Politics

Sri Lanka ‘reviewing’ UN official expulsion: official

September 7, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is reviewing a move to expel a senior United Nations official over comments he made during the final weeks of the country's …

Sri Lanka expels UN official over war comments

September 6, 2009 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan government said on Sunday it had ordered a senior United Nations official to leave the country over comments he made …

UN chief, minister discuss plight of displaced Sri Lankans

UNITED NATIONS, September 3, 2009 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon met with a Sri Lankan minister in Geneva Thursday to discuss the plight of civilians displaced …

Sri Lanka ex-combatant rehabilitation gets UK backing

Sept 04, 2009 (LBO) - The United Kingdom is giving 17 million rupees to support the rehabilitation of ex-combatants in Sri Lanka conflict by the island's …

EU joins criticism of jailing of Sri Lanka journalist

BRUSSELS, September 3, 2009 (AFP) - The European Union joined Thursday the international outcry over the sentencing to 20 years in jail of a journalist in Sri …

US, press groups condemn Sri Lanka over jailed journalist

September 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka faced a barrage of criticism on Tuesday for sentencing a journalist to 20 years of hard labour, led by US condemnation and …

France slams Sri Lanka over journalist’s sentence

PARIS, September 1, 2009 (AFP) - France sharply rebuked the government of Sri Lanka on Tuesday after a court there sentenced a reporter to 20 years in prison …

Sri Lanka stands ground over jailing of journalist

September 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday rejected international criticism of the sentencing of a journalist to 20 years of hard labour over his alleged …

Sri Lankans among 470 children under British immigration detention: report

LONDON, August 31, 2009 (AFP) - More than 400 children were being held in British immigration detention centres with their families, a report said Monday, …

Sri Lanka frees priests from war camps

August 26, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday freed nearly 600 Hindu and Catholic priests who were held in internment camps with ethnic Tamils displaced by …

Sri Lankan court bails war-zone doctors

August 24, 2009 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan magistrate on Monday bailed four doctors held for allegedly spreading rebel propaganda before the defeat of the Tamil …

Sri Lanka’s weary war refugees face monsoon misery

August 23, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil civilians who lived through the vicious final battle of Sri Lanka's separatist war are now locked in another struggle for …

US warns of conditions in Sri Lanka camps

WASHINGTON, August 19, 2009 (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday renewed its call for Sri Lanka to release more than 250,000 Tamil war refugees from their …

Sri Lanka gets more US aid for refugees, demining

Aug 19, 2009 (LBO) - The United States said it is giving more aid to Sri Lanka to support civilians displaced by the ethnic war and to clear land mines so they …

Squalid war camps threaten Sri Lanka’s image: opposition

August 17, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka risks further damage to its image by failing to improve conditions for tens of thousands of war-displaced people held in …

Sri Lanka rains flood 2,000 shelters at camp: UN

August 18, 2009 (AFP) - Heavy rains flooded nearly 2,000 makeshift shelters housing Sri Lankan Tamil war refugees detained by the government, the United …

Sri Lanka’s war refugee camps flooded: govt official

August 16, 2009 (AFP) - Heavy rains flooded camps housing some of Sri Lanka's 300,000 war refugees, officials said Sunday, raising fears for the welfare of the …

Sri Lanka lawmaker says election spending should be capped

Aug 11, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka should cap election spending to prevent honest politicians being crowded out and criminal elements entering the parliament, a …

US gives food aid to speed up refugee settlement

Aug 10, 2009 (LBO) - The United States said it had donated another 15 million dollars of food to help resettle people displaced by Sri Lanka's ethnic war whose …

Pro-Tiger party wins one Sri Lanka council

August 9, 2009 (AFP) - A party that backs the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels won a council in elections near Sri Lanka's former war zone, results showed Sunday, …