Full Coverage: Sri Lanka

07.05.2008 Sri Lanka’s worsening human rights record and failed promises for improvement undermine its claim for a place on the UN Human Rights Council, a coalition of national and international NGOs said in a letter released today.

29.04.2008 Sri Lankan hallitus on hylkäämässä tuen perinteisiltä kumppaneiltaan, kuten Yhdysvalloilta ja Euroopan unionin jäsenmailta. Sen sijaan Sri Lanka on kääntymässä infrastruktuurihankkeidensa rahoituksessa kohti Kiinaa ja Irania.

31.03.2008 Relief agencies are mobilizing in Sri Lanka's Batticaloa region, where recent torrential rains forced more than 7,000 Sri Lankans -- many of whom were already displaced by fighting between the government and a rebel group -- to flee their homes.

12.03.2008 The Asian Human Rights Commission has asked the UN Rapporteur on Torture to help end the detention and alleged torture of a number of uncharged Sri Lankan journalists.

07.03.2008 The Sri Lankan government is responsible for widespread abductions and “disappearances” that are a national crisis, a leading rights group says in a new report.

05.03.2008 The world has largely turned its attention away from humanitarian crises in Somalia, Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burma, but the world body shouldn't, said a prominent human rights group this week.
From: Human Rights Watch

26.02.2008 As many as half a million Sri Lankans could be affected in 2008 alone as violence between the secessionist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam, and the government continues to intensify.

21.02.2008 Children are increasingly being killed and injured and having their education disrupted as violence between the secessionist group, the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam, and Sri Lankan government security forces escalates.

07.02.2008 Srilankalainen Yohalet Achma on onnistunut siinä, mistä moni haaveilee: hän on perustanut oman yrityksen ja saanut sen kannattavaksi muutamassa viikossa. Achma sai 10 000 rupian eli reilun 60 euron starttirahan Suomen Punaisen Ristin tsunamiavustusohjelmasta.

31.01.2008 Landmine clearance in Sri Lanka since the Mines Advisory Group restarted operations there in September 2007 will allow more then 30,000 internally displaced persons to return to their communities, the organisation said.

16.01.2008 A Tamil Tiger bomb that killed 28 bus passengers today marked the end of the six-year ceasefire in Sri Lanka's civil war, a day after the military said it wanted to destroy the rebels and finish the 25-year conflict.
+ OneWorld Guide to Sri Lanka

16.01.2008 As the truce between Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels ends on January 16, humanitarian agencies have raised concern over its possible impact on aid delivery. Fresh violence could affect over a hundred thousand displaced people and put at risk the safety of its workers, say agencies.

07.01.2008 A series of stories looks at HIV vulnerability, poverty, and women's rights and empowerment since the 2004 natural disaster ravaged Southeast Asia.

06.12.2007 Feuding politicians continually threaten independent journalism and have recently incited violence in Sri Lanka, a country marred by a long-lasting civil war between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), writes Adam Nord.

05.11.2007 The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has launched a national program to address post-consumer plastic waste. People are being told to segregate the plastic from other garbage to make recycle collections easier and to stop dumping them on roadsides.

05.11.2007 Children of mothers who work overseas are most likely to be subject to Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE), says a leading child protection group in Sri Lanka. There are currently 40,000 commercial child prostitutes in the country, with most of them working in the coastal areas.

02.11.2007 A UN official just back from Sri Lanka has condemned the escalation of hostilities and warned that torture was "prone to become routine in the context of counter-terrorism operations."

30.10.2007 An independent United Nations human rights expert claims brutal torture is routine in counter-terrorism operations in Sri Lanka. Nowak also drew attention to the low conviction rate by criminal courts in torture related cases.

29.10.2007 EDEX – Sri Lanka’s largest Education and Careers Expo – will offer online resources in higher education, skills development, employment guidance and placements through its web portal. This would be operational via ICTA’s Nenasala programme that boosts IT literacy among rural youth through its 400 IT kiosks across the country.

29.10.2007 EDEX – Sri Lanka’s largest Education and Careers Expo – will offer online resources in higher education, skills development, employment guidance and placements through its web portal. This would be operational via ICTA’s Nenasala programme that boosts IT literacy among rural youth through its 400 IT kiosks across the country.