In the series of photographs shot in 2009, the bare-chested boy is first shown seated on a bench watching something outside the frame. Then he is seen having a snack. In the third image he is lying on the ground with bullet holes in his chest. The photographs, which were released last week by the British broadcaster Channel 4, appear to document the final moments in the life of 12-year-old Balachandran Prabhakaran, the youngest son of the slain founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Velupillai Prabhakaran.

“Tomorrow 65 Tamil refugees will be deported from the UK back to Sri Lanka. This is despite a report published yesterday which showed that Tamils who are forcibly returned are often raped – and that we know this happened in two cases from the UK” says the Sri Lanka Campaign.
They urged people to sign the petition below which is created by an anonymous anti-deportation campaigner

In 24 hours, a flight will take nearly 65 people into a potential torture chamber in Sri Lanka. A few have managed to get thei

A federal Liberal backbencher has accused his own party of vilifying asylum seekers.

Victorian MP Russell Broadbent made the comments after a colleague, Immigration spokesman Scott Morrison, called for behaviour protocols for those released into the community.

Mr Morrison says police should be notified of where asylum-seekers are living in the community, and there should be strict guidelines for the behaviour of those on bridging visas

With the defeat of the LTTE, the government has lost the scapegoat it needs to win another election. It has therefore made the Muslim community of Sri Lanka as the next scapegoat. This strategy would allow the government to recoup its fragile Sinhalese-Buddhist vote base, the United National Party (UNP) alleged yesterday.


Addressing the media in Colombo, UNP Western Provincial Council member, Mujibur Rahman said, "It is increasingly obvious that political agendas are fuelling ethnic clashes between the Sinhalese a

“Saare, Nasiraannu.” (Sir, this is Nasir). I first heard the voice announcing him over the phone a fortnight after I moved to Colombo as The Hindu’s Correspondent in December 2010. Over the next two years and two months, I would hear this voice often, sometimes in excited whispers, and, at other times, in anxious half-sentence wails.

Nasir was one of the 31 Indian nationals serving a term in Colombo’s Welikada prison. Almost everyone in the group had similar stories — lured by the chance to make

Complaints ranging from fraud, bribery and blackmail, to corruption and malpractice in the workplace are made to the 'Shelter for Integrity,' Transparency International Sri Lanka's (TISL) advocacy and legal advice centre, regularly.

The centre has received over few months. While many of them are currently being pursued, more than 40% of them have been successfully resolved.

The high court in London blocks the deportation of a group of failed Tamil asylum seekers who were due to be sent back to Sri Lanka on Thursday despite torture concerns.

The high court decision was described as "unprecedented and precedent-setting" by a legal source.

The group of failed Tamil asylum seekers was due to be sent back to Sri Lanka on Thursday, on a flight leaving the UK at around 4pm, but now they will be able to remain in the UK while their situations are considered further.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa advised Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena to take measures to devise a methodology to check on physical fitness and the health condition of students participating in sports events. The President made the directive following the recent incidents of deaths of schoolchildren while taking part in athletic events, especially marathons. President Rajapaksa also advised the Education Minister to obtain the assistance of several other ministries related to sports and health.

Accordingly, the S

The JVP affiliated All Ceylon Government Ayurvedic Medical Officers Union (ACGAMOU) yesterday faulted the government and the police for their apparent negligence and slow paced inquiry into the acid attack on North-Central Province (NCP) Ayurvedic Commissioner Dr. Lokuliyanage Chandrakumara Alwis, who suffered severe burn injuries to his face and eyes last Friday (Feb. 22).

Addressing the media at an office in Borella, president of the ACGAMOU, Dr. K. P. R. S. Gunaratne, a batch mate of the victim, claimed that it would have

THe Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) yesterday strongly recommended that the government desists from accepting responsibility to certify products as halal, as was suggested by the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU).

Addressing the media in Colombo, BBS General Secretary Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thero said, "The ACJU has very cunningly tried to pass the halal certification off on the government. They mustn't accept this suggestion. The ACJU must step back, not just a few feet but several kilometres."