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Sri Lanka`s Missing

Where are they?

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - What happened to dozens of LTTE members who surrendered to the army together with Rev. Francis Joseph, a Catholic priest, south of the Vadduvaakal bridge on May 18 2009?

“Aananthi” (not her real name), the wife of one of the disappeared, told Human Rights Watch that she saw the army load the priest and the LTTE members on to a bus and drive them away.

Will Another Documentary on Sri Lanka`s Genocide Impact the Geneva Human Rights Session?

Sinhalese journalists recoil with sharp tongues, yet they also speak truth about war crimes...

(SALEM) - Those responsible for ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ will telecast another documentary in the first week of March to coincide with United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva.

UK based Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow, who had presented ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ is also involved in the second project.

NGOs call US to Establish Int`l Accountability Mechanism on Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council

NGOs Call on U.S. to Establish Independent International Accountability Mechanism on Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The United States has decided to press for action at the March session of the Human Rights Council on accountability for wartime abuses in Sri Lanka.

This issue has long been a high priority for us due to the massive scale of abuses committed in the final months of the war and the Sri Lankan government's resistance to any serious domestic inquiry.

Guantánamo Bay Camp - Is a Parallel Existing in Sri Lanka

It is almost three years since these men are being held in captivity, without any exposure or trial except for one Paapa being recruited as an intelligence spy.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is an extrajudicial detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, where suspected Islamic terrorists are held in detention indefinitely.

Guantanamo Bay Camp earned the international condemnation and very serious charges of human rights violations in the camp are still debated lively.

Pilgrims Ready to Set Sail for Shrine on Lankan Isle, Navy Steps Up Security

Security will be stepped up along the maritime boundary in view of the festival and fishing will be banned for two days.

(CHENNAI) - Nearly 10,000 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu will set sail to the Katchatheevu island on a two-day pilgrimage for the St Antony's Church festival for the third consecutive year on March 3 and 4.

India had given the island to Sri Lanka in 1974, but the pilgrimage was stopped between 1983 and 2010 because of the Sri Lankan wars.

Sri Lankan Army to Probe Allegations of War Crimes

Sentences handed down in a general court martial include the death penalty.

(COLOMBO) - The Sri Lankan Army on Wednesday appointed a court of inquiry to investigate allegations of war crimes that allegedly took place during the final stages of the conflict with Tamil rebels in May 2009.

SRI LANKA: On the Edge of the Knife

The real threat is now not the LTTE, which no longer exists on the ground, but the collapse of societal institutions in the country.

(COLOMBO) - There is always a fallacious belief that, “It would not be the same here; here such things are impossible”.

The morning of Valentine’s Day started with the unwholesome smell of the burnt carcass of a person.

Video Clarifies Ongoing Struggle of Sri Lankan Tamils

“A Lasting and Sustainable Peace with Dignity for the Tamil People is Nowhere in the Agenda.”
- Sunila Abeyasekera

(NEW DELHI) - Sunila Abeyasekera, the well-known human rights activist discusses with Newsclick the situation in Sri Lanka after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers.

She says achieving a lasting peace in Sri Lanka, involves backing the rights of the minorities -- human rights, linguistic rights, cultural rights -- need to be guaranteed and protected.

Don`t Let Sri Lanka`s Progress be a Wasted Opportunity

If you are technologically confident you can do this in any number of ways...

(LONDON) - The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice reminds us that there has been more confirmation that it looks like the international community will take a stand on Sri Lanka.

As we said before, this should be good news but we have to ensure that this opportunity isn't wasted/

Ban Disagrees With Pillay on Vetting

After Pillay Tells ICP of Concern on Silva as 'Senior Adviser,' Ban Disagrees With Her on Vetting.

(UNITED NATIONS) - For two weeks, UN has been telling Inner City Press the same story about appointing war crime suspects to important posts.

It's over the selection of Shavendra Silva, whose Division 58 is repeatedly named in connection with war crimes in Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Panel of Experts report on Sri Lanka, is entirely up to member states.