- 20 July 2017
Activists foil white van ‘arrest’ bid in Sri Lanka’s capital
Trade union and student activists in Sri Lanka have been able to actively thwart the unlawful arrest of a student leader in the country’s capital Colombo on Thursday (20). A group in civilian clothing who arrived in a white.......
- 07 July 2017
Buddhist monks force Sri Lanka president to roll back reforms
Faced with mounting opposition from majoritarian Sinhala Buddhist monks and his own party, the president of Sri Lanka has backed off from adopting constitutional reforms that includes sharing power with Tamils.............
- 06 June 2017
International petition to stop police terrorising Tami Jesuit priest
An international campaign has been launched to urge Sri Lanka government stop police harassment of a Jesuit priest for helping Tamil families memorialize their loved ones lost during the......
- 20 May 2017
Tamils commemorate war dead amid surveillance, restrictions
Despite intense military surveillance and severe restrictions by the government authorities, the Tamils in Sri Lanka's north Thursday commemorated their loved ones who were massacred in thousands during the final months of............
- 06 July 2017
Sri Lanka's Buddhist hierarchy to serve edict on president against reforms
In an unprecedented move the topmost Buddhist leadership in Sri Lanka joined forces to vehemently oppose reforms aimed at delivering concession for the island's numerical minorities. Leading monks representing the country's..........
- 25 May 2017
Sri Lanka: Attacks on Muslims escalate following UN, EU concessions
Unabated violence against minority Muslims in Sri Lanka’s predominantly Sinhala Buddhists localities is alarmingly on the rise in the wake of international bodies relaxing trade and political restrictions placed on the government.........
- 08 May 2017
True to form, Sri Lanka ditches international pledges on anti-terrorism laws
Within days after successfully hoodwinking the international community, especially its European allies, in regaining the GSP+ trade concessions, Sri Lanka has got unanimous cabinet approval last week to repeal and replace the..............
