Enforced disappearances – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Letter on Sri Lanka to Permanent Representatives of Human Rights Council Member and Observer States

By pearlaction | February 2, 2012 |

[Human Rights Watch] Your Excellency, We write to urge your delegation to work with other member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to bring the issue of accountability for wartime abuses in Sri Lanka onto the agenda of the Council during its March 2012 session. Almost three years after the…

Sri Lanka: Urgent need to prosecute security agents involved in torture

By pearlaction | November 7, 2011 |

[Amnesty USA] Sri Lanka is not credibly investigating torture, Amnesty International said on the eve of a review by the UN Committee Against Torture into the country. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka condemned over aid workers’ deaths

By pearlaction | August 3, 2011 |

[BBC] There was widespread revulsion following the murders of the 16 Tamils and one Muslim in the north-eastern town of Muttur during the civil war. [Full Story]