09/29/2011
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Defence.lk
Chairman, Subcommittee on middle East and South Asia, US House of Representative (Congressman) Mr. Steven Joseph Chabot during his one day visit to Jaffna on Wednesday (28) called on Commander Security Force - Jaffna Major Genaral Mahinda Hathurusinghe who briefed about prevailing security situation and other development activities taking place in post - conflict Jaffna.
09/23/2011
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Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
NEW YORK, N.Y., SEPT. 23, 2011 – This morning, American University Washington College of Law’s UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against Sri Lankan General Shavendra Silva, who currently resides in New York City. General Silva was the commander of the 58th Division of the Sri Lankan Army during its brutal counter-insurgency campaign that costs the lives of up to 40,000 civilians in spring 2009. General Silva currently resides in New York City, and is Sri Lanka’s Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations. As the United Nations General Assembly is ongoing, this lawsuit shines a spotlight on a war criminal in its midst.
09/13/2011
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AFP, Agence France-Presse
US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake toured Sri Lanka's former war zone on Tuesday to meet students, community leaders and government officials two years after the island's civil war ended.
09/11/2011
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State Department, U.S. Embassy
It is a pleasure to be back in Sri Lanka and to see many old friends. Over the last two days I have had a wide range of meetings in Colombo and Jaffna. In Colombo I met with President Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister GL Peiris, representatives of the TNA and UNP, and members of civil society. I also visited Jaffna to meet with the military commander, NGO representatives, and students from Jaffna University. While in Jaffna I paid a visit to the offices of Uthayan to show America's support of freedom of the press.
09/10/2011
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Sunday Observer
The government wants to learn from its past to prevent any future conflict and the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission was formed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to find root causes to the problem, Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya said.
09/05/2011
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BBC
US diplomats in Sri Lanka have shown satellite images of damage by shelling in "safe zone" even after the government announced ending heavy artillery and aerial bombing, according to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.
09/02/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : US is studying implications of Sri Lanka\'s new anti-terror legislation (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
08/26/2011
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Reuters
(Reuters) - India and Western nations on Friday praised Sri Lanka's lifting of tough wartime emergency laws but an opposition party said it was merely a ploy because the government still has the power Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) at its disposal.
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.
07/31/2011
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Sunday Times
The United States has delivered a demarche to Sri Lanka that it wants the final report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) discussed at the 19th sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in March next year.