Mass protest comes against a backdrop of a protracted delay in peace talks, the non implementation of P-TOMS and demands for troop withdrawals from High Security Zones.
Of the 1350 youths recruited by the Bank of Ceylon and Peoples Bank only 66 have been posted to northeast province. Of these, all but six, are Sinhalese.
Harassment and intimidation of civilians by Sri Lanka’s security forces in the occupied Jaffna peninsula were on the increase last week, even as the Liberation Tigers raised the matter with international truce monitors.
In a landmark step towards reconciliation between the Tamils and Muslims in eastern Sri Lanka, leaders of the Muslim community reached a deal with the Liberation Tigers last week for the return of the majority of land occupied by Tamil farmers.
The difficulty in bringing the Sri Lankan military personnel responsible for rights abuses to justice was highlighted last week when one victim in a high profile rape case disappeared and the other reported receiving death threats.
Australia is to impose "draconian" counter-terrorism laws after state and territory leaders agreed on Tuesday to wide-ranging security proposals made by Prime Minister John Howard
The scene of the attack was visited by the International Red Cross. Pieces of human flesh were found strewn around the area including the tree branches'
A sweeping investigation into the Sri Lankan government’s use of international tsunami-related aid has found widespread misappropriation of funds and bureaucratic incompetence, an interim report released this week says.
