Welikada and Bogambara prisoners on hunger strike

First coronavirus vaccine jab gives 76 % protection

By Easwaran Rutnam Health authorities say based on data, it has been noted that the first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine gives an individual 76 percent protection from the coronavirus. Speaking at a briefing organized by the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Dr. Dhanusha Dassanayake, Consultant Immunologist at the Medical Research Institute said that it has been noted that?after the first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine an individual can be protected from the virus between the 21st?and 90th day.

03 Mar, 2021

Government wants part on forced cremations removed from resolution

By Easwaran Rutnam The Sri Lankan Government has requested the Core Group on Sri Lanka to remove the part on forced cremations from the resolution tabled at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. C.A. Chandraprema, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva told the Core Group at an informal discussion that the reference on forced cremations must be removed because the issue was obsolete now that the policy has been reversed. The Government

04 Mar, 2021

Sri Lanka tells UN provisions of PTA will be revisited

By Easwaran Rutnam Provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) are to be revisited, the Government informed the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in a comprehensive response to a report by OHCHR. The response by Sri Lanka to the damning report has now been published by the UN Human Rights Council following objections raised by Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka had written to the UN Human Rights Council demanding that the full response be published online. Accordingly, in th

04 Mar, 2021