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Editor’s note: Dimitri Lascaris traveled to Iran from March 20–31, 2026, as part of a small group of foreign journalists invited by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Iran’s state broadcaster, which operates under the supervision of the Supreme Leader’s office. IRIB organized the group’s itinerary and provided in-country guidance. Lascaris states that he declined [...]

The Canadian House of Commons voted Wednesday to defeat Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act, at second reading, killing legislation that would have required Canadian military exports destined for the United States to undergo the same permit review and human-rights risk assessments applied to all other export destinations. Tabled in September 2025 by NDP [...]

A year after the leftist National People’s Power (NPP) coalition won an unprecedented supermajority in Sri Lanka’s November 2024 parliamentary elections—with support from both the majority Sinhala and minority Tamil communities—it has fallen short in terms of delivering on its sweeping promises. As the first party to govern Sri Lanka outside the two-party system, the [...]

JURIST’s Sarisha Harikrishna interviews Professor Dr. John D. Ciorciari, Dean of the Hamilton Lugar School at Indiana University Bloomington on the practical challenges of prosecuting genocide and war crimes in Asia. While international courts have established legal frameworks for addressing mass atrocities, their application in Asia faces distinct obstacles shaped by regional politics and diplomatic [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern on Friday over accusations of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, stating that a recent report by the UN Human Rights Office highlights the need for accountability. HRW specifically urged the UN Human Rights Council to take action to protect human rights in the country, including by supporting the [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called upon the Sri Lankan authorities to put an immediate end to what it called the government’s harassment of photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan, after a police notice obtained by the organization revealed that Kumanan had been summoned by the counter-terrorism police for questioning. The summons comes in the [...]

On July 29, 1999, Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a distinguished Sri Lankan Tamil constitutional lawyer, academic, and parliamentarian, was assassinated by the Tamil separatist rebel group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). His killing was in retaliation for his efforts to resolve Sri Lanka’s decades-long ethnic conflict through democratic, power-sharing constitutional reforms within a united [...]

In a shocking discovery that has sent ripples across the international community, ongoing excavations at a mass grave site in Chemmani, in northern Sri Lanka, have uncovered more than 100 skeletal remains, including those of children and infants. The grim findings at Chemmani have reignited global attention on one of the world’s most severe cases [...]

India has long been hailed as a moral and material sanctuary for displaced populations in South Asia. Despite not being a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, the country has crafted a robust historical identity as a haven for persecuted communities. From the Zoroastrians fleeing Iran in the 8th century, to [...]

Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), won an overwhelming amount of support from the majority Sinhalese community as well as the minority Tamil community, receiving a historic supermajority in the November 2024 Parliamentary elections. This broad mandate across ethnic lines presents a historic opportunity to address [...]