Yoshitha and 4 others further remanded in money laundering case

Wigneswaran seeks maximum devolution for Tamils

Northern Province Chief Minister?C V Wigneswaran today called for?maximum devolution for the Tamil speaking people and warned that further delay to do so would change the dimensions of the problem further. Wigneswaran said that the Government together with the International Community must come to a decision regarding the political aspirations of the Tamil speaking people. Wigneswaran said this while speaking at an event held in Mullivaikal in the north to commemorate the victims of the final s

18 May, 2015

HRW says Jagath’s appointment blow to justice

Sri Lanka?s promotion of a senior officer whose division was implicated in serious human rights abuses casts doubt on government pledges to credibly investigate alleged war crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. Maj. Gen. Jagath Dias, who led the Army?s 57th Division during the last two years of the civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), was appointed army chief of staff, one of the armed forces? highest post. Although effective May 7, 2015, the appointment was only made pu

17 May, 2015

Special Rapporteur to brief UNHRC on Lanka

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Fran?ois Cr?peau, will brief the UN Human Rights Council next month on his mission to Sri Lanka last year. The 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will be held from June 13 to July 3 in Geneva. Cr?peau is to present his annual report to the Council at the session and it includes a briefing on his mission to Sri Lanka in May last year. In his report on Sri Lanka following his visit last year, Cr?peau noted that while migra

18 May, 2015