Kim Aris, the youngest son of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has spoken to his mother for the first time in five years, in a development that has provided
The Washington Post’s journalists recently exposed what many already suspected or knew. Donors from society’s richest 1 percent pressured university administrators and political leaders to use police and other means to crush peaceful student
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Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines, who oversees 18 separate agencies comprising the wider “intelligence community”—including the CIA, FBI, and NSA—has released a “policy framework for commercially available information.” It is not only
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The Foreign Affairs Minister of Sri Lanka, Ali Sabry, met with the Secretary General and a delegation from Amnesty International at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. During the meeting, Minister Sabry
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Following article based on the speech by the author as the President of Sri Lanka at the World WaterForum in Bali, Indonesia. At the outset let me thank the President of the
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The Russian Embassy in Colombo has issued a strong statement criticizing what it describes as Western double standards regarding human rights issues in Sri Lanka. This press release comes in response to
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Sri Lanka’s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and
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Following the reapproval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on April 20, 2024, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer proudly declared that “bipartisanship has prevailed here in the Senate.” Despite the increasing rarity
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Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), a United Nations-affiliated organization dedicated to fostering peace through civilian-led initiatives, has issued a statement in response to the escalating conflict between Israel and
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Recently, outside the Indian High Commission in London, members of the Global Bangladeshis Alliance for Human Rights (GBAHR) and their supporters gathered to voice their concerns. They stood in solidarity with the
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I was extremely sad to hear the news of Dr A T Ariyaratne’s passing at the ripe old age of 93. He was the founder and President Emeritus of the Sarvodaya Shramadana
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As the world witnesses a sharp deterioration of the Middle East’s security landscape, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would try to advance wartime aid for Israel. Johnson’s announcement came shortly
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The State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar has announced the release of thousands of prisoners, including 13 Indonesians and 15 Sri Lankans, under section 401, subsection (1) of Myanmar’s legal framework. This
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One of the foremost accomplishments of the industrial age is the “immense progress against extreme poverty.” “Extreme poverty” is defined by the World Bank as a person living on less than $2.15 per day
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The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that it said reject God’s plan for human
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Legislators in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have decisively endorsed a marriage equality bill, marking a historic step towards becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize equal marriage rights for all
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