Mar 29, 2019
Been following recent developments on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council but unsure of what it all means? In this explainer, we try to answer some of the key questions. I gather something important happened in Geneva last week. What’s it all about? That’s...
Feb 23, 2017
[Update 27/2/17: a dedicated webpage with regular updates about Lena’s case has been set up here. You can also follow developments via @pusatkomas on Twitter] On Tuesday 21st February, Lena Hendry, a human rights defender in Malaysia, was convicted for her part...
Mar 19, 2015
Update: good news. An emergency injunction has been granted meaning that Kannan is safe for now. The story was reported on Channel 4 here. Thank you for all your support and pressure. It certainly will have helped. We understand that a survivor of torture and a war...
Feb 13, 2014
In an investigative report into war crimes and human rights abuses committed throughout and following the civil war by the Australian Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s (PIAC) International Crimes Evidence Project (ICEP), new evidence is unveiled supporting allegations...
Nov 18, 2013
The Commonwealth Summit has now ended. It was broadly seen as a complete disaster for both the Commonwealth and Sri Lanka.Only 27 of the 53 invited Heads of Government attended. 23 nations sent lesser representation (Antigua, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Canada, Mauritius,...