ethnic conflict – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Sri Lankan anger over US move at UN rights council

By pearlaction | February 23, 2012 |

[AFP] Sri Lanka on Thursday vowed to hold mass protests against US-backed moves at the United Nations to press for an independent probe into alleged war crimes during the island’s civil war. [Full Story]

Crimes against minorities cannot be tolerated

By pearlaction | November 10, 2011 |

[National Post] The Tamils’ situation in Sri Lanka brings to mind the old legal maxim, inter arma enim silent leges – essentially, in times of war, the law falls silent. Most unfortunate for all Tamils is the continued cynical silence of the international community on this troubling ongoing ethnic conflict. [Full Story]