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15 years on, the Tamil survivors of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war live in fear — and disempowerment
Associated Press via AOL· 3 weeks agoAt the site of a bloody battlefield that marked the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Singaram...
Behind the crisis in Sri Lanka – how political and economic mismanagement combined to plunge nation...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe sun sets on Sri Lanka's protest movement (for now). Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images)Sri Lankan...
Monks’ role in Sri Lanka protests raises familiar questions
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPolitical involvement by the monks — easy to spot in the protests against Rajapaksa’s inaction on...
Sri Lanka's crisis pushes war-shattered Tamils to the brink
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUnder a blazing sun, a 44-year-old Tamil labourer tended his rented patch of peanut field in Sri...
Prasanna Vithanage On Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis; Power Dynamics In Society & Marriage In...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 8 months agoParadise, directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage, is playing in the Icons: South Asia...
Tamils faced torture in Sri Lanka long after war, rights group says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSri Lanka's security forces abducted men and women from the ethnic Tamil minority and tortured them in custody long after the end of a bloody civil war in the South Asian island nation, a human ...
Dead or alive? Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka's civil war have spent 15 years seeking answers
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFor 15 years, Rasalingam Thilakawathi has been trying to find out what happened to her daughter at...
Sri Lanka introduces reform bill to clip presidential powers
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSri Lanka's justice minister submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to Parliament on...
Refugees sent to Rwanda from remote UK island speak to BBC
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAzhagu and Mayur arrived in Rwanda from British territory Diego Garcia [BBC] A group of migrants was...
Sri Lanka refuses international human rights investigation
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSri Lanka will not accept any international investigation imposed by the U.N. Human Rights Council...