Thejashri Madhavsupriya | Genocide Watch
- Aug 18, 2022
Country Report: Sri Lanka
Women hold a protest in Mullaitvu, Sri Lanka, demanding the return of those who were disappeared during the war. Photograph:...
Al Jazeera
- Jul 25, 2022
Rights Group Seeks Arrest of ex-Sri Lanka President
The International Truth and Justice Project says Gotabaya Rajapaksa committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the civil...
The Guardian
- Jun 24, 2022
‘We want justice, not fuel’: Sri Lanka’s Tamils
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Rubatheesan Sandran in Mullaitivu In the middle of a crippling economic crisis, demonstrating is a luxury...
Genocide Watch
- Nov 4, 2021
Sri Lankan Civil War and Genocide Timestream
Genocide Watch staff have published the twenty-ninth Timestream in a series of critical genocides in the world. This Timestream discusses...
Genocide Watch
- Sep 14, 2021
Country Report: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is still recovering from a 26-year civil war that ended in May 2009 with victory by the Sinhalese majority government over...
Tamil Guardian
- May 17, 2021
Sri Lankan army locks down Mullaitivu before Tamil Genocide commemorations
The Sri Lankan army has blocked all roads leading to Mullivaikkal after it announced the imposing of a lockdown on Mullaitivu earlier...
Al Jazeera
- Apr 1, 2021
UN rights office gets mandate to document Sri Lanka war crimes
The resolution received 22 votes in favour and 11 against, including China and Pakistan, and 14 abstentions including India. UN High...
Al Jazeera
- Mar 14, 2021
Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools
Minister for public security says decision has been taken on ‘national security’ grounds; activists decry announcement. Sri Lanka’s...
Mujib Mashal | NY Times
- Feb 24, 2021
Fading Sri Lankan Hopes for Justice Rest on U.N. Rights Council
The government, strongly tied to the military, is blocking inquiries into wartime atrocities, undermining efforts to learn the fates of...
Meenakshi Ganguly | HRW
- Feb 20, 2021
A Growing Rights Crisis in Sri Lanka
Indian leaders have committed to supporting the rights of minority Tamils in Sri Lanka to “live with equity, equality, justice, peace and...
Meenakshi Ganguly | HRW
- Feb 11, 2021
Thousands March for Justice in Sri Lanka, Despite Ban
Protesters Call for UN Action on Accountability In Sri Lanka, families like those of Mariyasuresh Easwary, whose husband was forcibly...
Human Rights Watch
- Feb 1, 2021
Sri Lanka: Justice Under Attack
UN Human Rights Council Should Pursue Accountability (Geneva) – Sri Lanka’s government is aggre