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UNHRC divides over Sri Lanka: Russia, Pakistan and others back Colombo’s ‘sovereignty’

Sep 10

At the UN Human Rights Council this week, there was a range of responses from member states over Sri Lanka’s human rights record and the UN’s evidence-gathering mandate, with the EU, UK and several partners reiterating the need for accountability whilst others including Russia, Belarus, Iran, Pakistan, Venezuela and others attacked international scrutiny and urged deference to Colombo’s “domestic processes”.

UN rights chief calls for prosecutions in Sri Lanka but stops short of international mechanism

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered his report on Sri Lanka to the 60th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, where he urged Colombo to take “decisive action” on accountability and reforms but stopped short of calling for a fully international accountability mechanism, despite decades of impunity.

Sri Lanka rejects international justice at UN Human Rights Council

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath addressed the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, where he insisted that accountability for mass atrocities would only be pursued through domestic processes, once again rejecting longstanding calls for international accountability for the Tamil genocide.

Rajapaksa forced to hunt for new home as perks for ex-presidents abolished

Sri Lanka’s former president and credibly accused war criminal Mahinda Rajapaksa is searching for a new residence in Colombo after parliament voted overwhelmingly to strip former heads of state of their state-funded perks, including official housing.

Skeleton with shattered skull among 240 bodies uncovered at Chemmani mass grave

Chemmani grave findings

The second phase of excavations at the Chemmani–Sindhubathi mass grave in Jaffna has concluded, revealing at least 240 human skeletons, including the remains of children, infants, and bodies found in overlapping positions, in one of the island’s largest ever mass graves.

EPDP carried out killings blamed on LTTE, says former member

A former member of the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) has said the paramilitary group was behind a series of murders across the North-East and Colombo, including those of journalist Atputharajah Nadarajah, attorney-at-law Maheswari, and Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation employee K. S. Raja.

US Congress members express support for independent investigation into Chemmani mass grave

US Congress members Raja Krishnamoorthi and Deborah Ross have expressed their support for an independent investigation into the Chemmani mass grave, where 240 skeletal remains have been identified.

New report highlights Sri Lanka's investigative failures in Tamil journalist's murder

A new report 'Killing Sri Lankan journalists: The Case of Nimalarajan Mylvaganam' co-authored by the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) and REDRESS, highlights the failures of Sri Lanka's police in investigating the 2000 murder of Tamil journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam.

Krishanthi Kumaraswamy remembered in Chemmani

Krishanthi Kumaraswamy was remembered at a memorial in Chemmani today.

Remembering Krishanthi Kumaraswamy 29 years on

Today marks 29 years since the Chemmani massacre of 1996, in which Sri Lankan soldiers raped and murdered Tamil schoolgirl, Krishanthi Kumaraswamy, and three of her family members that had gone looking for her.

Bad Girl - Good film

When two of the best working filmmakers of India come together to produce a film, one should expect something special. The project the duo have decided to represent is Varsha Bharath’s directorial debut ‘Bad Girl,’ a coming of age tale starring Anjali Sivaraman as the eponymous protagonist.

Madharaasi - Middling masala

AR Murugadoss returns to Kollywood with his boldly titled new film ‘Madharaasi.’

Tamil landowners assaulted during Myliddy protest as Sri Lankan president visits Jaffna

Tamil landowners protesting the military occupation of their lands in Myliddy were brutally dispersed by Sri Lankan police on Monday, as Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived in Jaffna to inaugurate the third phase of the Myliddy Harbour Development Project.

Mass grave grows — over 220 bodies unearthed at Chemmani

At least eight more skeletal remains were fully exhumed from the Chemmani mass grave on Tuesday, while an additional four skeletons were identified, bringing the total number of bodies uncovered to 222.

Sri Lanka criminalises Tamil memorialisation as activist summoned again

Sri Lanka’s Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division (CTID) has summoned Tamil activist K. Sinthujan of Trincomalee for questioning for the second time in two months, in a move that has fuelled fresh concerns over ongoing surveillance and harassment of Tamils in the North-East.

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