Court to decide on arrest warrant for Mahendran

Lawyers in Chennai to challenge Sri Lanka at the UN

Several high-profile lawyers and leaders of Law Societies are meeting in Chennai on January 9th (Monday) to join a motion challenging Sri Lankan Government at the United Nations. This motion will be filed with the UN Human Rights Committee stating that the 6th amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution is a violation of freedom of speech and conscience guaranteed in Articles 18 and 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The motion was initiated by Former US Attorney Gene

07 Jan, 2017

TNA party leaders meet in Colombo with Sampanthan

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) party leaders met in Colombo today under the leadership of TNA leader R Sampanthan.

06 Jan, 2017

PMK seeks global probe into war crimes in Sri Lanka

India’s PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss criticised the Sri Lankan Government?s refusal to allow international investigation into alleged war crimes in the final stages of the civil war in Sri Lanka in 2009 and demanded for a resolution calling for an international investigation at the United Nations, The Hindu newspaper reported. In a statement, he said that India should push for an investigation by an international war crimes tribunal or an equivalent body. ?With the Sri Lankan government refusing t

07 Jan, 2017