Sri Lanka’s target to be free of land mines by 2028 is under threat as US reviews aid
Thavarathnam Pushparani fought on the front lines for the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels against the Sri Lankan forces in ...
Sri Lanka: Former 'Tamil Tigers' struggle to reintegrate
Nearly 16 years after Sri Lanka's civil war, former female fighters from the country's northern provinces still have limited ...
UK sanctions former Sri Lankan commanders over civil war abuses
Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on three former senior Sri Lankan military commanders and one former Tamil Tiger rebel ...
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‘International actions for justice essential as Sri Lanka makes no effort for accountability’: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that as long as Sri Lanka makes no effort to attain accountability, international measures to ...
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UK sanctions former Sri Lankan commanders over civil war abuses
“The UK government is committed to human rights in Sri Lanka, including seeking accountability for human rights violations and abuses which took place during the civil war, and which continue to ...
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UK Imposes Sanctions on Four Sri Lankans for Alleged War Crimes
The United Kingdom government has advanced accountability in Sri Lanka by imposing sanctions on four men implicated in atrocities during the country’s civil war. The 1983-2009 conflict between ...
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Sri Lanka responds to UK’s sanctions on former military commanders
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism has issued a statement in response to the decision of the government of the United Kingdom (UK) to impose sanction against three ...
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‘The Basic Issue Is a Lack of Political Will’: Land Rights and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka – Interview with Academic Mahendran Thiruvarangan
JURIST Staff, US Sri Lanka’s civil war (1983-2009) between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant and political ...