Rights group criticizes Sri Lanka's rights record
3 days ago
In March, the U.N. Human Rights Council approved a U.S.-backed resolution calling on Sri Lanka to more thoroughly investigate alleged war crimes committed by both sides during the war.
Dalai Lama lashes Myanmar, Lanka Buddhist violence
15 days ago
The Dalai Lama has implored Buddhist monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to put an end to a series of recent attacks on Muslims in their countries.
Amnesty: Sri Lanka gov't acting harsher on critics
24 days ago
Sri Lanka's government has been criticized as failing to conduct proper investigations on attacks and arrest the culprits.
UN Sri Lanka vote threatens India's government
65 days ago
A United Nations resolution criticizing the actions of Sri Lanka's government during its war against the Tamil Tigers has threatened India's shaky coalition government.
Relatives seek justice for Sri Lanka war missing
71 days ago
The United States plans to introduce a resolution calling on Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of war crimes committed by government troops as well the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels.
Sri Lanka cardinal hews to tradition in papal race
77 days ago
In one of his first appointments as pope, Benedict XVI picked a Sri Lankan archbishop to return to the Vatican for a top post overseeing the church's liturgy and rites.
Rights group: Tamil suspects raped by government
86 days ago
The report comes as the United Nations Human Rights Council is set to discuss Sri Lanka's alleged wartime abuses at its annual meeting in Geneva this week.
Sri Lanka opposes UN screening of critical film
87 days ago
Its backers include the non-profit Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and Britain's Channel 4 television, which aired two previous documentaries on the Sri Lanka's civil war.
Sri Lanka under pressure to probe war crimes
88 days ago
The United States has said it will introduce a new resolution on Sri Lanka - urging a full accounting of what happened at the end of the war - when the U.N. Human Rights Council meets next week.
Myanmar survivors say floated at sea for 25 days
90 days ago
The survivors were suffering from serious dehydration when they were rescued about 400 kilometers (250 miles) off Sri Lanka's east coast.
