Two hundred and seventy eight political prisoners whose release the Tamil community has been agitating for several years will soon be granted their freedom...
US thinktank claims post-conflict harmony undermined by military occupation in north and east, combined with land grabs that have marginalised Tamil people.
Sri Lankan...
By Father Elil Rajendram.
Organising a religious service to commemorate 18 May 2009 was like experiencing a horror story, full of fear and suspense, with...
A Government official has been attacked for allowing to sing the National Anthem in Tamil at the Eastern University at Vantharumoolai in Batticaloa on...
(Wigneswaran in Mullivaikkal;Photo: Tamil Guardian/Twitter)
Northern Provincial Council Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran took part an event at Mullivaikkal this morning, to remember those who died...
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who hopes to romp back to power in the coming parliamentary elections on a Sinhalese-nationalist wave, will be...
( Suspected LTTE carers, who disappeared after detained in the battle field)
“Sri Lanka’s new government has promised genuine accountability for wartime abuses, but naming...
By Amantha Perera.
(Like many women, Kulasekran Kugamathi lost her husband during Sri Lanka's civil war; Photo: Amantha Perera/IRIN )
VAVUNIYA, 13 May 2015 (IRIN) -...
( LTTE Female fighters)
The Presidential Commission to inquire into and report on alleged abductions or disappearances notes that allegations of forced disappearances, abductions and...
By Amal Jayasinghe.
COLOMBO (AFP) - Two brothers of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse faced questioning by anti-corruption investigators on Thursday as the new...
Criticizing the Speaker for questioning the Chairman of the Bribery Commission about a pending inquiry, Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) condemned certain MPs for attempting...
All Ceylon Tamil Congress Leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam said, a federal arrangement that recognizes Tamils as a distinct nation would solve the ethnic problem within...
When the Sri Lankan President’s motorcade encounters a red light now on the streets of the capital, Colombo, it does something unthinkable just months...
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said a "political settlement" with the minority Tamil community is a prerequisite for a "stable and secure" country.
"If you want...
The national anthem was sung in Tamil in the presence of President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga...
After 362 days in detention without charge Jeyakumary Balendaran was today released on 200,000 LKR bail (just over £2,200 or $3,300)/. She will still...
A Special Presidential Task Force on Reconciliations chaired by Charlie Jayawardene has been established under the directives of President Maithripala Sirisena.
The Task Force comprises...
Inter-ministerial committee already appointed Committee to coordinate with ministries, relevant bodies.
The government is in the process of preparing a final list of missing persons...
The sensibility of the resolution passed by the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) requesting “the ongoing United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human...
by Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena and Venkatesh Nayak-
Introduction.
In giving necessary context to Sri Lanka’s draft Right to Information (RTI) law disseminated by the current Government in...
The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into Political Victimisation has suggested the establishment of a Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry to make recommendations to Parliament...
File photo: These arrested alleged LTTE militants by Sri Lanka military. Their whereabouts are still unknown.
In her report on Sri Lanka to the upcoming...
Image: the tasks encompassed within its mandate have already been performed by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC, 2011)
The recent appointment by President...
