- 29 December 2020
Indo-Lanka fishermen talks proposed to ease tension across Palk straits
Amidst apparent lack of will and indifference by Sri Lankan and Indian governments in resolving the decades old fishing dispute in the narrow stretch of sea between the two nations, fisher..............
- 18 December 2020
Sri Lankan Muslims home and away, protest denial of burial rights in motherland
It is not even RIP for the Muslims in Sri Lanka. And, the unscientific stand of the government has put the Sri Lankan Muslims in a limbo who are caught between an unrelenting regime and......
- 26 November 2020
Sri Lanka police questioned on ‘confessions’ of terror suspects
The police chief in Sri Lanka had been questioned about forcing confessions from terror suspects that would be used against them in legal proceedings. In a letter to Police Chief Chandana Wickremaratne..........
- 03 November 2020
State sponsored illegal felling of Teak under the guise of ‘reforestation’
In the scenically beautiful Mullaitivu district, locals and environment activists have witnessed illegal plundering and felling of Teak tress are rampant with apparent state patronage under the............
- 30 November 2020
November 26: Forbidden grief and a story of resistance
Peter Ilanchelian was getting ready to pay his respects to his younger brother who was killed among thousands eleven years ago. He hoisted four flags displaying the red and yellow colours of the Tamil nation on the dull.......
- 19 November 2020
Mounting harassment of journalists poses threat to media freedom in eastern Sri Lanka
Journalists in Sri Lanka’s ethnically diverse eastern province, reporting racial tensions intensified by acts of politicians, are finding it increasingly difficult to carry on with their duties due to ongoing...........
- 24 September 2020
Sri Lanka: 20 A “contrary to the rule of law and principals of separation of powers”
Judges, lawyers, and journalists’ associations of the commonwealth have expressed their deep concern about the impact of a proposed amendment to Sri Lanka’s constitution would have on the independence....
