HRW constantly voiced its concerns against Sri Lanka for the widespread abductions and “disappearances” and called them as a national crisis.
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July 02, Colombo: United National Party (UNP) Western Colombo organiser Rosy Senanayake and Opposition MP Chandrani Bandara have filed a fundamental rights violation petition in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
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July 02, Colombo: A group of journalists and photographers today staged a massive protest against the abductions and assaulting of journalists in Sri Lanka.
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The New York based Human Rights Watch has voiced against the illegal internment of around 400 Internally Displaced Tamils, who are languishing under Sri Lanka Army detention in a so-called ‘welfare center’ in Ka’limoaddai in Naanaaddaan division of Mannaar district. Since March 2008, the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has detained civilians fleeing areas controlled […]

July 02, Colombo: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday opened the new bridge across Arugam Bay, its flagship tsunami reconstruction project, in the presence of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Source: Human Rights Watch (New York, July 2, 2008) – The Sri Lankan government should end the arbitrary detention of more than 400 civilians displaced by recent fighting at a newly established camp in northern Sri Lanka, Human …
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July 02, Colombo: Government of Pakistan has donated a large quantity of books on Pakistan and Asian Studies to University of Colombo through its High Commission in Sri Lanka.
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July 02, Colombo: Sri Lankan government is taking steps in introducing new technologies to coir based product manufacturers through the Export Development Board (EDB).
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July 02, Colombo: As part of its continuing tsunami relief initiatives in Sri Lanka, American Express recently opened two new pre-schools constructed at a cost of 2.468 million rupees in Tangalle.
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New York, July 2, 2008 —The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned by the attack Monday evening on Namal Perera, freelance journalist and deputy head of the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), a media rights advocacy group.
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