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Sajith, Ranil meet to work out a common strategy Pakistan Premier’s visit runs into controversy US joins Core Group to formulate new Resolution US Ambassador Teplitz on US position post-UNHRC sessions The Covid-19 pandemic has exploded to uncontrollable proportions. The proof, escaping the secrecy on the issue, is the average …

A group of Human Rights rapporteurs slam Sri Lanka! Sri Lanka has known not only inter, but intra-communal violence for decades, with victims in every community (Picture AFP)    In 2009 the international community failed Sri Lanka A consensus has emerged on the need to broaden and to upstream prevention work …

The process set in motion by the appointment of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate alleged political victimisation  during the time of the Yahapalana Government has raised questions with regard to its impact on the Rule of Law in particular and Democracy in general. It has been a common …

ECONOMYNEXT – Human Rights activists and Western countries are expressing concern that Sri Lanka is walking back on an apparent promise to allow Muslim victims of Covid 19 to be buried. Currently, the remains of all victims of the pandemic are cremated whatever religion they and their families belong to. …

Chief Minister of India’s Tripura State, Biplab Deb, sparked off a controversy over the weekend when he revealed that Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah intended to establish Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Governments in Sri Lanka and Nepal. Chief Minister Kumar, addressing a political rally recently, claimed Home Affairs Minister …

“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–2008 Anderson’s tale about Emperors’ new clothes involves a vain king who was preoccupied with his appearance and his wardrobe. A pair of swindlers took advantage of this by pretending to be able …

Chief Minister of India’s Tripura State, Biplab Deb, sparked off a controversy over the weekend when he revealed that Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah intended to establish Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Governments in Sri Lanka and Nepal. Chief Minister Kumar, addressing a political rally recently, claimed Home Affairs Minister …

Former President Maithripala Sirisena owes apology to Muslims for the killings and atrocities unleashed and damages to Muslim owned properties besides poisoning Sinhalese minds against Muslims in the wake of Easter Sunday massacre on 21 April 2019. The Presidential Commission inquired into Easter Sunday killings did not accuse the Muslim community but recommended criminal …

The Presidential Commission that investigated the Easter Sunday massacre has submitted its findings in a lengthy report, said to be running into 10,000 pages, but surprisingly it has not yet been made available to the parliament let alone the public. At least the supreme head of the Catholic community, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjit who …

….. the role of human rights is vital in COVID-19 responses. Indeed, COVID-19 is not just a global health emergency; it is a human rights emergency. Around the world, the pandemic, and responses to it, have collided with entrenched economic, social and cultural inequalities, at times exacerbating vulnerability and undermining …