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8 Sep 2009, 6:17 pm by Jim McDonald
The British news company, Channel 4, has released another shocking video on Sri Lanka, this time on the terrible conditions facing Sri Lanka’s displaced Tamils in the internment camps they’re currently held in. [read post]
29 Jul 2009, 7:30 pm by Jim McDonald
Yesterday, the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (of which Amnesty International is a member) issued a briefing paper on children affected by the recent conflict in Sri Lanka. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 9:00 pm by Jim McDonald
  (Amnesty International has been calling on the Sri Lankan government to allow the civilians to leave the camps if they wish; for more information on this topic, please see our Sri Lanka page.) [read post]
12 Aug 2009, 8:19 pm by Jim McDonald
Amnesty International today issued an urgent action appeal on the five Sri Lankan doctors currently being held by the government under emergency regulations. [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 5:46 pm by Jim McDonald
  The detained Sri Lankan journalist, J.S. [read post]
20 May 2009, 7:53 pm by Jim McDonald
I hope Secretary-General Ban is able to get the Sri Lankan government to open up the war zone and the internment camps to the UN, other aid agencies and journalists. [read post]
31 Aug 2009, 6:25 pm by Jim McDonald
Tissainayagam, the detained Sri Lankan journalist, was sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment by the Sri Lankan High Court. [read post]
12 Feb 2012, 4:27 am by Sanjana Hattotuwa
It doesn’t take much, and the reward is more than some local or international award or prize. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 7:37 pm by Jim McDonald
AIUSA activists in Chicago demand the release of Internally Displaced People in Sri Lanka. [read post]
8 May 2009, 7:20 am by Jim McDonald
Yesterday, a ferry chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) evacuated 495 sick and injured patients from the Sri Lankan war zone and delivered 25 metric tons of food for distribution to civilians trapped in the zone. [read post]
27 Oct 2009, 8:28 pm by Jim McDonald
” Amnesty International has issued an urgent action appeal calling on the Sri Lankan government to ensure the safety of Frederica Jansz and Munza Mushataq, and to investigate the death threats received by them and the attacks on other Sri Lankan journalists and media workers. [read post]
26 Apr 2009, 10:48 am by Jim McDonald
  The Sri Lankan government should announce that international monitors will supervise the screening of all civilians leaving the zone. [read post]
7 Jun 2009, 4:55 pm by Jim McDonald
  If this is indeed what the Sri Lankan government has in mind, the international community shouldn’t stand for it. [read post]
23 Sep 2006, 4:29 pm
[JURIST] Human rights groups have called on the UN Human Rights Council [official website] to support an "independent international human rights monitoring mechanism" to guard against human rights violations and alleged disregard for civilian casualties in fighting between Sri Lanka government forces and the rebel Tamil Tigers that has claimed an estimated 1,500 lives since last November. [read post]
30 Jul 2009, 4:05 pm by Christoph Koettl
Menik Farm displacement camp in Sri Lanka. [read post]
22 May 2009, 6:39 pm by Jim McDonald
  The Sri Lankan government has recently restricted access to the camps by international aid agencies, including the U.N. and the International Committee of the Red Cross. [read post]
24 Feb 2007, 2:12 pm
The Sri Lanka Sunday Times Online carries a February 25, 2007 article by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena on the failure of Sri Lanka to sign the optional protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations which confers to the International Court of Justice compulsory jurisdiction in matters involving a failure in consular notification. [read post]
20 May 2009, 8:25 pm by Jim McDonald
  The Human Rights Council should at least do the following for the people of Sri Lanka: Establish an international commission of inquiry to investigate war crimes and human rights abuses by both sides and hold accountable those found responsible Persuade the Sri Lankan government to open up the conflict zone and the internment camps holding displaced civilians to aid agencies and journalists, so that the civilians can get the aid they need and the… [read post]
19 May 2009, 6:30 am by Jim McDonald
  Amnesty International has gotten reports that Dr. [read post]