Three agreements between China and Sri Lanka

New Delhi: China and Sri Lanka framework three agreements for providing funding to Sri Lanka amounting to 410 million USD for infrastructure development which includes one international airport in Sri Lanka. The...

Thousands leave Sri Lankan camp - Breaking news

Well today we have some very good news about those so called consentration camps in Sri Lanka. Yes they have started to release the prisoners. None I may add have numbers stamped on their arms and the realesed...

Sri Lanka: attacks on free media put displaced civilians at risk

" Vigil marking the first anniversary of the detention of Sri Lankan journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam, London, March 2008 © Amnesty International" "If you read Sri Lankan newspapers,...

20 year Jail term for Sri Lankan editor

That's the way autocracy works, you raise the voice and you are behind bars.That is what happening in Sri Lanka. After the killing of Prabhakaran, several so called pro Tamil journalist are facing direct or...

Sri Lanka: Floods Threaten Tamil Civilians in Camps

"Sri Lanka: Floods Threaten Camp Detainees Government’s Failure to Free Displaced Civilians Worsens Situation"The government bears full responsibility for the situation in the...

Tamils re-affirm desire for self-rule

Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the party ran on the platform of self-determination won a key council in Sri Lanka. The government was expected to do well for the following reasons: The election was held too soon after the end of the war for people to vote and for democracy...

End the farse, free doctors

Robert Templer, Asia program director of the International Crisis Group called government of Sri Lanka to alter course, provide a clear timetable to resettle the IDPs,  and release the doctors. An estimated...

Sri Lankan doctors recant death figures

After being in custody for about two months, the doctors say they inflated death tolls. The doctors who stayed with the people till the end now claims that only 350-400 civilians were killed in the last month of...

Sri Lankan military maintains fishing restrictions in the north

The Colombo media reported that Sri Lankan government had removed the wartime fishing restrictions. This had come after a fishermen's meeting organized as part of the government's campaign to boost its image.  This meeting was attended by several government officials,...

Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims

Displaced in Sri Lanka dueto late ltte terror. " Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims By Swaminathan Natarajan ...

Special Report: Journalists in Exile 2009

At least 39 journalists fled from their native countries worldwide in the past 12 months. Sri Lanka leading the way with at least 11 journalists, which is more than quarter of the journalists fled worldwide. "...

'New government' for Tamil Tigers

" Sri Lankan rebel group the Tamil Tigers say they are forming a "provisional transnational government" to pursue self-rule for the Tamil minority. In a statement released from an unknown location, a Tigers'...

Sri Lanka camps a 'national disgrace'

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Sri Lanka's treatment in the detention camps a national disgrace. " "For more than a year, the Sri Lankan government has detained virtually everyone, including entire families,...

Sri Lanka can not hide genocide

Stop the sinhalese in their ethnic cleansing of tamils in Sri Lanka

57,293 children from Vanni are presently detained in Sri Lanka

57,293 children from Vanni are presently detained in Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa, U. L. M. Haldeen, Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Relief said to the media. 1,034 children among the...

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