Former Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva (1999-2009),  alleged that the British government had suppressed diplomatic cables sent by its wartime Defence Attaché Lt. Colonel Anthony Gash from the British High Commission, Colombo, because they ran counter to the claims made …

Successive governments facilitated a high profile treacherous Geneva process by conveniently or incompetently refraining from exploiting former RAF pilot Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris or Lord Naseby’s shocking disclosure in the House of Lords on Oct 12, 2017 to set the …

Although the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution on Sri Lanka was adapted at the 46th Session yesterday, with 20 members voting for it, as many as 25 member states refused to vote in support, with 11 voting against …

India skipped yesterday’s vote on the UK-led resolution titled ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ as the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the resolution.

Of the 47 countries, 22 voted for the resolution, and 11 …

By Donald Chandraratna

(Courtesy of The Island)

The pile-on over Sri Lanka by UNHRC is a blatant use of human rights as a political weapon in the geopolitics of today’s world. Many have argued that Sri Lanka cannot capitulate merely …

Asia Securities says that the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Sri Lanka is unlikely to lead to hard trade sanctions.

It said while the probability of hard sanctions on Sri Lanka is minimal at this point, the …

Today is the D day for Sri Lanka at Geneva. The chief sponsor of the Human rights resolution is UK.UK is the evil number one in the entire gang of European colonial aggressors. Judging by the atrocities and brutalities committed …

In the year 1977, the Tamli United Liberation Front (TULF) contested the General Election on a separatist ticket. The TULF swept the Tamil vote. That result was and is interpreted as an unofficial referendum on the Tamil people’s views on …

In Geneva, essentially, it will be a West vs East battle, considering the key players. It is no secret that moves against Sri Lanka are orchestrated principally by Britain and EU countries, operating as proxies more or less of the …

Tomorrow (that is Monday the 22nd of March, 2021) a vote will be taken in Geneva on a resolution against Sri Lanka to be tabled the same day. The outcome will decide the fate of Sri Lanka or so some …