Sri Lanka Human Rights Violations

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  US Blacklists Sri Lankan Army Commander Over Human Rights Violations

  The United States said Friday it would refuse entry to Sri Lanka's army chief over "credible" evidence of human rights violations in the bloody 2009 finale to the civil war.

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  UN Official Asks Sri Lanka To Locate People Missing From War

  The top United Nations human rights official asked Sri Lanka's government today to quickly locate thousands of civilians reported missing during the country's civil war. The government has said most are probably dead.

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  Tamil Nadu Assembly Calls for Probe Into Sri Lanka's Alleged War Crimes

  The Tamil Nadu assembly today adopted a resolution for an international probe against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violations and war crimes committed in 2009, coming just a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Sri Lankan government deciding to renew efforts to resolve the ethic issue in the is...

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  Sri Lanka Violates Human Rights of Minorities: Report

  Sri Lanka continues to violate human rights of its religious and ethnic minorities, six years after the end of civil war in the country that resulted in the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to a new independent report.

• Amnesty India Hails UN's Naming of Sri Lanka Rights Probe Panel

  Amnesty International India today welcomed UN's naming of three experts to conduct a comprehensive probe into alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka during the armed conflict in 2009.

• 'Sri Lanka to Implement UN Resolution Demands Except International Probe'

  President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said Sri Lanka is in the process of implementing all demands made by the sponsors of the UNHRC resolution against it except for allowing an international probe into alleged human rights violations during the last phase of the war with the LTTE.

• Aggressive Lankan President Rajapaksa says Commonwealth should not turn 'punitive, judgemental'

  Under attack over alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils, President Mahinda Rajapaksa today asked Commonwealth nations not to turn the grouping into a 'punitive and judgemental' body.

• Jayalalithaa urges PM Manmohan Singh to boycott meet in Sri Lanka

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today sought to mount pressure on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to boycott his visit to Sri Lanka next month over alleged human rights violations and discrimination against Tamils in that country.

• India votes against Sri Lanka, but skips amendments to US-backed resolution at UNHRC

  India has voted for the resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva. 25 countries have voted for the US-backed resolution that addresses alleged war crimes by Lankan forces during the country's civil war with the Tamil Tigers. India has called for an "independent and credible investigation into allegations of human...

• Blog: Infosys employee on why he joined protests against Lanka

  Finally, a group that has been endlessly and mindlessly accused as the sole reason behind price rise, skyrocketing house rents and wayward lifestyle, has come out of plush air conditioned office cubicles to the streets to join hands and express solidarity with the students who made headlines for more than a week by protesting against the human righ...

• Sri Lanka says UN resolution is 'biased, politicised'

  Sri Lanka today slammed the US-sponsored resolution at the UNHRC which it says seeks to "discredit" and "single out" the country over alleged human rights violations, terming it as "biased and politicised".

• No international probe mandated in revised US resolution on Sri Lanka

  The revised draft of the US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN human rights body's Geneva session does not mandate an international probe into alleged war crimes and human rights violations during Sri Lanka's lengthy civil war with Tamil rebels.

• Congress ministers fail to broker peace with DMK over Sri Lanka

  The Prime Minister's fragile coalition is under new pressure. Senior partner DMK has threatened to withdraw its five ministers this week from the cabinet unless India asks the UN's top human rights body to hold Sri Lanka accountable for "genocide." Later this month, the UN's top human rights body will vote on a resolution by the US which criticizes...

• Trio of ministers meet Karunanidhi to broker peace over Sri Lanka

  The Centre is under extreme pressure to vote against Sri Lanka on March 21, when the United Nations' top human rights body meets in Geneva. The US is moving a resolution that is expected to criticize Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes and human rights violations by its defence forces in the final phases of the civil war against the Tamil Tigers which...

• MDMK chief Vaiko arrested after attempting to lay siege to Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission

  MDMK Chief Vaiko has been arrested by Chennai Police after he attempted to lay siege on the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission today. Mr Vaiko, who led several pro-Tamil groups, was protesting against alleged war crimes and human rights violations committed by the Sri Lankan government against Tamil civilians there.