treaty invoked to imprison award winning writer
In an unprecedented move, police in Sri Lanka, made use of an international agreement to imprison a multiple award-winning Sinhala writer for publishing a work of fiction on social media. Shakthika Sathkumara....
- 12 February 2019
Army threatens journalist covering protest against water theft (VIDEO)
Army officers in the highly militarised north eastern Sri Lanka have threatened a journalist for covering local Tamils protesting the siphoning of water in a mass scale. Freelance journalist Selvaraja Sumanthan.....
- 16 September 2018
Female author slams Sri Lanka rights record at state awards festival
Sri Lanka's cultural minister and his officials were in for a rude awakening when the recipient of a state literary award turned her acceptance speech into a scathing attack against the government's human.......
- 20 February 2019
Sri Lanka police officer assaults Tamil journalist in Jaffna
A Tamil journalist has been admitted to hospital after he was assaulted by a senior police officer on Tuesday (19) in Jaffna. Journalist Kugarajah Nadarajah of DAN TV said he was attacked by the acting Officer-in..........
- 24 October 2018
Sri Lanka terror police harass Tamil journalist for covering religious festival
An international media watchdog has urged the Sri Lanka government to stop harassing a Tamil journalist for covering a Hindu religious festival. The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) has interrogated Uthayarasa.....
- 23 June 2018
Britain dodges questions on Sri Lanka's request to punish journalist (UPDATE)
British authorities are silent on a damning news report about a top-level meeting with the Sri Lanka president on punitive action against an exiled journalist living in the UK. Colombo based Sunday Times had reported that President Maithripala........
