Four years after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, Hindu temples are being destroyed in the North, Muslim retail stores are being attacked in the South and Sinhala Buddhist extremism has become organized into its own brand. In other words, ethnic-religious tension within the nation is still very much alive. The Round Table conference convened in 1984 by J. R. Jayewardene, the All Party Conference convened by President Premadasa in August 1989 and the draft constitution titled ‘The Government’s Proposal for Constitutional R

A Sri Lankan visa applicant was arrested yesterday for using false documentation and a fake identity to apply for a UK visa, the British High Commission in Colombo said.

 

The suspect was referred by UK Visas and Immigration to the Fraud Investigations Bureau of the police. The visa applicant was applying to visit the UK. Investigations have revealed the applicant had made four previous attempts to get a visa under a different identity and has then applied using a different name and birth details, under which h

The Rajapaksa government is good at throwing bones to the international community, but not at taking serious measures to find and punish those responsible for serious abuses. If the families of 17 aid workers can’t get justice for their loss, it’s hard to be hopeful for anyone else.
James Ross, legal and policy director

(New York) – The Sri Lankan government has made no real progress in holding accountable those responsible for the execution style slaying of 17 aid workers seven years ago despite renewed

British government is deeply concerned with Sri Lanka’s human rights violations and they are constantly observing the situation, British Foreign Secretary Alistare Burd said.
They would be voiced against human rights violations in Sri Lana, he said.
British government have studied and aware Sri Lankan Tamils problems, which needs to be addressed without a delay, he added.

When you announce that you are going to apply for media accreditation for a routine international political event like the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) you don’t normally expect a rash of death threats – or to find a senior diplomat from the host country threatening on twitter that he will “make sure you don’t get a visa”.

But this year’s CHOGM is no ordinary event.  It is being held in Sri Lanka – whose government is accused of some of the wors

Head of Sri Lanka's Socialist Youth Union , JVP trade union Bimal Ratnayake says that presidential commissions have failed to take action against wrongdoers in the past and therefore such commissions lack faith among people.

He observed that presidential commissions have never taken action against any wrongdoer but protect murderers and offenders.

The United States has said it was concerned about the allegations of horrendous atrocities including killings and rapes in the vicinity of a Deraniyagala Tea Estate managed by a US company and urged that a thorough investigation be carried out and the miscreants prosecuted.

“The US Embassy remains concerned about the incidents and we urge a swift and thorough investigation and prosecution,” US Embassy Information Officer Juliana A. Spaven said while referring to the crimes alleged to have taken place in Noori and B

Lankas support to womens leadershipSri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States Jaliya Wickramasuriya recently underscored the remarkable progress that Sri Lanka has achieved in terms of gender equality before an audience of international women leaders. 

“Sri Lanka is one of the oldest democracies in Asia with over 2,500 years of written history and a rich heritage. Sri Lankan women have enjoyed the universal suffrage since its introduction at home in 1931.  We are very proud that Sri Lanka produced the wo

“Is there no woman here? …Is there no man in this land? Is there no honest man or only the sort of man who nourishes and protects the sons of his own blood? Is there no god in this country? Is there no god in this country where the sword of the king is used for the murder of innocent strangers?” – Kannahi’s lament outside the Madurai court from the 3rd Century Tamil epic, Silapathikaram as referenced by Dr. Vasuki Nesiah, delivering the 14th Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture.

An awful lot of effort is being put into bringing the killers of Khuram Shaikh to trial. The British aid worker died in Tangalle in December 2011, having been set upon by a group of men at a party in the hotel in which he was staying. His girlfriend was raped.

Of course the people who did it should be punished. His brother is doing what is both right and natural in using every opportunity to press the Government to move ahead with the investigation. And his MP, Simon Danczuk, should be congratulated for taking his job as a rep