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A Sri Lanka government official announced Tuesday that an investigation into human rights abuses that allegedly occurred during the 25-year civil war between the government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the government of Sri Lanka to conduct a "proper investigation" of any "credible allegations of violations of humanitarian law" arising from the recent conflict between...

The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution Wednesday "welcoming the conclusion of hostilities" in Sri Lanka, but failing to call for an investigation into war crimes committed during the conflict. Adopted during the 11th...

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday rejected calls for his government to provide full humanitarian access to Tamil displacement camps in the country, saying the camps still needed to be screened for rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE)...

The Council of the European Union on Monday called for an independent inquiry into possible war crimes committed during the Sri Lanka civil war. Meeting in Brussels, the General Affairs and External...

A jury for a UK crown court convicted Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar Friday of supplying bomb-making materials to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) a Sri Lankan separatist group. Chrishanthakumar was also convicted of receiving...

The Sri Lankan government Saturday denied allegations by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay that recent Sri Lankan military action against the separatist...

Kim Soo A : "First of all, I congratulate the people of Nepal on its transition into a Secular, Federal Democratic Republic. The declaration made on 28 May 2008 by the Constituent Assembly of Nepal...

The Sri Lankan government is responsible for a dramatic increase in unlawful killings, enforced disappearances and other serious human rights violations since the resumption of hostilities in 2006 with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [CFR...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday that the government of Sri Lanka is using its anti-terror legislation to silence journalists who expose governmental human rights abuses and corruption or question how...