The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour released its report on Sri Lanka on September 13, 2011.
The International Press Freedom Report covers the period from July-December 2010 and states that while Sri Lanka publicly endorses religious freedom it is not applied in practice.  Below is the full statement.
The Constitution
The constitution and […]

(1) Post-war progress? Assessing government claims
More than two years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, the political situation in the country remains deeply worrying. The unique opportunity the government has to build a lasting and just peace after the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is being lost. The government […]

NEW YORK: After months of speculation and pressure by rights groups the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon sent his Panel ofExperts Report on Sri Lanka’s last days of the war to the Human Rights Council today (Monday September 12).
The UN Panel Report states there is credible evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity […]

Open Letter to Commonwealth Foreign Ministers                                  

Subject: The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013
We are gravely concerned about the ongoing discussions on holding the 2013 CHOGM in Sri Lanka.
At the 2009 CHOGM, Sri Lanka’s candidature for hosting the […]

The Sri Lankan government’s inquiry into the country’s civil war is fundamentally flawed and provides no accountability for atrocities, according to a new Amnesty International report.
When will they get justice? exposes the shortcomings of the inquiry, the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). These include its failure to properly pursue allegations of war crimes and […]

US diplomats in Sri Lanka have shown satellite images of damage by shelling in “safe zone” even after the government announced ending heavy artillery and aerial bombing, according to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.
 
Charge d’Affaires of the US embassy James R. Moore, has said that he showed the images to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and

Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona […]

The United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay today welcomed the decision by Bolivia’s highest court to convict several top
officials for their part in the deaths of over 60 people during anti-government protests in 2003, calling it an important step in the fight against impunity.

In what became known as “Black October,” 69 people were left […]

Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon told Lanka Independent this week the UNSG was committed to the recommendations in the Panel of Experts Report on Sri Lanka.
“…precisely because he instituted this report he takes it extremely seriously and far from distancing himself from it he is very much committed to the […]

As the world marks International Day of the Disappeared today (August 30, 2011), Reporters Without Borders notes that many countries are still violating international law on this matter, including the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons
from Enforced Disappearance, which the UN General Assembly adopted in 2006.
Reporters Without Borders calls for the universal ratification […]

The body of slain Free Trade Zone worker Roshen Chanaka, shot by police as he engaged in peaceful protest June 30, had been forcibly removed from his home this morning sources, said.
The Chief Minister of the Western Provincial Council Prasanna Ranatunga, together with some other politicians and army personnel arrived at 9.30 this morning (Sri […]