Cluster bombs used in Sri Lanka's civil war, leaked photos suggest

A former employee of an international demining group has provided photographic evidence confirming that the banned cluster bombs were found inside the Sri Lankan government designated 'no fire zone' in the north of the island, reveals...............

Sinhala population in east boosted by 888% due to state aided colonization

State sponsored colonization in Sri Lanka’s Tamil speaking east has drastically changed the demography, an all-party US congress alliance was told by a leading main opposition Tamil lawmaker visiting..............

Children highly vulnerable in Sri Lanka flood and landslide disaster: UN

United Nations have warned that children displaced by the current flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka are highly vulnerable to abuse. In two reports released on 22 May, top UN bodies have called to provide....

Tamil Tiger defeat impossible 'without our friends in Washington' - FM Mangala

The foreign minister of Sri Lanka has confirmed that the support of United States of America was key to  defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a war that ended with the massacre of..........

US accused of turning a blind eye on Sri Lanka's 'back-pedalling'

The Obama administration failing to apply pressure on Sri Lanka to honour pledges made at the UN for a fair and international war crimes process has been described by a leading US based policy think tank as shocking. "At a time when...........

Events to commemorate Tamil war dead meet with military intimidation

Tamils attending events in north and east in memory of war dead have faced intimidation by the Sri Lankan military despite claims by the government that it does not obstruct any such commemoration. A Genocide Remembrance...........

Tamil Genocide remembered in North - East

Defying intimidation by Sri Lankan armed forces, the Tamils have launched a Genocide Remembrance Week in the country's war ravaged north and east while the government has announced a 'war heroes month' to to honour its armed forces. Northern Provincial Councillor MK Shivajiligam.................

left

Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka

  • JDS is the Sri Lankan partner organization of international media rights group, Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The launching of this website was made possible by the EU’s European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), of which Reporters Without Borders is a beneficiary.