1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (352+ words) Sri Lanka's government has made it all but impossible for victims of human rights abuses to get justice, a Geneva-based human rights body that monitors legal matters said on Thursday. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), grouping 60 prominent judges and…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (239+ words) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today announced that three Sri Lankans have already Yemen and that another five are currently on their way to Djibouti via sea. " The ministry said that the three Lankans had reached Djibouti on board an…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (454+ words) Sri Lanka has reiterated the rejection of Resolutions 46/1, 51/1, and 57/1 and the external evidence gathering mechanism on Sri Lanka passed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the 58th Session of the council as the country concerned following the Oral…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (500+ words) The Sri Lankan embassy on Tuesday agreed to lift a ban on sending domestic helpers to Jordanafter a compromise was reached between the Sri Lankan government and Jordanian recruiters. The ban, which was imposed last month over the non-payment of…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (381+ words) EU ambassadors warned Sri Lanka on Monday against ending its 42-year moratorium on capital punishment and said the island risked losing trade concessions if it went ahead. Last week President Maithripala Sirisena said repeat drug offenders would be hanged as…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (121+ words) Sri Lanka promised to deliver justice after a United Nations human rights report called on Wednesday for a special court to be set up to prosecute war crimes committed during the nation's 26-year civil conflict. The Foreign Ministry stopped short,…...