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Sri Lanka rejects international justice at UN Human Rights Council

Sep 10

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath addressed the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, where he insisted that accountability for mass atrocities would only be pursued through domestic processes, once again rejecting longstanding calls for international accountability for the Tamil genocide.

Rajapaksa forced to hunt for new home as perks for ex-presidents abolished

Sri Lanka’s former president and credibly accused war criminal Mahinda Rajapaksa is searching for a new residence in Colombo after parliament voted overwhelmingly to strip former heads of state of their state-funded perks, including official housing.

Skeleton with shattered skull among 240 bodies uncovered at Chemmani mass grave

Chemmani grave findings

The second phase of excavations at the Chemmani–Sindhubathi mass grave in Jaffna has concluded, revealing at least 240 human skeletons, including the remains of children, infants, and bodies found in overlapping positions, in one of the island’s largest ever mass graves.

EPDP carried out killings blamed on LTTE, says former member

A former member of the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) has said the paramilitary group was behind a series of murders across the North-East and Colombo, including those of journalist Atputharajah Nadarajah, attorney-at-law Maheswari, and Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation employee K. S. Raja.

US Congress members express support for independent investigation into Chemmani mass grave

US Congress members Raja Krishnamoorthi and Deborah Ross have expressed their support for an independent investigation into the Chemmani mass grave, where 240 skeletal remains have been identified.

New report highlights Sri Lanka's investigative failures in Tamil journalist's murder

A new report 'Killing Sri Lankan journalists: The Case of Nimalarajan Mylvaganam' co-authored by the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) and REDRESS, highlights the failures of Sri Lanka's police in investigating the 2000 murder of Tamil journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam.

Krishanthi Kumaraswamy remembered in Chemmani

Krishanthi Kumaraswamy was remembered at a memorial in Chemmani today.

Remembering Krishanthi Kumaraswamy 29 years on

Today marks 29 years since the Chemmani massacre of 1996, in which Sri Lankan soldiers raped and murdered Tamil schoolgirl, Krishanthi Kumaraswamy, and three of her family members that had gone looking for her.

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars group say

Leading genocide scholars formally declare that Israel's war in Gaza meets the UN definition of genocide. The world’s top genocide scholars have formally declared that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide, marking a landmark intervention from leading experts in the field of international law.

Tamil landowners assaulted during Myliddy protest as Sri Lankan president visits Jaffna

Tamil landowners protesting the military occupation of their lands in Myliddy were brutally dispersed by Sri Lankan police on Monday, as Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived in Jaffna to inaugurate the third phase of the Myliddy Harbour Development Project.

Mass grave grows — over 220 bodies unearthed at Chemmani

At least eight more skeletal remains were fully exhumed from the Chemmani mass grave on Tuesday, while an additional four skeletons were identified, bringing the total number of bodies uncovered to 222.

Sri Lanka criminalises Tamil memorialisation as activist summoned again

Sri Lanka’s Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division (CTID) has summoned Tamil activist K. Sinthujan of Trincomalee for questioning for the second time in two months, in a move that has fuelled fresh concerns over ongoing surveillance and harassment of Tamils in the North-East.

Namal Rajapaksa rallies monks and unions to defend Sri Lankan soldiers

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa has called on “war heroes,” trade unions, public servants and “national forces” to unite against what he described as the government’s “hunting” of soldiers accused of atrocities, as the party escalates its campaign to shield the military from accountability.

Vijay’s Katchatheevu challenge rattles Colombo as Sri Lankan president rushes to islet

Sri Lanka’s president Anura Kumara Dissanayake made a sudden, unannounced trip to Katchatheevu on Monday, just days after Indian actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay reignited the row over the island by calling for its return to Tamil Nadu.

No flag to fly: Sri Lanka risks Olympic humiliation

Sri Lanka risks losing the right to fly its flag at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as other major international sporting events, after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) declared the island’s anti-doping authority non-compliant.

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