• U.S. Congressman calls for international investigation

    Apr 30
    U.S Congressman Bill Johnson (R) from Ohio reiterated calls for an international investigation and accountability in Sri Lanka while meeting Tamil and Indian constituents, as he campaigned for re-election in November.

    Representative Johnson was welcomed with a flower garland from the host and lit the traditional oil lamp.
  • Eelam flag seen at Jaffna May Day Rally
    Video footage of Tuesday’s May Day rally in Jaffna, organised by the UNP and TNA, has shown a man waving the Tamil Eelam national flag whilst marching with the procession.

    The footage, which has been broadcast on state TV, shows an unknown man flourishing the Tamil Eelam flag as the procession marched through.
  • Rajapakse will fight foreign 'conspiracies'

    President Mahinda Rajapakse has said that he will not allow international ‘conspiracies’ under the guise of human rights to break Sri Lanka.

    Addressing a May Day rally Tuesday in Colombo, the Sri Lankan president said "the unity of working people is essential to rebuild this nation".

  • Prasanna set to flee permanently this week
    Major General Prasanna de Silva, Sri Lanka's military attache at the high commission in London, has been reported to be planning his permanent departure back to Sri Lanka this week, after growing calls to declare him a persona non grata.
  • UK ‘concerned’ about human rights in Sri Lanka

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has released its annual human rights report and has listed Sri Lanka as a country of concern, along with countries such as North Korea, Iran, Russia and Syria.

  • Anyone but the Indians

    Sri Lanka imports 90% of its oil from Iran, and with US-EU sanctions on Iran looming, needs to source oil elsewhere.

    But its sole refinery, at Sapugaskanda, needs upgrading if it is to refine oil from other countries.

  • Seventh anniversary of Sivaram’s assassination

    Seven years have passed since the Tamil journalist and editor of TamilNet was found assassinated in Colombo, inside a High Security Zone.

    No-one has yet been brought to justice for his murder, after a trial was postponed earlier this year.

  • Muslims appeal to President over Dambulla mosque

    The Dambulla dispute maybe resolved by intervention from the president, reports The Sunday Times.

  • Army collects information on 'ex-LTTE'

    The Sri Lankan army has been collecting information on young Tamil men and women who it claims are former LTTE cadres, reports Tamilwin.

    Upto 500 young men and women, including 200 in Trincomalee have been targeted. All in the name of 'rehabilitation'.

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  • The same old story
    Speaking to the BBC, the senior Buddhist monk who led the protest against a mosque in Dambulla has stated that footage from the protest has been “technically manipulated”.
  • Sri Lankan Muslims indignant over Dambulla incident

    Muslims in Ampara and Batticaloa districts demonstrated for a second day through strike action, over the desecration of a mosque in Dambulla.

    According to reports in the BBC, demonstrations were halted by the Sri Lankan military.

  • Army continues to deny cluster bomb use

    Despite the United Nations having released more evidence of cluster bomb use in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan Army has continued to deny their use.

    Noting that it was “not the first time such allegations have been hurled at us”, Brigadier Wanigasooriya said,

  • Defence ministry decrees 'war heroes' month

    The Ministry of Defence and Urban Development declared the month of May (specifically, 30th April to 30th May) as the 'Ranaviru Month' (War Heroes Commemoration Month) for the Sri Lankan armed forces and police force.

  • Petition against the word "Tamil" taken to Supreme Court

    A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against a number of political parties that use the word “Tamil” in their names, claiming that it violates the Constitution of Sri Lanka.

  • More evidence of Sri Lanka’s use of cluster munitions and white phosphorous bombs

    Following a UN demining expert’s discovery this week of unexploded cluster munitions used by Sri Lankan forces during the island’s war, a medical worker has told Associated Press of seeing civil

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