War Crimes Sri Lanka News

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  Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse Opposes War Crimes Tribunal

  Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse today opposed international war crimes apparatus and urged all parties in the island nation not to allow the passage of new laws aimed at persecuting members of its armed forces.

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  India has to Maintain Friendly Relations with Sri Lanka: Venkaiah Naidu

  Reiterating the Narendra Modi government's stand on relationship with Sri Lanka, union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday that India has to maintain friendly relations with its neighbour.

• No move to block trade with south India: Sri Lanka

  Sri Lanka has rejected moves to block trade with Tamil Nadu and has insisted that economic relations should not be disrupted despite political tensions, an official said on Thursday.

• UN finds cluster bombs in Sri Lanka

  A report from a U.N. mine removal expert says unexploded cluster munitions have been found in northern Sri Lanka, appearing to confirm, for the first time, that the weapons were used in that country's long civil war.

• Sri Lanka to shut some embassies in Europe

  The Sri Lankan government has decided to shut down some of its embassies in Europe, the External Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. A spokesperson at the Ministry said that the government is of the view that embassies in Europe which are not serving any purpose in obtaining support for Sri Lanka's national issues will be closed and new embassies wil...

• 'India succumbs to US pressure': Sri Lankan dailies criticise UN vote

  India may have managed to extricate itself from a domestic political imbroglio at Sri Lanka's expense, but that has "plunged" the country "into an unholy diplomatic and political mire", a leading daily here said on Friday, a day after India voted against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council.

• Hillary Clinton welcomes UN resolution on Sri Lanka

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday welcomed a UN resolution urging Sri Lanka to "credibly investigate" allegations of war crimes during its battle against Tamil Tiger separatists in 2009.

• Sri Lanka rejects latest war crimes video

  Sri Lanka on Thursday rejected a new video aired on Britain's Channel 4 which levelled fresh allegations of war crimes against the country's leadership and military. In response to the video "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished", the defence ministry re-released several videos and documents to counter the claims, reported Xinhua.