Following excerpts adapted from the latest United Nations Human Rights Commissioner’s report on Sri Lanka Published today, 6th September 2023 Sri Lanka is still facing a difficult economic, social and political situation.
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Sri Lanka suffers from a continuing accountability deficit – be it for war crime atrocities, more recent human rights violations, corruption, or abuse of power – which must be addressed for the
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A disturbing report released last week by History Colorado unearthed a bevy of startling improprieties enacted by so-called Native American boarding schools that occurred over the past two centuries. History Colorado (HC),
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by Special Correspondent In a twist of timing, the 50-minute documentary aired yesterday while most of London’s residents were deep in slumber. However, Sri Lankan social media superstars were wide awake and
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In the grim depths of the Cold War, Yuri Andropov, the tall, gaunt chairman of the Soviet KGB, came to a stark realization: Moscow had to do something to cope with the
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CLICK HERE TO READ PART 2 OF THIS SERIES by Special Correspondent A few days ago, this writer posed a critical question to an Islamic scholar of Sri Lankan heritage, now residing
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced over the weekend that he replaced his defense minister with someone new – unsurprising, given the exhaustion the minister must have endured since the Russian invasion (and
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by Diao Daming In reply to two letters from the American people, Chinese President Xi Jinping has underscored the significance of people-to-people exchanges in developing China-U.S. relations. Since the meeting of the
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(Xinhua) — In recent years, America has gone to great lengths to retain its global hegemony by stifling the development of other countries, say, China. Washington does this in a myriad number
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At least 1.85 million children in sub-Saharan Africa had been left displaced within their countries by climate-induced disasters at the end of 2022, a figure that has almost doubled in the past
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Indigenous boarding schools that native American children attended have surpassed the number of previously reported institutions, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing a non-profit group. Native American children have attended at least 523
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The Sri Lanka – Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce led a multi-sectoral 19-member delegation to Singapore, showcasing Sri Lanka’s burgeoning tech talent and growing potential in a
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CLICK HERE TO READ PART ONE OF THIS SERIES by Special Correspondent Last year, a Sri Lankan individual stood resolutely before the special bench of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva,
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Today, Major General Suresh Sallay, the head of the State Intelligence Service, appeared before the Colombo District Court (September 4) to testify. He made a striking revelation that, while the court was
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe is caught between a rock and a hard place, both externally and internally. Externally, the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is getting turbulent with the big power confrontation between the
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