for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation by Raj Sivanathan, Groundviews, Colombo, June 21, 2026 The visit by Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara to the ongoing excavation site at Chemmani in Jaffna has once again focused national attention on one of the country’s most sensitive and unresolved human rights issues. His assurance that the government is committed… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Military
Urgent Concerns Regarding the Imminent Deployment of Sri Lankan Forces to Haiti
by International Peace & Justice Project Sri Lanka & 14 other organizations, June 25, 2026 Final Joint Statement Sri Lanka Haiti Deployment_logos_included NGO STATEMENT URGENT CONCERNS REGARDING THE IMMINENT DEPLOYMENT OF SRI LANKAN FORCES TO HAITI 25 June 2026 International human rights and victims’ groups call on the United Nations, the Government of Haiti, and… Read more »
SLC & BTF: No Sri Lankan Military Deployment to Haiti
Until there is credible accountability, independent vetting and justice for victims by Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace & Justice & British Tamils Forum joint statement, London, May 6, 2026 The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace & Justice (SLC) and the British Tamils Forum (BTF) are deeply alarmed by reports that Sri Lanka may once again… Read more »
The Role of Sinhala Nationalism
In Political Conflict and Violence in Sri Lanka by Louisa Steijger, Retrospect Journal, Edinburgh, Scotland, January 4, 2024 The complexities of Sri Lanka’s socio-political landscape have been deeply influenced by the ideology of Sinhala nationalism, which espouses belief in the ethnic and religious superiority of the Sinhalese majority, claiming that Sri Lanka is the primordial… Read more »
TG: CID Links Pillayan to Abduction and Killing of Eastern University Vice Chancellor
in landmark court disclosure by Tamil Guardian, London, April 7, 2026 Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has, for the first time, formally linked former Eastern Province Chief Minister and Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP) leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, widely known as Pillayan, to the abduction and killing of Eastern University Vice Chancellor Professor Sivasubramaniam Raveendranath…. Read more »
Karaitivu 1985
A Forgotten Anti-Tamil pogrom in the Shadow of Sri Lanka’s Genocide by Seelan Rasathurai, Tamil Guardian, London, April 21, 2025 It was a quiet morning on 12 April 1985 when Karaitivu, a small coastal Tamil village in the Amparai district of Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province, was plunged into terror. As villagers prepared to celebrate the… Read more »
TG: Neelira – An Important Step
With a runtime of ninety minutes, ‘Neelira’ is a taut and tense thriller. . by Gop Selva, Tamil Guardian, London, April 2, 2026 . Having worked as an assistant director for Balu Mahendra and Karthik Subbaraj, Someetharan – who has previously created documentaries – has now directed his first narrative feature film. ‘Neelira’ is a… Read more »
Israel’s Shadows behind Settlers Policy in Sri Lanka
by Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe, South Asia Monitor, October 7, 2025 This controversial project of the mid-1980s, inspired by Israeli models, ultimately failed to achieve its intended outcomes. Nevertheless, Israeli involvement left a lasting imprint on the Mahaweli Development Project and agricultural settlements in Sri Lanka. The continuing association between the military and the Mahaweli Development… Read more »
ITJP: Allegations of Human Rights Violations against Daya Ratnayake
by International Truth & Justice Sri Lanka, South Africa, March 13, 2026 ITJP Daya-Ratnayake_public Mar 2026 Section 1. Summary Daya Ratnayake is a retired army general who has allegedly been involved in a wide range of human rights violations and war crimes during his service in the army. Allegations against him range across two phases… Read more »
ITJP: Pathfinder for Norwegian Archive – Briefing Note
by International Truth & Justice Sri Lanka, South Africa, February 25, 2026 ITJP Pathfinder-for-Norwegian-Archive_2026-02-25-233802_jggz On 27 January 2026, Norwegian diplomat and former politician Erik Solheim (also the former Norwegian Special Envoy to the Sri Lanka peace process) inaugurated a repository of documents related to the ceasefire negotiations during the Sri Lanka civil war.1 The repository… Read more »
Declassified Documents Detail Israel’s Role at the Start of Sri Lanka’s Civil War
by Eitay Mack, TheWire.In, March 17, 2026 Not only did Israel ignore the severity of the human rights situation, it also knew from the outset that its military assistance had limited prospects of success. The Sri Lankan government has acknowledged that there could be as many as 65,000 people missing following three decades of civil… Read more »
Why Aren’t We Talking About Sri Lanka Anymore?
“Sri Lanka Solution” Followers Face Justice, but Not Sri Lanka by Anji Manivannan, OpinioJuris, February 26, 2026 [Anji Manivannan is the Legal Director of People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL), where her work contributes to its international justice and genocide recognition efforts] In 2015, two UN documents instilled cautious hope for Tamil victims… Read more »
Deep Learning From Operation Sindoor
Five Takeaways From a Four-Day War by Sameer Lalwani, Shailender Arya and David Brostoff, War on the Rocks, Washington, DC, January 22, 2026 Tensions between India and Pakistan — two countries that President Donald Trump claimed had been fighting for 1,500 years — escalated rapidly over a few days in May 2025. On May 7–10, the… Read more »
Paranagama Commission Report 2015
by Paranagama Commission, August 2015 Paranagama Commission report Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Complaints of Abductions and Disappearances 2015 Acknowledgements In presenting this Report of our Commission to His Excellency the President I, as Chairman, wish to place on record my grateful thanks to all those who played a part in making this Report possible…. Read more »
BTF: Militarisation and Buddhisisation Continue in the Tamil Homeland
Exposing the Futility of Domestic Accountability in Sri Lanka by British Tamils Forum, London, January 4, 2026 BTF Militarisation and Buddhisisation Jan 2026 The British Tamils Forum (BTF) strongly denounces the Sinhala Buddhist hegemony for the illegal erection of the Tissa Vihara on privately owned land belonging to the Tamil people. Amid the systematic destruction… Read more »
Sri Lanka’s Bloody Past is Re-emerging from the Soil
A blue schoolbag in a mass grave by Helen Regan, Kumanan Kanapathipillai, Kunal Sehga, Hanako Montgomery, CNN, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 29, 2025 https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/world/video/sri-lanka-mass-grave-hanako-montgomery-digvid . . EDITOR’S NOTE: This article contains images and descriptions that some readers may find distsurbing. Two human skeletons lie entangled on the rough earth – the arms of one wrapped… Read more »
ICG: Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power Faces the Legacy of Civil War
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his National People’s Power government are struggling to build a more stable, inclusive political culture in Sri Lanka. A mix of bold action and political skill will be needed. Support from the UN Human Rights Council can help. by Alan Keenan, International Crisis Group, Brussels, September 5, 2025 The election… Read more »
‘Quest for Human Rights: The Sri Lanka Ethnic Issue’
by Sunil C. Roy, VAP Enterprises, New Delhi, 1987 Comment by former Sangam Founder and Editor, Dr. Rajan Sriskandarajah: Just prior to the 1987 Indian military intervention in Sri Lanka’s national (ethnic) conflict, a booklet detailing the persecution of the Tamils, was widely distributed all over the world. Although it was printed & distributed privately,… Read more »
“The Jaffna” and the Bird Aeroplanes
by Capt. Elmo Jayawardena, Sri Lanka Guardian, Colombo, October 6, 2021 I like to think more light would be shed by people who may know some almost forgotten facts connected to these aeroplanes. Some years ago, I was writing a book for the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka. They were commemorating 100 years of… Read more »
Argentina: Searching for the Children of the Disappeared
A new book examines the extraordinary decades-long campaign by Argentinean women to find their grandchildren. by Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, July 31, 2025 “Ispent five years researching and writing this story, and I still find it hard to believe,” Haley Cohen Gilliland told me during the launch of her book, “A Flower Traveled in… Read more »