Geetha’s Parliament seat abolished following court order

CEPA will not be discussed during PM’s India visit

The proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Sri Lanka and India will not be discussed during Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India, the Government said today. The Prime Minister’s office said that Wickremesinghe will discuss domestic issues as well as regional security with the Indian leaders. Wickremesinghe will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Pranab Mukherjee and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma?Swaraj, among others, during his vi

13 Sep, 2015

Malaysia urged to stop prosecution over Lankan film

The Malaysian authorities have been urged to end their prosecution of a local activist for her role in showing a documentary film on the war in Sri Lanka, without censorship board approval. Malaysia?s Federal Court will today hear Lena Hendry?s challenge to the constitutionality of the Film Censorship Act. Hendry, a staff member of the human rights group Pusat KOMAS, was charged under the act for organizing a private screening of the award-winning documentary, ?No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields

14 Sep, 2015

Several informal meetings on Sri Lanka at UNHRC

Several informal meetings on Sri Lanka have been scheduled at the UN building in Geneva on the sidelines of the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council which begins today. Leading human rights groups Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are among those who have booked meeting rooms at the UN office to hold discussions on Sri Lanka. The International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR), the Pasumai Thaayagam Foundation, the Society for Threatened Peoples

14 Sep, 2015