Human Rights Watch said Thursday (March 15) that it was wrong on the part of the Sri Lankan government to link those questioning the country’s human rights record with the Tamil Tigers.
“The (Mahindra) Rajapaksa government’s strident opposition to this is hard to understand,” a Human Rights Watch spokeswoman said, ahead of the voting in Geneva […]

As M.I.A. tuned in to watch Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished, a film about the country’s war ending against the Tamil Tigers in 2009, on Wednesday, she was engaging in a different battle herself.
Starting what would become a multi-tweet feud with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, the Sri Lankan singer tweeted, “Anderson Cooper called me […]

This document provides basic information on the United Nations Human Rights Council(UNHRC), the proposed resolution on Sri Lanka at the present 19th Session of the UNHRC and its implications. This document aims to clarify some of the basic facts and
developments and dispel any misinformation and myths regarding the resolution and its impact on Sri Lanka and […]

A top UN peacekeeping committee on Wednesday ( March 22) barred a Sri Lankan general accused of carrying out a military onslaught against civilians.
But Major General Shavendra Silva still attended the first meeting Wednesday of a special advisory panel to UN leader Ban Ki-moon. He sat in the room but no other member spoke to […]

The United States said Thursday it wanted Sri Lanka to take “concrete steps” on reconciliation as the Colombo government vowed mass protests against US-backed calls for a UN censure on human rights. Sri Lanka has faced strong international criticism over the bloody finale of its civil war in 2009 but has avoided censure at the UN […]

February 13, 2012:
Under Secretary Otero: Thank you. Good afternoon. I’m pleased to be here in Colombo for the first time.
I’ve had serious and productive meetings with the government of Sri Lanka as well as with civil society, political leaders, and journalists. President Rajapaksa was
kind enough to meet with me and to explain this government’s vision […]

President Mahinda Rajapakse was emphatic: China’s presence in Sri Lanka is strictly business, and not political.
Challenged on speculation that China financed and built the $1.4bn Mahinda Rajapakse port on Sri Lanka’s south coast so it could sneak a naval base into India’s backyard, Rajapakse laughed and said his giant neighbour had not complained.
“No one has said […]

As the United States’ and European Union’s combined sanctions against Iran take effect, small nations like Sri Lanka are extremely worried. Sri Lanka depends
almost entirely on Iran for its crude oil supplies and the only refinery in the country, Sapugaskanda, can only process Iranian crude.
“We are discussing what we should do,” Sri Lankan President Mahinda […]

It will not draw last tranche of US$800mil due to high interest rate by the global lender
Sri Lanka, which is locked in a row with the International Monetary Fund over its exchange rate policy, will not draw the remaining US$800mil of a US$2.6bil loan from the global lender due to the high interest rate, the […]

BREAKING NEWS: 18 January 2012: The US District Court has granted Plaintiffs’ time till February 3 to respond to the suggestion of immunity document filed by the US Department of Justice, in the War Crimes case against President Mahinda Rajapakse.
Plaintiffs in this case Kasippillai Manoharan et al; have sought judgment under the Torture Victim Protection […]