Several wickedly problematic tragi-comedies are playing on Sri Lanka’s political stage right now, none of which are to the benefit of the country.
Why was...
A recent interview with President Sirisena, conducted with the BBC’s Azzam Ameen, is recommended viewing for those who want to assess contemporary politics and...
UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon wants international participation in the judicial mechanism when investigating the war in Sri Lanka.
Ban ki-moon’s spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said that the Secretary‑General...
When journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda went missing, police told wife Sandhya ‘getting abducted was fashionable’ and he would soon return. More than 90 court appearances...
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday, in Parliament, lashed out at the media, accusing them of promoting racism.
"You don’t talk big because your hands are...
( Military base in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka)
Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya yesterday ordered the CID to launch a probe into the discovery of skeletal...
The Sri Lankan government on Thursday reiterated that a domestic probe into alleged war crimes committed in the island nation will meet international standards.
Government...
According to information revealed in investigations carried out the CID suspect that journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda had been murdered in Akkaraipattu jungles or in the...
( Vanni, the war zone April 2009)
The resolution co-sponsored by our government at the United Nations Human Rights Council is a mutual agreement entered...
( Key eye witness Sumith Prasanna's wife)
A Sri Lankan court today ordered the immediate arrest of officers and constables involved in the storming of...
He’s back.
After a year in the shadows, Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, the controversial monk who leads the radical Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena, is front...
President Sirirsena's negative foreign participation in the accountability process has been condemned by a statement drafted by Northern civil society and endorsed by number...
'Speculation' is rife that Lieutenant Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be summoned before a military court in connection...
One year after the democratic changes our country witnessed, which also rekindled efforts towards reconciliation, the Friday Forum welcomes the process initiated on 9...
( Press release/ Amnesty International)
Ten years ago, Tamil journalist Subramaniyam Sugitharajah, took photos of the bodies of five Tamil students who were murdered by...
Now it has come to light that police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara lied to public to cover police brutality in Embilipitiya murder case.
Police has allegedly...
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Missing Persons’ Commission headed by retired Justice Maxwell Paranagama, has requested the government to extend its term by a year...
( Justice for Prageeth Eknaligoda has been one of the strongest human rights campaign in Sri Lanka)
Press release, Free Media Movement - Sri Lanka.
The...
Pandemonium reigned at the Homagama Magistrate's Court premises with three Buddhist monks threatening to self-immolate in protest against the arrest of Bodu Bala Sena...
Colombo Additional Magistrate Mrs. Rajindra Jayasuriya has reprimanded the youth who encouraged fellow citizens to honk vehicle horns in protest of stopping vehicles in...
Proponents of militarisation claim the Sri Lanka military is more efficient, competent & uses public resources more prudently than SL public service. Findings of...
