International Crisis Group – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

‘US to pressure Sri Lanka on reconciliation process’

By pearlaction | February 3, 2012 |

[Radio Netherlands Worldwide] The United States is set to table a resolution against Sri Lanka at the next sitting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva later this month. The Americans have voiced their concerns over human rights violations in Sri Lanka before, but so far had not taken the step of bringing it…

Sri Lanka: new test of India’s global influence

By pearlaction | December 19, 2011 |

[Global Post] The Sri Lankan government’s efforts to erase from history the final months of its 25-year-long war against Tamil separatists hit a snag this week, as humanitarian organizations blasted the report of an internal probe into alleged human rights violations and possible war crimes as a whitewash. [Full Story]

Testimony of Elaine Pearson before the House of Commons of Canada regarding Human Rights in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | November 1, 2011 |

[Human Rights Watch] Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for inviting Human Rights Watch to testify at this timely and important hearing. Over the last two decades, my organization, Human Rights Watch, has documented human rights violations in Sri Lanka, especially violations committed by security forces and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam…