Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that though the President and Prime Minister have repeatedly stated that no foreign judges will be brought to try Sri Lanka’s armed forces, the pledge given in Geneva last week is exactly the opposite.

“The …

Coutersy of The Island

by Shamindra Ferdinando

The UN mission in Colombo yesterday said that it would soon respond to The Island query whether a report received from the Federation of National Organizations (FNO) on ‘A factual appraisal of the …

Consular Affairs Officer

Australian High Commission Office
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dear Sir/Madam,

The annexed news report speaks of a denial of a travel visa to Maj. Gen. Chagie Gallege to visit his brother who is an Australian citizen claiming that …

The Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF, who are in the battle front in UNHRC  in Geneva has launched a global petition calling Sri Lankan government to withdraw from  the Sri Lankan Co-sponsorship of UNHRC Resolution A/HRC/30/L. 29. The petition was …

In response to one sided approach by the UNHRC towards Sri Lanka to balance the geopolitics in the region in international context Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF staged a massive demonstration in front of the UNHRC head office in Geneva. …

The report was initiated and sponsored by Global Sri Lankan Forum.

Two volumes of the report can be read from following links;

Volume 01 – A Factual Appraisal of the OISL Report: A Rebuttal to the Allegations Against the Armed …

It was reported that the recently opened Indian Consular Office in Jaffna is providing forged documents to South India Tamils to migrate to northern Sri Lanka. This is a very serious threat to the security of the country that call …

The Joint Opposition (JO)  urged President Maithripala Sirisena to take action to remove the sixth operative clause in the US-crafted Geneva resolution co-sponsored by the Sri Lankan government.

Former External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris said according to that …

A report compiled by eminent legal professionals under the theme of ‘A factual appraisal of the OISL report: A rebuttal to the allegations against the armed forces’   had been handed over to UNHRC head office in Geneva by Rear Admiral …

The seasoned soldier and patriot Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara defended the war heroes from bogus war crime allegations and the nation from separatism. It was a single hand handled operation in side the UNHRC head office in Geneva by Rear …