Dr Bilesha Weeraratne is a Research Fellow and Head of Migration and Urbanisation Research at IPS. Prior to re-joining IPS in ...

perhaps we need to call the United Nations election monitors. I know this isn’t Somalia or Sri Lanka, but it would be nice to have objective eyes on the process to avoid intimidation at the ...

A draft UN Resolution- A/HRC/57/L.1 titled "promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka" was adopted without a vote during the ongoing 57th Regular Session of the United ...

I will say to any terrorist who kills an American, and threatens the American People, or threatens our troops, or our ...

As Ukraine's President talked tough to the UN in New York, Russian forces have ... to keep the lights on in the city of Garowe. Image: Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ...

The northern vote should be examined against the backdrop of expulsion of the entire Muslim population from that province in ...

People look at the gutted remains of Russian military vehicles on a road in the town of Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022 Source: AAP Mr. Amal Jayasinghe, AFP Journalist ...

This week’s announcement makes clear that the JVP/NPP administration will not hesitate to use the PTA and other repressive ...

He has issued statements indicating his complicity in burying Sri Lanka’s troublesome ... change that surrounds his election by reconsidering his stance on the UN investigation, and turning ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved Sri Lanka's parliament and called for ... found only 13 of the 193 member states of ...

Sri Lanka's new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ... The end of the war was a moment to celebrate for most Sri Lankans, but the United Nations accused both sides of atrocities, especially during ...

Rajapaksa’s government was intransigent regarding international efforts to investigate potential war crimes in Sri Lanka ... its engagement with the United Nations as well.