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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 18 Apr 2011
    Diary of Sri Lanka war years

    As a Dutch teenager under Nazi occupation, Ben Bavinck learnt to resist fascism. He later taught in Sri Lanka, then returned in 1988, amidst violent turmoil. By that time, the island had become notorious throughout the world because of the scale of killings, by both government and rebel forces. While doing relief and rehabilitation work for the National Christian Council, he kept diaries, describing and seeking to make sense of what he witnessed.

  • 10 Feb 2011
    Bishop appeals over media attacks in Sri Lanka

    A senior Anglican bishop in Sri Lanka has condemned the "continuing attacks on media and the connected activities", including nonviolent protest.

  • 15 Oct 2010
    New call for independent enquiry into Sri Lanka war crimes

    Three leading human rights NGOs have called for an international inquiry into the evidence of war crimes and other abuses during the civil war.

  • 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.