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  • 13 Oct 2010
    Sri Lanka Catholic bishops call for release of jailed opposition leader

    The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has joined demands for the release of opposition leader Sarath Fonseka, the former Sri Lankan army chief.

  • 27 Sep 2010
    Sri Lanka: the danger of deifying leaders

    Treating any politician as a near-deity, and giving him or her absolute power, is a dangerous course, says Savi Hensman. In concentrating power in his own hands, President Mahinda Rajapaksa resembles the ruthless Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.

  • 14 Aug 2010
    Elders highlight large human rights failings in Sri Lanka

    The Elders network has criticised the Sri Lankan government over its "clampdown on domestic critics and disdain for human rights".

  • 18 May 2010
    New British Government urged to help Sri Lanka's war displaced

    Christian Aid is urging the new British government to make a renewed effort to work with the Sri Lankan government and the international community

  • 2 Apr 2010
    Loyalty in Sri Lanka's state of suspicion

    In Sri Lanka in recent decades, the term "traitor" has been flung about with wild abandon, says Savi Hensman, raising questions about what loyalty people might owe to a nation and what this might mean in practice.

  • 1 Apr 2010
    Winning out over over distortion and violence

    Back in 2000 I was honoured to be part of a British and Irish churches' team supporting an interreligious peace delegation from Sri Lanka on a visit to build solidarity links here. One of the participants was Duleep de Chickera, now Anglican Bishop of Colombo. A remarkable man, his 2010 Easter message of hope has a resonance both within and beyond the particular tragedies of Sri Lanka.

  • 25 Feb 2010
    London Fashion Week retailers still exploiting workers, says charity

    As London Fashion Week drew to a close yesterday (24 February), the anti-poverty charity War on Want said that overseas garment workers are still being exploited to produce clothes for British high street stores.

  • 15 Feb 2010
    Sri Lankan bishop 'disturbed' at arrest of former army chief

    The Anglican Bishop of Colombo, the Rt Revd Duleep de Chickera has expressed deep concern over the arrest of retired former army chief Sarath Fonseka, as the country faces yet more political turmoil.

  • 9 Feb 2010
    Church leaders seek justice as Sri Lanka faces new elections and protests

    As Sri Lanka's recently re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced he is dissolving parliament and calling early elections, church leaders issued a strong statement against abuses during and after the last poll.

  • 20 Jan 2010
    Concern grows about Sri Lanka election violence

    Concerns are rising that Sri Lanka's presidential election will be undermined after the deaths of four people in a spate of campaign-related violence in the past week, say election monitors. The poll is due on 26 January 2010.