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Since the onset of Israel’s war on Hamas, the first incident of Israeli tourists facing terrorist threats abroad occurred in Sri Lanka. The war began on October 7 after Hamas attacked Israel, killing ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Security: 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 » Security: Sri Lanka: Buddhist Monks And Security Issues Set To Derail Elections – Analysis
While there is pressure on Sri Lanka from India and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold the long-delayed Provincial Council (PC) elections, there are a number political factors preventing the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Security: The PSTA: a new name, old dangers?
In preliminary observations issued on 13 October 2026, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called for substantial revisions to the proposed PSTA, warning that ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Security: Sri Lankan agency builds new shelters in Jaffna despite security problems
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, July 25 (UNHCR) - Despite the deteriorating security situation in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, a UNHCR-funded organisation in Jaffna is pushing ahead with construction of new ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Security: Beyond transhipment: How Sri Lanka can monetise geopolitical disruption
The world’s economy is changing fast but not because anyone planned it this way. Ships can no longer safely pass through the Red Sea. ..
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Security: 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 » Security: Sri Lanka: UN Rights Report Details Security Force Abuses
(Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights office’s report on Sri Lanka details entrenched and systemic rights violations—including arbitrary detention, torture, and deaths in custody—under President ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Security: Troops deployed to Jewish community center in Sri Lanka surfing town after U.S. warns of possible attack in area
Sri Lanka deployed troops and increased police patrols around a Jewish community center in a popular surfing town on Wednesday after the U.S. embassy warned American citizens of a possible attack on ...