Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana A motion on Sri Lanka titled “Use the UN Human Rights Council and demand Observance of Laws, Human Rights and Reconciliation Process in Sri Lanka“ was rejected with the votes of the governing coalition in the German Bundestag (German Parliament) on 28th February. The motion put forward by the opposition Social […]
A new organization, Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA), has been created to address animal suffering at dharma centers and in sanghas throughout the United States and the world. More than 210 people have already joined DVA through its website, www.dharmavoicesforanimals.org . […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has denied that the Army killed LTTE chief Prabakaran’s 12-year-old son Balachandran. “Had it happened, I would have known [it]. It is obvious that if somebody [from the armed forces] had done that, I must take responsibility. We completely deny it. It can’t be,” he told […]
The Convenors Human Rights Law Center, Australia, Dear Organizers, The Human Rights Law Center has invited participants to a discussion about accountability for war crimes and the current human rights situation in Sri Lanka to be held on 7th and 8th March 2013 in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. The panelists featured for this discussion are […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana The Sri Lankan armed forces on Thursday rebutted the charge of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) that the government troops had indulged in extensive sexual violence against Tamil women during and after the Eelam War IV, saying that cases of such violence were very few and the perpetrators were punished. […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said in the Rajya Sabha that India would not intervene directly in Sri Lanka’s sovereign affairs even though MPs belonging AIADMK, DMK and CPI demanded that the government support the hard line taken by the US against the island country for the […]