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Article: Tamil Tigers: terrorists or freedom fighters – Dutch court to decide
Five Sri Lankan men accused of supporting the separatist Tamil Tigers, or LTTE, go on trial in The Hague on Thuraday. But their possible convictions are the tip of the iceberg in a case which will be interpreted in Sri Lanka as a...
Article: Sri Lanka against UN sending probe report to rights body
Sri Lanka on Monday took issue with a planned UN move to forward a damning report on the country to the Human Rights Council, complaining that Colombo was not notified about the action. Sri Lanka Minister of Plantation Industries Mahinda...
Article: Sri Lanka: Amnesty report premature or overdue?
A new report by Amnesty International released today accuses the Sri Lankan government of covering up war crimes, committed by its military, at the end of the country’s civil conflict in 2009. But why is it publishing now? By Richard...
Article: Sri Lanka to free 1,200 rebels as emergency ends
About 1,200 alleged Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka will be released, with the end of emergency rule imposed 28 years ago to deal with the separatist movement, state media said Wednesday. Tweet
Article: Sri Lankan emergency laws lifted
Sri Lankans will be free of the sweeping emergency regulations that gave the country’s security forces broad powers to arrest and detain citizens. Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa made the announcement before parliament today,...
Article: ’What happened was predictable’
In his recently published book ‘The Cage’ former United Nations spokesman Gordon Weiss is critical of the UN and points to evidence of the government of Sri Lanka committing war crimes.
Article: Sri Lanka's main Tamil party threatens reconciliation talks walkout
Sri Lanka's main Tamil party threatened on Friday to pull out of reconciliation talks if the government does not within two weeks respond to proposals on devolution of powers, a core issue that fuelled a quarter-century civil war.
Article: With war crimes heat on, Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa goes back to China
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa landed in China on Tuesday in search of support against an aggressive Western push for a probe into war crimes allegations and tighter economic ties in a stormy financial world.
Article: Rights groups file complaint against Sri Lanka diplomat
Two rights groups said Thursday they have brought to Swiss authorities a criminal complaint against a Sri Lankan diplomat and former general, Jagath Dias, over alleged war crimes.
Article: EU: a ban on Tamil rights?
The European Union recently decided to prolong its ban on Sri Lanka’s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for at least six months. Following similar moves by the US and Canada, the EU included the Tamil Tigers in its list of...
