Fishermen handed over to Sri Lanka

UK’s Labour election manifesto features Sri Lanka

The election manifesto of UK’s Labour party features Sri Lanka and the steps a future Labour Government will take to address the human rights issue. The manifesto which was released this week notes on Sri Lanka a Labour Government will work through the UN and the Commonwealth to insist on the protection of human rights for Sri Lanka?s minority Tamil and Muslim populations. Sri Lanka features in the human rights section of the manifesto released by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ahead of the Gener

23 Nov, 2019

Doctors from Sri Lanka sign letter over Assange’s health

More than 60 doctors, including doctors from Sri Lanka, wrote an open letter published today saying they feared Julian Assange’s health was so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail, the AFP news agency reported. The 48-year-old Australian is still fighting a US bid to extradite him from Britain on charges filed under the Espionage Act that could see him given a sentence of up to 175 years in a US prison. In the letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel, Britain

25 Nov, 2019

Facing threats top CID investigator forced to flee

Facing threats following a change of Government, a top investigator in the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has been forced to flee the country. Several news outlets reported that Inspector of Police (IP) Nishantha Silva had fled to Switzerland with his family. The Police said that Nishantha Silva had left the country without the approval of the Police Department. There were reports that security provided to Nishantha Silva had been withdrawn after his head, Director of the CID, Shani

24 Nov, 2019