UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein delivered the Grotius Lecture at British Institute of International and Comparative Law on 26th June 2017. In the course of that lecture Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein specifically mentioned “A few days …
Ben Emmerson responds to the media at UN compound in Colombo on the afternoon of July 14, 2017.UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Una McCauley looks on.
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Ben Emmerson, QC, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion …
(Courtesy of The Island)
The Global Sri Lankan Forum (GSLF) has requested the Joint Opposition (JO) to quit the UNP-led constitutional making process.
A senior spokesperson for the group told The Island that the JO couldn’t further delay a decision …
(Courtesy of The Island)
The former Navy Spokesman Commodore D.K.P.Dassanayake was arrested last week on charges of causing the disappearance of 11 persons in 2008. Dassanayake, a highly decorated Naval officer who played a major role in the war, is …
(Courtesy of The Ceylon Today)
Joint Opposition and SLFP Member of Parliament Prasanna Ranatunga says that they have clearly set forth their stand that the Unitary State and the prominence accorded to Buddhism in the Constitution cannot be compromised in …
(Courtesy of The Ceylon Today)
Global Sri Lankan Forum (GSLF) was formed in 2016 by Sri Lankan citizens living abroad, with the intention of representing the country in the international arena. Ajantha Premaratna, Project Coordinator for GSLF in an interview …
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia, Robert Blake addresses reporters in Colombo on December 9, 2009. Blake, a former ambassador to Sri Lanka, urged the country to improve on its human rights record and political reconciliation …
Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF has raised their serious concerns on imminent Police State in Sri Lanka to attack patriots and opposition politicians.
The GSLF has issued the strongly worded Press Release. The full text of the Press Release is …
IGP Pujith Jayasundara had ordered a Special Investigation Unit (SIU) led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) to be sent to Jaffna from Police Headquarters, Colombo to investigate the shooting incident that took place in the Point Pedro area, …