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Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission says militarisation persists in the Tamil-majority north and east 17 years after the civil war, despite state assurances.
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » People: Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission reports militarization of north and east — The Hindu
Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Commission says militarization persists in Tamil-majority northern and eastern provinces and calls for land returns and civilian governance.
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » People: 20,000 displaced face tough time after fleeing fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, January 9 (UNHCR) - More than 20,000 people have fled fighting and harsh conditions in the eastern Sri Lankan coastal strip of Vaharai in the past three weeks, but despite reaching ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » People: Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Reflected a Regional Divide
Sri Lanka’s September 21 presidential election – the first since the protests in 2022 that ousted former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa – has been praised for the lack of election violence and the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » People: Sri Lanka: 30,000 displaced return home in east
In the east of Sri Lanka, in the two weeks since the launch of the government's return programme in West Batticaloa, some 30,000 displaced people have returned to their homes in the Vellavelly DS ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » People: Breaking the cycle of old politics in Sri Lanka
The election of new Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led National People’s Power alliance's parliamentary supermajority signal a significant political ...