Full Coverage: Sri Lanka
Recommended links
» The OneWorld Sri Lanka Country Guide
The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Sri Lanka
06/19/2008
Almost two years after 17 of its members were murdered, the humanitarian group Action Against Hunger has pulled out of Sri Lanka, beginning a new international campaign in the hope of finding justice.
Read moreFrom: Action Against Hunger-USA Related: [Aid] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Civil Society] [Codes of Conduct] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
05/22/2008
Activists are welcoming Wednesday's vote to remove Sri Lanka from a key UN body, saying the country has been a prime violator of human rights and used its position on the Human Rights Council "to protect itself and other violator states from scrutiny."
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Human Rights] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Conflict] [United Nations] Image: Sri Lanka
|
05/22/2008
Child soldiering is driven by power imbalance between adults and children, says Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne, head of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, one of Sri Lanka’s biggest charitable organisations. He feels that spirituality and religion can play a vital role in child development and well-being.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Children] [Poverty] [Human Rights] [Religion] [Arms & Military] |
05/21/2008
WASHINGTON, May 20 (OneWorld) - Re-electing Sri Lanka to serve a second term on the UN Human Rights Council would represent a severe blow to human rights and the United Nations itself, according to an impressive array of world leaders and human rights watchdog groups.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Human Rights] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Conflict] [United Nations] |
05/07/2008
Sri Lanka’s worsening human rights record and failed promises for improvement undermine its claim for a place on the UN Human Rights Council, a coalition of national and international NGOs said in a letter released today.
Read moreImage: Human Rights Council session
|
04/29/2008
Sri Lankan hallitus on hylkäämässä tuen perinteisiltä kumppaneiltaan, kuten Yhdysvalloilta ja Euroopan unionin jäsenmailta. Sen sijaan Sri Lanka on kääntymässä infrastruktuurihankkeidensa rahoituksessa kohti Kiinaa ja Irania.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Credit and Investment] [Politics] |
03/31/2008
Relief agencies are mobilizing in Sri Lanka's Batticaloa region, where recent torrential rains forced more than 7,000 Sri Lankans -- many of whom were already displaced by fighting between the government and a rebel group -- to flee their homes.
Read moreFrom: Lutheran World Relief |
03/12/2008
The Asian Human Rights Commission has asked the UN Rapporteur on Torture to help end the detention and alleged torture of a number of uncharged Sri Lankan journalists.
Read moreFrom: Asian Human Rights Commission |
03/07/2008
The Sri Lankan government is responsible for widespread abductions and “disappearances” that are a national crisis, a leading rights group says in a new report.
Read more |
03/05/2008
The world has largely turned its attention away from humanitarian crises in Somalia, Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burma, but the world body shouldn't, said a prominent human rights group this week.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Myanmar] [Somalia] Image: Congolese girl affected by war. © Refugees International
|
02/26/2008
As many as half a million Sri Lankans could be affected in 2008 alone as violence between the secessionist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam, and the government continues to intensify.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network |
02/21/2008
Children are increasingly being killed and injured and having their education disrupted as violence between the secessionist group, the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam, and Sri Lankan government security forces escalates.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network |
02/07/2008
Srilankalainen Yohalet Achma on onnistunut siinä, mistä moni haaveilee: hän on perustanut oman yrityksen ja saanut sen kannattavaksi muutamassa viikossa. Achma sai 10 000 rupian eli reilun 60 euron starttirahan Suomen Punaisen Ristin tsunamiavustusohjelmasta.
Read moreFrom: Punainen Risti Related: [Aid] [Business] |
01/31/2008
Landmine clearance in Sri Lanka since the Mines Advisory Group restarted operations there in September 2007 will allow more then 30,000 internally displaced persons to return to their communities, the organisation said.
Read more |
01/16/2008
A Tamil Tiger bomb that killed 28 bus passengers today marked the end of the six-year ceasefire in Sri Lanka's civil war, a day after the military said it wanted to destroy the rebels and finish the 25-year conflict.
Read more+ OneWorld Guide to Sri Lanka |
01/16/2008
As the truce between Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels ends on January 16, humanitarian agencies have raised concern over its possible impact on aid delivery. Fresh violence could affect over a hundred thousand displaced people and put at risk the safety of its workers, say agencies.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Aid] [Children] [Food] [Conflict] [Security] Image: Sri Lankan father and son
|
01/07/2008
A series of stories looks at HIV vulnerability, poverty, and women's rights and empowerment since the 2004 natural disaster ravaged Southeast Asia.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam America Related: [Indonesia] [India] |
12/06/2007
Feuding politicians continually threaten independent journalism and have recently incited violence in Sri Lanka, a country marred by a long-lasting civil war between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), writes Adam Nord.
Read moreFrom: Advocacy Project Image: Sri Lanka
|
11/05/2007
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has launched a national program to address post-consumer plastic waste. People are being told to segregate the plastic from other garbage to make recycle collections easier and to stop dumping them on roadsides.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Business] [Environment] [Pollution] |
11/05/2007
Children of mothers who work overseas are most likely to be subject to Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE), says a leading child protection group in Sri Lanka. There are currently 40,000 commercial child prostitutes in the country, with most of them working in the coastal areas.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Children] [Migration] [Poverty] [Sexuality] |



