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 […]

Below are excerpts of a 38 page paper by Brian Senewiratne (MA. MD. FRCP.FRACP) of  Brisbane, Australia titled UN Human Rights Council Meeting – Another Farce.
Excerpts:
“This is not a document for easy reading, nor is it meant to be. It is a reasonably comprehensive record of the abysmal record of the UN and the UN […]

In 2011 Channel 4 exposed damning evidence of atrocities committed in the war in Sri Lanka. Jon Snow presents this powerful follow-up film, revealing new video evidence as well as contemporaneous documents, eye-witness accounts, photographic stills and videos relating to how exactly events unfolded during the final days of the civil war.
The film forensically examines […]

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 […]

International criminal court delivers first verdict in its 10-year history to find rebel militia leader guilty of snatching children
Johannesburg:The international criminal court has delivered the first verdict in its 10-year history, finding a Congolese warlord guilty of recruiting child soldiers.
Thomas Lubanga was convicted of snatching children from the street and turning them into killers. He […]

Sri Lanka’s argument at the United Nations Human Rights Council is unlikely to win it many friends since it insists that for the purpose of fixing accountability, the
clock started ticking only on December 16, 2011 — the day a committee that probed the root causes of the ethnic problem submitted its report to Parliament.
Sri Lankan […]

13th March 2012: ‘Lawyers for Democracy’ (LfD) is gravely concerned with the breakdown of law and order and the rising cases of abductions in Sri Lanka. On 11th March 2012 media reported of the failed incident of a ‘white van’ abduction in Kolonnawa/ Wellampitiya where the suspects were subsequently handed to the police by the public. […]

In a letter to DMK Chief M Karunanidhi, India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has emphasised the need for an investigation into human rights violations charges.
The letter dated March 12, 2012  says the Indian government attaches high priority to the safety of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka and has urged the Sri Lankan government to put […]

The US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka was formally presented to the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week. The confidence that the Sri Lankan government had evinced that its diplomacy would
prevail and the resolution would be removed from the agenda did not materialize. However, the draft resolution presented by the […]

“The security regime that was a hallmark of war continues after the LTTE’s defeat – little has changed” – Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Director.
Hundreds of people languish in arbitrary, illegal and often incommunicado detention in Sri Lanka, vulnerable to torture and extrajudicial execution, despite the end of the country’s long conflict, Amnesty International said in […]