Over 250 Sri Lankans return from Seychelles

Pillay wants protection for Faraz; rejects army courts (Video)

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay has called on the government to provide protection for The Sunday Leader journalist Faraz Shaukatally after he was shot at and injured on Friday night. In an interview with Britain?s Channel 4 News, Pillay also rejected investigations into the war conducted by the army saying it does not have the confidence of the people. Shauketaly, 52, who holds joint British and Sri Lankan citizenship, is receiving treatment at the Colombo National hospital.

17 Feb, 2013

UNHRC voting members to attend GTF event

Foreign Ministry representatives from voting countries of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) are scheduled to attend a conference hosted by the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) in the British Parliament on the 27th of this month. A GTF spokesman said that British parliamentarians, both in the government and opposition, are among a host of invitees scheduled to address the conference. Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg, Senior Minister of State at the Foreign and Common

17 Feb, 2013

CID takes over journo attack probe

The police Criminal Investigations Division (CID) has taken over the investigations into the attack on The Sunday Leader journalist Faraz Shauketaly. According to a?statement?by the police media unit, IGP N.K. Illangakoon had instructed the CID to investigate the incident. Meanwhile the Director of the Colombo National hospital Dr. Anil Jayasinghe said that a part of a bullet which was lodged near the neck of the journalist had been removed. He said?Shauketaly was however still in the Intensive

16 Feb, 2013