Politics

Sri Lanka rights body slams opposition, police, over media intimidation

Nov 09, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Free Media Movement said newspapers are not obliged to carry party statements after opposition leader Ranil …

Sri Lanka’s breakaway guerrilla faction hit by in-fighting

COLOMBO, Nov 9, 2007 (AFP) - A pro-government faction of Tamil Tiger defectors has been hit by major political in-fighting following the arrest in London of …

Sri Lanka navy gets US radar, boats

Nov 08, 2008 (LBO) – The United States has given Sri Lanka's navy more equipment to improve maritime security against the Tamil Tigers while urging a …

Sri Lanka braced for more war after top Tiger killed

Nov 4, 2007 (AFP) - The killing of a top Tamil Tiger rebel in a Sri Lankan government air raid is likely to strengthen hawks on both sides of the bitter ethnic …

Sri Lanka tightens security ahead of Tamil Tiger funeral

Nov 4, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces on Sunday increased already tight security ahead of a funeral planned in rebel territory for a top Tamil Tiger …

Sri Lanka tightens security as Tigers vow war

Nov 4, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces stepped up patrols and roadblocks Sunday, fearing reprisals after the death of a top Tamil Tiger leader in a …

Sri Lanka Tiger breakaway ‘Karuna’ arrested in Britain

LONDON, Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) - Colonel Karuna, the leader of a breakaway faction of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers rebel group, has been arrested in Britain and is …

Sri Lankan peacekeepers sent home over Haiti sex scandal

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) - More than 110 Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in Haiti are to be sent back home over charges that they …

Sri Lanka braced for retaliation as Tigers honour slain chief

Nov 3, 2007 (AFP) - The elusive leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday paid his respects to his slain deputy and five others who died in a …

Sri Lanka Tigers lose seven, claim to be beat back offensive

Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas on Friday said they had beaten back two attacks by government forces in northern Sri Lanka with the loss of seven of …

Sri Lanka Tiger political chief Thamilselvan and five others killed

COLOMBO, Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) - The political chief of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, the public face of the secretive rebel group, was killed in a government air …

Sri Lanka military to target Tiger leaders

Nov 02, 2007 (Vimasuma.com) Sri Lanka's military would continue to target the Tamil Tiger leadership based on intelligence, a top defence official said, after …

Who is Thamilselvan?

Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) - The political head of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels who was killed in an air strike on Friday was the guerrillas' public face for scores …

Sri Lanka war dead don’t add up

Nov 1, 2007 (AFP) - Judging by Sri Lankan government accounts of Tamil Tiger dead after decades of fighting, there should hardly be any rebels left. Yet the …

Sri Lanka online journalist shot in capital

Oct 31, 2007 (LBO) - A media rights body has called for an open inquiry in to the shooting of an online journalist in Colombo, days after government withdrew …

Sri Lanka issues gazette on war reporting censorship

Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka imposed censorship on war reporting a week after Tamil Tiger rebels carried out a devastating attack on the country's air force, …

Sri Lanka to withdraw censorship?

Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has imposed blanket censorship on war reporting, officials said Wednesday, a week after a devastating attack on its air force, …

Torture ‘routine’ in Sri Lanka: UN expert

GENEVA, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - The UN's top torture expert, Manfred Nowak, said on Tuesday that torture -- including beatings, asphyxiation and burning -- was …

Sri Lanka military says 13 rebels killed

Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces killed 13 more Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh clashes across the north of the island, the defence ministry said …

Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers developing refined tax system

Oct 29, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers are developing a sophisticated tax collection system to raise funds from the Tamil diaspora for its war …