US envoy visits Sri Lanka’s former war zone
September 13, 2011 (AFP) - US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake toured Sri Lanka's former war zone on Tuesday to meet students, community leaders and …
September 13, 2011 (AFP) - US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake toured Sri Lanka's former war zone on Tuesday to meet students, community leaders and …
GENEVA, September 12, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday took issue with a planned UN move to forward a damning report on the country to the Human Rights …
September 12, 2011 (AFP) - US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake arrived in Colombo Monday for talks that coincide with a UN meeting in Geneva that is …
September 10, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Saturday that Amnesty International comments on the island's probe into its military victory over Tamil rebels, were …
Sept 09, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will start diplomatic relations with El Salvadore, a small state in Central America, deputy economic development minsiter …
September 8, 2011 (AFP) - The Human Rights Watch lobby group on Wednesday urged Sri Lanka to scrap draconian detention laws and free thousands of people held …
September 7, 2011 (AFP) - Amnesty International on Wednesday said Sri Lanka's inquiry into its military victory over Tamil rebels was "flawed at every level" …
Sep 05, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's ruling party mayoral candidate for the capital intends to organize job fairs for unemployed youth and promised decent housing …
Sep 02, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's large trade have criticized a report by a UN panel alleging human rights abuses in a civil war that ended in 2009, and warned …
CHENNAI, August 27, 2011 (AFP) - Three men convicted of the 1991 assassination of then Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi will be hanged early next month, a …
August 25, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president announced on Thursday that he was scrapping draconian emergency laws imposed nearly 30 years ago to deal with the …
August 26, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition, which is bedeviled by a string of electoral defeats and an internal battle to oust its leader, says …
August 26, 2011 (AFP) - The United States is dispatching a top envoy to Colombo for talks next week ahead of a crucial UN meeting to discuss alleged war crimes …
August 23, 2011 (AFP) - Police carried out mass arrests in northern Sri Lanka on Tuesday after residents clashed with troops alleged to have protected …
CHICAGO, August 16, 2011 (AFP) - Sweeping new policing powers, the tacit acceptance of torture and a backlash against Muslims that has grown fiercer 10 years …
GENEVA, August 4, 2011 (AFP) - Two rights groups said Thursday they have brought to Swiss authorities a criminal complaint against a Sri Lankan diplomat and …
WASHINGTON, August 3, 2011 (AFP) - "Terrorist" US lawmakers; Tea Party conservatives holding the nation "hostage;" Republicans "hijacking" the debt deal. buy …
July 30, 2011 (AFP) - An ethnic Tamil journalist in Sri Lanka's formerly embattled north was brutally attacked with iron bars, police said on Saturday, the …
July 28, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military Thursday rejected new allegations that its political bosses ordered the execution of surrendering Tamil rebels …
July 25, 2011 (LBO) - A Tamil minority party has swept the polls in Sri Lanka's former war torn northern areas while the ruling coalition consolidated its …