Protecting Human Rights in Sri Lanka
The U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue must include a strategy for protecting human rights and fundamental democratic principles in Sri Lanka.
The U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue must include a strategy for protecting human rights and fundamental democratic principles in Sri Lanka.
Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza | Posted 05.25.2011
In many developing Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, the failure to pass and enforce victim and witness protection laws remains one of the major obstacles to the rule of law.
Peter Henne | Posted 05.25.2011
The aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war presents significant implications for the international community concerning counterinsurgency, terrorism and refugee flows.
AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 05.25.2011
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An international rights group said Monday there were "reasonable grounds" to believe Sri Lankan forces committed war crimes...
Sarah Holewinski | Posted 05.25.2011
Humanitarians have for decades picked up the pieces of what's been broken in war. What if the warring parties themselves started taking some responsibility?
Nimmi Gowrinathan | Posted 05.25.2011
The message shouted from an elder woman was clear as she harassed a worker attempting to install latrines that would signal a longer, more permanent, residence in unlivable Sri Lankan internment camps.
Dale Buscher | Posted 05.25.2011
It is time to implement interventions that are tailored to the local context, that build on the refugees' existing skills, and that match local market demand.
GroundReport | Posted 05.25.2011
From GroundReport.com, the world's most trusted citizen journalism network. By Emanthi Marambe Sri Lankan authorities today detained and expelled Ca...
New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
At least 1,500 civilians who had been trapped in Sri Lanka's shrinking war zone managed to flee on Thursday, the country's military said, as its force...
AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 05.25.2011
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of civilians waded across a vast lagoon under a hail of rebel gunfire Thursday, breaking out of Sri Lanka's war z...
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011
President Obama, speaking this afternoon, made a direct statement to both the Tamil Tigers as well as the Sri Lankan government regarding the enduring...
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Artillery shells tore through a hospital packed with wounded civilians in Sri Lanka's war zone for a second day Wednesday, ...
Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011
Doctor reports hundreds of bodies being brought to hospital as UN says feared bloodbath has now become reality...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
As the civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebel group rages on -- with the army refusing the Tigers' proposed ceasefire...
Sydney Morning Herald | Posted 05.25.2011
It is hard to imagine Christine* in combat. But the diminutive 14-year-old with a cheeky smile and dancing eyes knows how to handle a Kalashnikov and ...
James Ross | Posted 05.25.2011
One might think that no one would shed a tear for the insurgents, but support for the Tamil Tiger cause remains strong for many Tamils in Sri Lanka and among the large Tamil diaspora.
Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011
The Sri Lankan government has admitted carrying out air raids in the so-called no-fire zone in the country's northeast, where the army is battling Tam...
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka agreed to stop firing heavy weapons into the northern war zone to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped there,...
WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011
* Scroll down for video and audio. The Red Cross is warning of a catastrophe as the Sri Lankan government launches a "final" assault against the r...
AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 05.25.2011
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Tens of thousands of civilians trapped in Sri Lanka's northern war zone face a "catastrophic" situation, the Red Cross said...
Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011
100,000 civilians held hostage by Tamil Tiger rebels on a stretch of land just twice the size of New York's Central Park have come under repeated indiscriminate shelling by the Sri Lankan armed forces.
Press Trust of India | Posted 05.25.2011
The capture of last LTTE bastion of Pudukudiriyirippu by Sri Lankan troops has triggered a record exodus of Tamil civilians from LTTE controlled areas...
AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 05.25.2011
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Government artillery attacks and air raids in Sri Lanka's northern war zone killed at least 38 civilians Wednesday and woun...
Guardian.co.uk | Randeep Ramesh, South Asia Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011
Sri Lanka snubbed the international community's call for a ceasefire today, saying troops would not suspend their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels...
Guardian.co.uk | Randeep Ramesh, South Asia Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011
Five artillery shells hit the children's ward of a Sri Lankan hospital, killing at least nine and injuring 20, according to aid agencies, as the army ...
Karunyan Arulanantham | Posted 09.19.2011