Attorney Nuwan Bellanthudawa, Coordinator of the Global Sri Lankan Forum of Sri Lanka while addressing the annual assembly of the UNHRC in Geneva challenges the way and means in which the processes and procedures followed by UNHRC are controversial and …
Tensions flared during an event organized by the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) on the sidelined of the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council as members of the ‘Patriotic Professionals Forum’ including Dr Nalaka Godahewa raised objections to the …
The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) Chairman Saliya Pieris PC today rejected the allegations made by the Global Sri Lankan Forum (GSLF) raising concerns over the conduct of the OMP.
In a statement,
the OMP Chairman said their attention is …
(Courtesy of Dailymirror )
The spokesman of the Global Sri Lanka Forum –Australia Ranjith Soysa in a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena urged the political leaders of the country to record their protest when the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) …
Issuing a media statement in response to an article, titled, “Sri Lankan academics abroad condemn violence against Muslim community” in The Island on 14th March, the NUTA has said:
“National University Teachers Association (NUTA) of Sri Lanka is appalled by …
A lawsuit compiled by a team of legal experts with the input of Sir Geoffrey Nice QC would be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday challenging the procedure adopted by the UNHRC itself to pass the …
The Co-president of Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF told UNHRC that the Human Right Council should look at Sri Lanka in a different eye in the way Sri Lankan forces saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians …
Former member of parliament and retired Navy Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera has sought an explanation from UNSG Sri Lanka panel member, South African human rights lawyer Yasmin Sooka as regards sharp discrepancy in the much-touted UN Vanni …
Ven. Induragare Dhammarathana Thera, on behalf of Mahajana Rajjya Sabhawa, has requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya not to certify the Bill for the protection against enforced disappearances enacted hastily in Parliament on March 7.
Alleging that the Bill hadn’t been passed …
(Courtesy of The Island)
Given that we find ourselves today standing at a pivotal crossroads in our nation’s history, I would like to begin and end by addressing an appeal to the Sri Lankan people – irrespective of the community …