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”.
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.
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.
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
The Urban Development Authority ordered that recent development work at a 60-year-old Pillaiyar temple in Trincomalee be demolished, citing the need for "road development work".
The Urban Development Authority is under the Ministry of Defence, overseen by the President’s brother Gothbaya Rajapakse.
Speaking to the PTI, UN General-Secretary Ban Ki Moon has said now is the “right time” for President Mahinda Rajapaksa to deal with issues of human rights.
Talking on the recent UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka, the UN chief stated that a “very transparent” accountability mechanism needed to put be put in place and said,
The humanitarian organisation Action Contre La Faim (“Action Against Hunger” or ACF) have submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council regarding the massacre of 17 of their employees in Muttur in August 2006.
Together with SPEAK, the report for the Fourteenth Session of the upcoming Universal Periodic Review in October 2012 said that the crime was,
