COLOMBO, 18 May 2012 (IRIN) – Three years after the government of Sri Lanka declared an end to decades of civil conflict with separatist rebels, thousands of people are still missing, according to the UN and Sri Lankan activists.
The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) of the UN Office for the High Commissioner […]

“No intrepid journalists smuggled their way into rebel territory as they did in Syria, even though an erratic bus service ran across the frontline until mid January 2009” – Frances Harrison

“Every journalist has heard of Srebrenica. But how many have heard of Mullivaikkal where just as many perished?” – Frances Harrison

Today marks three years since the end […]

15.05.12
The third anniversary of the end of the war will be celebrated in the coming week. In the past two
years this has taken place with victory parades and with public commemorations of war heroes by the Government although many people would say it was not appropriate after a civil war when citizens of the country […]

MONTREAL – The Sri Lankan military is thought to be involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen of Tamil origin, according to
journalists in Sri Lanka.
The founding editor of a nationalist Tamil news organization told QMI Agency Sunday that his journalists on the ground in northern Sri Lanka reported that the Montreal man was murdered […]

First green shoots of new life are emerging after a long period of drought in the north of the country, parts of which were not under
government control for close on three decades, and where a terrible war was fought to its bitter end three years ago. Visiting the Vanni after a year it was wonderful […]

Betty White says she usually keeps her political views private but in this presidential election strongly favors one candidate.
As she prepares to visit the Smithsonian Institution and National Zoo next week, White told The Associated Press she “very, very much favors” President Barack Obama in the election.
The 90-year-old actress said Friday she is very bi-partisan […]

An axiom of professional journalism is that comment is free but facts are sacred. Another is that a story must have balance, in that
facts must be checked by getting in touch with all sides to the story, notably the main protagonists.
Indecent reporting
I fear that a Colombo newspaper has failed to observe either norm, in a […]

So many Gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind,
Is all the sad world needs
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox-The World’s Need
It was reported that the Minister for land and land development Janaka Bandara Tennekoon had said a situation has arisen now
where the Muslim mosque situated in the Dambulla ‘sacred […]

As the Internet and mobile communications become more integrated into reporters’ work, the digital threats to journalists’ work and safety have increased as well. While many press reports have documented Internet surveillance and censorship–and the efforts to combat them–mobile communications are the new frontline for journalist security.
With five billion active subscriptions, mobile phones are the […]

Salesians are fighting the recruitment of child soldiers—even girls—in Sri Lanka, and working to heal the wounds of those once forced to take part in the country’s civil war. While the war’s official end came in May 2009, the recruitment of child soldiers continues to rise, reports Salesian Missions.
Salesians are fighting the recruitment of child […]