May 18, 2023
On 18 May 2009, the war in Sri Lanka came to a bloody, murderous end on the beaches of Mullivaikkal, after months of brutal violence meted out by the Sri Lankan armed forces. Today, we remember the tens of thousands of Tamils who lost their lives in the final months...
Mar 7, 2023
Last week, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that Sri Lankan local elections, due to be held on 9th March 2023, will be indefinitely delayed, as the Sri Lankan government continues its assault on democratic rights. These elections, which had already been...
Jan 31, 2023
On Wednesday 1st February, the Sri Lankan government will undergo its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. You can watch it here between 9:30-12:30 Geneva time. The UPR is a quadrennial review which allows member states to...
Sep 28, 2022
At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this month, the Sri Lankan government has been pushing a great deal of misinformation about the prospects of accountability for historic and ongoing human rights abuses in the country. Frightened by the prospect of...
Sep 9, 2022
To read the first part of this series on militarisation in Sri Lanka, click here. The power wielded by the armed forces has been in the spotlight in Sri Lanka in the last few months as the economic crisis continues, with the military playing a prominent role both in...
May 18, 2022
there is neither sea nor wind for us to dissolve the ashes proclaim an end and close our eyes. -Poem by Cheran Rudhramoorthy from In a Time of Burning 13 years ago, the Sri Lankan civil war came to an end following a brutal offensive launched by the government’s armed...
