An Act seeking indemnity will be presented in Parliament to protect soldiers if allegations are raised at the United Nations against the soldiers indicating that war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary MP …

Several anti-Sri Lankan meetings have been scheduled at the UN building in Geneva on the sidelines of the 30^th session of the UN Human Rights Council which begins today.

Leading human rights groups Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International …

It is good to always keep in mind that the well-funded campaign that dislodged Mahinda Rajapakse did so because he did not tow the line. If the next choice is a group that agrees to tow the line it is …

Sri Lanka’s terrorism was not homegrown. It was created and handled by by our neighbour India. That terror soon became surrogates in the hands of foster parents from the West who were happy to take refugees so long as they …

The white tiger lives in London and none of her crimes ever gets even a word of mention in the halls of humanity. Adele Ann Wilby Balasingham is directly responsible for denying a child’s fundamental rights by turning children as …

My unambiguous opinion is that R. Sampanthan is a gentleman of the old school, one of the finest Parliamentarians we have and ranks high among the few such left such as Dinesh Gunawardena. As an individual, he is streets ahead …

Silencing Nationalistic Voice in Parliament

The leaders of main parties lead by TNA, JVP, SLMC, and UNP had decided to silent the nationalistic voice in the parliament. Those anti-Sinhala elements lead by Ranil had decided that Wimal Weerawansa, …

Former UPFA Southern Provincial Council member and convenor of an organisation representing the interests of the armed forces, Maj. Ajith Prasanna yesterday said that the UNP-SLFP coalition was meant to achieve a two-thirds majority in parliament.

Maj. Prasanna described accommodating …

The SLFP leadership had conveniently forgotten that over 4.7 mn people who voted for the SLFP-led coalition never expected a section of the main constituent of the grouping to accept portfolios in the UNP led government, Dr Wasantha Bandara …

3 decades of terrorism in Sri Lanka ended in May 2009 following a military defeat of the LTTE. The Human Rights Council announced on 22 May 2009 that it would hold a special session to address the human rights situation …