Japan to send top prosecutor to Sri Lanka

More countries support resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC

More countries extended support to the resolution on Sri Lanka submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) last week, strengthening Sri Lanka?s request for more time to address the issue on accountability over the war. Titled ?Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka? the draft text of the resolution had, as its main sponsors, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of Am

19 Mar, 2017

President raises concerns over safety of Lankans on ship

President Maithripala Sirisena has raised concerns over the safety of the Sri Lankan crew on the ship hijacked by Somali pirates. The President said he had instructed the Navy Commander to communicate Sri Lanka’s concerns about the safety of the Sri Lankans on board the captured ship. He also said that the Combined Maritime Force in Bahrain is in contact with the Somali Maritime Police on Sri Lanka’s behalf. “May Noble Triple Gems protect the victims,” he said. Meanwhile, the Xinhua news age

16 Mar, 2017

Pirates release ship, Sri Lankan crew without ransom

Somali pirates released a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew on Thursday, a Somali security official and the pirates said, bringing the first hijacking since 2012 to an unusually swift conclusion without the payment of a ransom, the Reuters news agency reported. The release followed a gunfight earlier in the day between the pirates and the marine force, and then intensive negotiations between the marine force, clan elders and the pirates. “There has been discussion going on afte

17 Mar, 2017