08/30/2011
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Voice of America
In Sri Lanka, which has emerged out of a long drawn out armed separatist conflict, a state of emergency will be lifted after 28 years. But critics question whether ending wartime restrictions will improve the human rights situation in the island nation.
08/26/2011
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Voice of America
The United States says it is sending a top envoy for talks next week in Sri Lanka, which faces allegations of human rights violations in its civil war that ended two years ago.
08/03/2011
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Voice of America
Sri Lanka has released an official report, and television documentary, attempting to refute allegations its army committed crimes against humanity as its civil war concluded in 2009. Human rights advocates call the campaign a "whitewash", but say there are signs Colombo is responding to international pressure.
09/11/2010
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Voice of America
The United States on Saturday condemned Sri Lanka's passage of a constitutional amendment granting the president new powers, saying it undermined democracy.
07/08/2010
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Voice of America
A Sri Lankan cabinet minister says he is staging a hunger strike outside the United Nations office in Colombo, to protest the world's body investigation of alleged war crimes during the country's civil war.
07/07/2010
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Voice of America
In Sri Lanka, there is continuing friction between the government and the United Nations over alleged human rights abuses during the country's civil war last year. A Sri Lankan government minister threatened to stage a hunger strike if the U.N. does not abandon its plans to investigate allegations of human rights abuses.
07/06/2010
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Voice of America
Protesters in Sri Lanka led by a Cabinet minister have surrounded the United Nations office to demand the world body end a probe into allegations of human rights abuses during the country's civil war.
06/23/2010
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Voice of America
Sri Lanka has slammed the creation of a panel by the United Nations to advise on alleged human rights violations in the country during the final stages of the civil war, which ended last year.
06/21/2010
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Voice of America
A U.N. diplomat says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to name a three-member panel to advise him on alleged human rights violations during the last months of the Sri Lankan civil war.
06/08/2010
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Voice of America
The Australian government is transferring scores of asylum seekers to an old outback mining camp in an effort to ease crowding at its main refugee processing center on Christmas Island.