The Minister of Plantation Industries and the head of the Sri Lankan delegation in Geneva Mahinda Samarasinghe told 'Divaina' that 'our own organizations and groups who are operating on various political agendas have put us under more pressure than the international community.'

'Despite all our efforts to safeguard human rights as a government, such organisations and groups are constantly attempting to achieve narrow political gains by maliciously portraying Sri Lanka as a country where human rights are not

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is requesting the public to inform the government if they know any Sri Lankans who are secretly helping the Channel 4.

There is a growing suspicion whether some have deliberately turned their back to the motherland in exchange for various favors. A spokesman from the MoD told 'Divaina', that they are requesting the public to inform the government on any such individuals without any delay.

NfR, a network of Sri Lankan journalists and human rights defenders, expresses its strongest indignation to the Government of Sri Lanka for its dastardly act of blocking Tamil civilians travelling to Colombo to demand justice for the disappeared. Police has used their trucks to block the buses they were travelling with.

On 5th March 2013 the family members, who were travelling to Colombo to participate in a protest campaign and to hand over a petition to UN regarding their disappeared relatives, were blocked in Vavuniya by a j

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillai said on Monday that she remained concerned about the lack of 'meaningful progress on accountability and reconciliation.'

She made this statement while commending the Sri Lankan Government for the 'physical' reconciliation work in the North and resettlement of IDPs.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is reportedly considering allowing a discussion in the Lower House on Thursday on the Sri Lanka Tamils abuse issue under Rule 193, which does not entail voting.
Kumar's move is reportedly being made to assuage the feelings of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a key ally of the UPA, which protested inside and outside the House on Tuesday on the issue, wearing black shirts.

Expressing solidarity with agitating members, DMK representative in the Government, Minister of State for Finance S

Russia made no bones about its continued backing for Sri Lanka in Geneva when its Ambassador in Colombo at a recent ceremony announced that his country will in 'every possible and accessible ways and means' do what is necessary to garner support for the country to fight being unfairly treated at the UN Human Rights Council session.

At a colourful event organised to celebrate the 56th anniversary of Sri Lanka-Russia diplomatic relations, Ambassador Alexander Karchava emphasised that they supported Sri Lanka on the

As we have already said, the United Nations Human Rights Commission is just another weapon in the armoury of western Christian colonialism used against the countries and governments that do not follow the diktats of western countries. If Sri Lanka had not defeated the LTTE terrorists against the wishes of the western countries nothing would have happened in Geneva as far as Sri Lanka is concerned.

The government’s primary defence against the impending resolution at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been its 38-page report, titled ‘The Monitoring Report on National Action Plan (NAP) for the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission.’ The NAP report maintained that much of the LLRC recommendations have been implemented, in part or full. However, even before its ink dried up, the report was challenged by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pilla

Chief Justice Mohan Peiris says that Sri Lanka is capable of teaching the European Union and the United States about human rights.

The Chief Justice made this comment at an event held to declare open the newly constructed Court Complex in Bakamuna, Dambulla.

'If was after the second world war that the European Union, the United States of America and other countries spoke about human rights. They only realised about human rights after the war in the 1940s. What is our background? This country boasts of a history da

Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Dilan Perera says that the Government will mediate to sign contracts regarding foreign employment.

The Minister made this statement at a media briefing convened to educate the employment opportunities in the Seychelles Islands.

The event was held to present air tickets to graduate teachers who will take up employment in the state sector in Seychelles.