Two Tamils in Britain were charged last Wednesday under the Terrorism Act 2000 with providing support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which is proscribed in UK.

Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar, (also known as ‘AC Shanthan’), 50, and Goldan Lambert, 29 appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates Court last Thursday.

Sri Lankans have received with mixed feelings India's demand that Colombo avoid procuring arms from Pakistan and China, and that it should come to India instead, even though India will not provide offensive equipment.

Sri Lankan officials have reacted cautiously to the demand voiced by National Security Advisor MK Narayanan in Chennai on Thursday.

But Sinhala commentators are indignant, and the Tamil leaders are dismayed, if not angry.

Indian is to develop the KKS harbour in the Jaffna peninsula and boost Colombo’s air defences, reports quoting ministers from both countries said this week.

India will explore helping Sri Lanka patrol the seas between the countries, the reports said.

It is high time that Sri Lanka understood that India is the big power in the region.

Amnesty International said the human rights situation in Sri Lanka has ‘deteriorated dramatically’, as it also warned of a 'human rights meltdown' across the world.

The ‘war on terror’ will not bring peace to Sri Lanka.

US concerned about human rights violations - US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher.

"Clearly this is a great test of the ability of the criminal justice system in Sri Lanka to deliver justice."

Sri Lanka seeks bids for rights to drill for an estimated contain 1 billion barrels of oil.

Just as all cricket teams need an independent umpire to make objective decisions, so too does Sri Lanka need independent human rights monitors.

Rights monitoring is pointless without firm international action

LTTE confers Maamanithar award on Thillainadarajah Jeyakumar.