Notice issued on Hirunika over alleged abduction case

Northern fishermen to stage protest against India

Fishermen in the North have rejected a proposal to meet?Indian fishermen to discuss a solution to the fishing issue and have decided to stage a protest on Wednesday against India. The Indian Government had called for talks between Sri Lankan and?Tamil Nadu fishermen to discuss the fishermen issue. However Northern fishermen’s associations have said they have no faith in reaching a solution by having talks with Indian fishermen so they have rejected the proposal. Vinayagamoorthi Sahathevan, Co

20 Sep, 2015

TNA calls for ?reasonable, durable? political solution

The Leader of Opposition in Parliament and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) chief, R Sampanthan, has said the Tamil question should be resolved ?on the basis of what is happening in Geneva?. In his reaction to the publication of a report by the?U.N. on human rights violations in Sri Lanka, Sampanthan told The Hindu: ?On the basis of genuine reconciliation, there must be a just, reasonable, durable and workable political solution.? Health Minister and leader of a breakaway group of the Sri Lan

19 Sep, 2015

Draft resolution notes PTA will be replaced

The draft text of the consensual resolution on Sri Lanka at the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council notes that the Government will?repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and replace it with anti-terrorism legislation in line with contemporary international best practices. Seen by the Colombo Gazette, the draft text of the resolution, which will be tabled next week in Geneva, also urges the Government of Sri Lanka to investigate all alleged attacks by individuals and groups on jour

18 Sep, 2015