Sri Lanka: police conceal identity of policeman who pulled gun at Tamil MP

Police in northern Sri Lanka declined to disclose the identity of a policeman who apparently tried to shoot at a Tamil lawmaker in a public place. The plainclothes policeman lurking......

Sri Lanka: Tamils brave military intimidation to observe ‘Maaveerar Naal’

Come November, the Sri Lankan Military establishment and Police go into extra oppressive mode and all out to ensure that Tamils are intimidated and their right to remember their kith and kin is...........

JDS calls for tough international action against Sri Lanka government

In a report to the UN detailing continuing government crackdown on dissenters, JDS has called upon UN member states to use universal jurisdiction and targeted sanctions against Sri Lanka’s........

Call to probe Aussie police over credibly accused Sri Lanka war criminal

Australia's Federal Police came under heavy questioning for its failure to act against a former Sri Lankan army commander over his alleged role in war crimes despite been provided with  evidence.....

Sri Lanka: 'De-radicalisation' returns in new garb as 'Rehabilitation'

One year after being forced to shelve a heavily condemned regulation targeting dissent, the Sri Lankan government has now devised a new plan to legalise its ongoing crackdown.......

Sri Lanka: A crisis, crackdown and caution

As Sri Lanka continues to reel under severe socio-economic and political crisis, the new president Ranil Wickremasinghe’s government has started to brutally crackdown on dissidents.....

Visiting UK minister gets wakeup call from Tamil mothers

Tamil mothers in Sri Lanka’s north and east have chided a visiting British minister for ignoring the victims of war in an apparent bid to improve bilateral trade with the debt-ridden....

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