- 20 January 2020
Sri Lanka to legalise impunity for intelligence officials
The new government of Sri Lanka has approved plans to design laws aimed at granting immunity to members of its intelligence services who have been accused of grave human rights violations......
- 13 January 2020
Sri Lanka's new government “unleashing a chilling process of repression”
Credible Information gathered by the International Truth and Justice Project – Sri Lanka (ITJP) and JDS reveals how the new government of Sri Lanka under a majority Sinhala hardliner has............
- 19 November 2019
New Sri Lanka president declares pro Sinhala Buddhist policy
Sri Lanka’s newly elected executive president made it clear that his priority will be to serve the Sinhala Buddhist majority who were key to his victory. Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the election with the massive backing of the.....
- 15 August 2019
Top military ranks to Sri Lanka ex commanders “illegal and undemocratic”
Questions have been raised as to the legality of SL President’s decision to award military honours to to two wartime commanders including a suspect in a criminal case regarding the enforced......
- 05 January 2020
Trade unions bid farewell to veteran unionist Poliyer Gunawardena
The final rites are due today (05) of veteran trade union leader Poliyer Gunawardena who passed away on Thursday (2) after providing a militant leadership for over three decades to education.....
- 24 September 2019
Sri Lanka: Buddhist mob violate court order with police backing
A Buddhist mob defied court by cremating the body of a Buddhist monk in an open field next to a Hindu place of worship in the north of Sri Lanka with the help of police. A Buddhist mob defied.....
- 02 August 2019
Swiss legal debacle “triggered Sri Lanka's latest terrorists list”
Sri Lanka's most recent decision to declare a prominent international rights activist as a 'terrorist' may have been triggered by a landmark decision in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court, last year...........
