Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa remained defiant in the face of intensifying calls for an independent war crimes …
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Sri Lanka Vehemently Rejects Inquiry Into War Crimes
The government says the probe call reflects a ‘preconceived, politicized and prejudicial agenda’
Sri Lanka Considers A South Africa-Style Truth And Reconciliation Commission
Body would address country’s decades-long civil war
Sri Lanka Infuriated By U.S. Suggestions That It’s Tardy On Postwar Reconciliation
Washington says Colombo is moving too slowly in probing alleged war crimes. Colombo reacts predictably
Sri Lanka to Start Tally of Civil-War Dead
Count is an attempt to meet international demands for greater transparency over wartime losses and civilian disappearances
Controversy Over Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Record Overshadows Commonwealth Summit
Questions over Sri Lanka’s human rights record take center stage at the British Commonwealth summit in Colombo
India PM May Boycott Commonwealth Meet in Sri Lanka
Move comes amid heated debate about the country’s human-rights record
Sri Lanka’s Tamils Go to Polls in First Provincial Elections Since End of Civil War
Electoral wins likely for Tamil party calling for greater devolution
Sri Lanka Struggles to Contain a Growing Epidemic of Child Abuse
War-scarred Sri Lanka is experiencing an alarming scourge of child abuse, and the apparatus for dealing with the problem, UNICEF says, is “grossly inadequate.”
Every day, three to five children are raped in the island nation. …
Amid Abuse and Fear, Tamils Continue to Flee Sri Lanka
The offices of a Tamil newspaper in northern Sri Lanka were attacked on Saturday morning, the latest in a string of outrages on the press and a fresh reminder of how the war’s end nearly four years ago did not bring peace for …
Peer Pressure: Will Another U.N. Resolution Change Sri Lanka?
A draft U.S. resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council aims to pressure Sri Lanka to implement recommendations made by the postwar Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. But it may not work
Must-Reads from Around the World
Today’s essential reading: a fishing dispute threatens bilateral relations between India and Sri Lanka, the South Korean government has been ordered to pay $2 million to a man wrongly imprisoned as a North Korean spy for 15 …