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  • 21 Mar 2013
    Sri Lanka fails to investigate present and past human rights abuses

    A new UN resolution does a good job of highlighting past and ongoing human rights violations in Sri Lanka, but not yet to establish a justice procedure.

  • 11 Mar 2013
    Sri Lankan citizens’ group condemns anti-Muslim hate campaign

    Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority has faced a hate campaign in recent months. The Friday Forum, a citizens’ group which includes former Anglican Bishop of Colombo Duleep de Chickera, has written to President Mahinda Rajapaksa calling on him to act. The letter reads as follows:

  • 3 Mar 2013
    Twos and threes - healing Sri Lanka

    Small gatherings can have a vital role if Sri Lanka’s wounds are to be healed and justice achieved, according to Duleep de Chickera.

  • 20 Feb 2013
    Clergy urge United Nations to act on Sri Lanka

    One hundred and thirty three clergy and members of religious orders in Sri Lanka have written to the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling for action.

  • 24 Jan 2013
    Sri Lanka bishop laments loss of democracy

    The Anglican Bishop of Colombo has called for a Time of Lament, after Sri Lanka’s chief justice was unlawfully removed by the ruling regime.

  • 19 Jan 2013
    Sri Lanka: farewell to the rule of law?

    When those in power disregard human rights and undermine the rule of law, the results can be horrific, observes Savitri Hensman, commenting on recent developments in Sri Lanka. It is to be hoped that, today, non-violent means of resistance will be used, as Sri Lankans and those who care about Sri Lanka seek to defend democracy and civil liberties.

  • 16 Jan 2013
    Sri Lanka: defending democracy as chief justice impeached

    Sri Lanka is facing a constitutional crisis after the chief justice was impeached, in a process ruled unlawful by the supreme court. The bid by cabinet members to replace her with one of their own legal advisers has been widely criticised as an attack on the independence of the judiciary. Pro-democracy activists are challenging the move, despite the danger they face from an increasingly dictatorial regime.

  • 16 Nov 2012
    Amid Sri Lanka’s poor: the life and death of Michael Rodrigo

    Father Michael Rodrigo’s life and witness in Sri Lanka reflect the importance of perseverance, hope and faith in a better future, says Savi Hensman. This remarkable man still has something to say today, when all too many people live precariously in a divided and often violent world.

  • 4 Aug 2012
    Post war Sri Lanka needs trust for peace and reconciliation

    As post war Sri Lanka experiences a high level of militarisation, the northern provinces of the country continue to face serious problems.

  • 16 Mar 2012
    Sri Lanka: reconciliation and truth

    In May 2009, Sri Lanka’s civil war came to an end. On 14 March 2012, Channel 4 broadcast Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished, a follow-up to an earlier documentary. This focused on the last few months of the armed conflict, when large numbers of civilians were killed or injured.