Sri Lanka’s elections repeat lessons the lessons of 1956.

Sri Lanka dismissed a U.S. State Department report accusing it of violating citizens' rights, saying the allegations were unsubstantiated and based on reports by unnamed sources.

Sri Lanka government has begun clearing all Liberation Tigers' landmarks in the North including Heroes' Resting Homes of fallen Liberation Tigers in an attempt to wipe out any trace of the Tigers.

Former Army General and presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, was produced before a secret court martial and charged with preparing to challenge President Rajapakse in the January presidential election, whilst in the army and violating regulations for purchasing military equipments during the war.

Sri Lankan officials have been in talks with EU officials in Brussels, in an attempt to reverse the decision to withdraw GSP+.

Transparency International (TI), a global NGO campaigning against corruption, expressed serious and grave concerns about the safety of the director of its Sri Lankan opearations, Mr J. C. Weliamuna.

Sri Lanka's Election Commission has turned down the demand for presence of foreign poll observers at the counting centres for the upcoming parliamentary polls.

There is little doubt the war crimes issue would have any impact on this parliamentary election. The April 8 election has nothing serious on its platforms. It’s all about athletes, film stars, cricketers, journalists and also lumpens, and more about these “wonderful” personalities.

Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have, in a joint statement, condemned the Government of Sri Lanka’s ever increasing intimidation and harassment of journalists and activists.

Eelam Tamils in Italy successfully conducted a referendum on independent and sovereign Tamil Eelam and simultaneously elected a 20-member country council Sunday. 98.8 percent of those who voted said 'yes' to Tamil Eelam in a turnout of around 75 percent of eligible Eelam Tamil voters in Italy, the organisers of the polls said.

What use are Tamil MPs in a Sinhala ethnocracy?

Sri Lanka violated human rights last year as it dealt a final blow to Tamil Tiger insurgents the US State Department said in its annual human rights report.

Sutirtho Patranobis reports on the plight of IDPs the Sri Lankan Government claims have been resettled.

Federal solution based on shared sovereignty and right to self-determination in a contiguous north and east of Sri Lanka was the highlight of the TNA manifesto released on Friday, March 12, leading to international media, claiming the party has dropped its demand for statehood for Tamils.