Investigate Sri Lankan Human Rights Defender’s Disappearance

(Amnesty International, 28 02 2010) - Pattani Razeek, a Sri Lankan human rights defender, has been missing since he was apparently abducted on February 11 in the town of Polonnaruwa, [...]

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THE REVISED VERSION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S REPORT WILL BE RELEASED ON MARCH 8TH!

(PTGTE, 28 02 2010) - The Advisory Committee for the formation of the Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (PTGTE) met in New York, New York, USA on February 19th [...]

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SRI LANKA: A new lie – police training without constitutional reforms

(By Basil Fernando, Asian Human Rights Commission, February 28, 2010) - Peter Mountford who returned from a visit to Sri Lanka writes in an article ‘Sri Lanka’s hr and free [...]

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Future of Sri Lanka: Foreign Secretary David Miliband spoke to members of the Global Tamil Forum at the House of Commons

(Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 24 Feb 2010) - Speaker: David Miliband, Location: House of Commons — I want to very warmly welcome all of you to the House [...]

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Sri Lankan government voices anger as UK MPs address Tamil group: David Miliband and Gordon Brown meet delegates at London conference of Global Tamil Forum

(By Sam Jones, The Guardian, Thursday 25 February 2010) - The diplomatic rift between London and Colombo has widened after Gordon Brown and David Miliband met delegates from a new [...]

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Cognitech Announces Successful Forensic Video Processing and Analysis of a United Nations Requested Sri Lanka Execution Video With Its Video Investigator Software

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE, Feb. 18, 2010) - PASADENA, Calif. — Cognitech Inc., has announced the successful forensic video processing and analysis of the United Nations requested digital video/audio recording of [...]

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Sri Lanka’s Lasantha Wickrematunge Named 53rd IPI World Press Freedom Hero

(International Press Institute - IPI, 18 February 2010) - Lasantha Wickrematunge, a former editor of Sri Lankan daily newspaper The Sunday Leader who was shot dead in January 2009, has [...]

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Map: Vanni IDP Camps and Resettlement Information - Updated as of 14 February 2010

(ReliefWeb, 18 02 2010) - Map: Vanni IDP Camps and Resettlement Information - Arrivals since 01 April 2008 - Updated as of 14 February 2010. map.pdf

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Jaffna blames India; but likes investment

(By P K Balachandran, Express Buzz, 18 02 2010) - JAFFNA (NORTH SRI LANKA): The business community in the north Sri Lankan Tamil-speaking district of Jaffna is ready to [...]

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China’s Sri Lanka Port Raises Concern

(EU News Network, February 18, 2010) - RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - China’s construction of a port in Sri Lanka and a Chinese admiral’s suggestion Beijing build a naval base in [...]

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