U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Sri Lankan journalist attacked ‘with iron bars’

By pearlaction | July 30, 2011 |

[AFP] An ethnic Tamil journalist in Sri Lanka’s formerly embattled north was brutally attacked with iron bars, police said on Saturday, the latest in a string of assaults on the nation’s media. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka seeks new international laws to fight terrorism

By pearlaction | May 31, 2011 |

[Reuters] Sri Lanka on Tuesday argued that the spread of terrorist groups worldwide requires a revamping of the international laws of war, which put governments at a disadvantage against foes that do not have to follow them. [Full Story]