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Colombo | A group of countries led by the UK has called on Sri Lanka to translate its stated commitment to human rights and institutional reforms into "concrete action" and address unresolved cases of ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: UN Finds Little Progress On Justice In Sri Lanka: UNHRC Should Press AKD Government On Accountability
Seventeen years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, the latest report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, updates the current human rights situation in the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: UN Finds Little Progress on Justice in Sri Lanka
Seventeen years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, the latest report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, updates the current human rights situation in the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: More than 40,000 civilians flee latest fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 13 (UNHCR) - More than 40,000 civilians have fled fierce fighting in eastern Sri Lanka over the past week, pushing to an estimated 127,000 the number of displaced within the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: UN Calls for Accountability, Reforms in Sri Lanka
GENEVA - A UN Human Rights report published today calls on the Sri Lankan Government to build on the steps it has taken to bolster accountability for ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: Sri Lanka's Accountability Drive at Risk of Stalling, UN Tells Human Rights Council
Sri Lanka has made important progress in several high-profile criminal investigations, corruption-related reforms and human rights - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: The Policies of Sri Lanka’s New Government: a Historic Opportunity Lost
On the right, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, President of Sri Lanka. On the left, Dr. S. Jaishankar, India’s Minister of External Affairs. Photo: MEAphotogallery, Flickr, CC, Can you give us a quick ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: Sri Lanka Faces a Narrow Window to Break Its Cycle of Impunity
Evidence gathered by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka points to a disturbing pattern inside police stations, detention centres and prisons.
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: Rajnath's visit to strengthen India-Sri Lanka defence ties: Thondaman
Ceylon Workers’ Congress leader Senthil Thondaman said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit would strengthen the longstanding India-Sri Lanka defence partnership. Singh assured Colombo of India's ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: The controversy over grasslands in eastern Sri Lanka
This article by Ishanka Singha Arachchi originally appeared on Groundviews, an award-winning citizen journalism website in Sri Lanka. An edited version is published below as part of a content-sharing ...