- 07 July 2021
X-Press Pearl disaster: Indian fisherman alarmed over marine pollution
Fishermen along the South Indian coast have expressed fears after the deadly toxic leak from the vessel MV X-press pearl which sank off the coast of Colombo last month. Returning to the seas, after the seasonal fishing ban, fishermen from........
- 01 July 2020
International outcry against Sri Lanka threatening Yasmin Sooka
More than 150 individuals including two former UN human rights high commissioners and 50 organisations from around the world have demanded Sri Lanka stop threatening internationally renown human rights lawyer Yasmin Sooka................
- 11 August 2018
Indian activist released by court and arrested by police fears for life
A prominent anti-Hindutva activist who campaigns for corporate accountability expressed fear for his life while being arrested by police for the second time within 48 hours. Tamilnadu police moved on the May 17 Movement Leader.............
- 16 February 2018
Is Oxford University becoming complicit in Suu Kyi's Genocide?
When a reality goes off the chart of what is thinkable, fiction is no match. That Oxford University’s most iconic graduate alive Aung San Suu Kyi may find herself at the International Criminal Court for her “complicity of silence in crimes against........
- 29 May 2019
Future Labour government to reexamine military assistance to Sri Lanka (VIDEO)
British military assistance to Sri Lanka will be reviewed under a future Labour government, says opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn. Speaking to JDS on the sidelines of an event in London marking 10 years since the massacre in Sri Lanka that..........
- 25 May 2018
Britain destroys files on military dealings with Sri Lanka
Britain’s Foreign Office destroyed almost 200 files on Sri Lanka from the start of the Tamil uprising when UK intelligence and special forces secretly advised the country's security forces, it has emerged. The destruction raises fresh concerns about the Foreign Office’s attitude.........
- 16 January 2018
Sri Lanka doesn’t need more American bear hugs
The U.S. and Sri Lanka held their second Partnership Dialogue in November. The first took place in Washington, D.C. in 2016. This one was held in Colombo. The meeting didn’t seem to feature any big surprises – which means that it was a...............
