General public requested to avoid trips, tours in Sri Lanka

Police use tear gas to disperse protest by disabled soldiers

The police used tear gas to disperse a protest by disabled soldiers near the Presidential Secretariat today. The? disabled soldiers were protesting calling for their demands over the?pension scheme to be addressed and the Government had assured that their demands will be met from next February. However as the protest continued today the police sought a court order to stop the protest. The court refused to issue the order and told the police to use their powers to stop the protest if the prote

07 Nov, 2016

Authorities urged to address killings, torture by police

The Government has been urged to address killings and torture by law enforcement officers. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says if the Government really wants to reform its security sector, it will need to take on police abuse, which may only get worse under a proposed new anti-terrorism law that expands police powers. HRW Asia Director Brad Adams noted that ?Sri Lankan authorities would very likely have covered up the recent Jaffna shooting incident where Sundiraja Sulakshan and Nadarasa Gajan were

07 Nov, 2016

Sri Lanka calls for an end to bottom trawling

Sri Lanka on Sunday urged India to ?expeditiously? end unsustainable industrial-scale fishing in the coastal waters between the two countries, The Hindu newspaper reported. Addressing presspersons in India, a?day after both sides agreed to set up a Joint Working Group on the fishermen issue, a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament, M.A. Sumanthiran, said Indian trawlers were using heavy-duty fishing techniques in the coastal waters that must be ended at the ?earliest?. ?Both sides made significa

07 Nov, 2016