Jul 26, 2022
The Sri Lanka Campaign has joined with People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL) and 15 other organizations in writing to Singapore’s Attorney-General’s Chambers, requesting that former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa be investigated and, if...
Jul 19, 2022
Sri Lanka’s Accountability Crisis: Part 3 of 3 This is the final of a 3-part series of essays and reports which the Sri Lanka Campaign have published in recent weeks, ahead of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Right’s statement on accountability in Sri...
Jul 12, 2022
Sri Lanka’s Accountability Crisis: Part 2 of 3 This is the second of a 3-part series of essays and reports which the Sri Lanka Campaign will be publishing in the coming weeks, ahead of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Right’s statement on accountability in...
Jul 7, 2022
Sri Lanka’s Accountability Crisis: Part 1 of 3 This is the first of a 3-part series of essays and reports which the Sri Lanka Campaign will be publishing in the coming weeks, ahead of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Right’s statement on...
Jul 4, 2022
The Sri Lanka Campaign, People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL) and members of the UK Atrocity Prevention Working Group have sent a letter to several members of the British government, including Secretary of State Liz Truss MP, expressing our concern at the...
Jun 9, 2022
On Thursday 5 May, the Sri Lankan Campaign hosted the European premiere screening of award-winning director Kannan Arunasalam’s latest film, Sri Lanka’s Rebel Wife. That film is available for viewing on Al Jazeera English’s YouTube channel here. As the Sri...
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...
May 16, 2022
In a turbulent week in Sri Lanka, peaceful protests were attacked, the Prime Minister resigned, the military were deployed to the streets of Colombo, and a new (but old) Prime Minister was appointed. How did we get here? For over a month, thousands of Sri...
Apr 27, 2022
Thursday 5 May, 19:00 – 20:30 Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ As the Sri Lankan civil war was ending in 2009, Ananthy’s husband Elilan, a Tamil Tiger rebel, surrendered to government forces. He has not been seen again. Sri Lanka’s Rebel...
Apr 5, 2022
Over the weekend, Sri Lanka has been rocked by protests, police violence, curfews, and political turmoil. A lot has happened in a short space of time, and the situation is developing rapidly. Whilst the fallout from the economic crisis and the President’s declaration...
