Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: politics overthrows justice
Sri Lanka: politics overthrows justice
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recently released a report on Sri Lanka. The document assesses the island nation’s compliance with previous…
Sri Lanka: when is a political opinion a crime?
Sri Lanka: when is a political opinion a crime?
On 8 October, in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, former state minister and Tamil MP Vijayakala Maheswaran was arrested by the country’s Organised Crime Division. Any citizen has…
Post-war justice in Sri Lanka inches forward
Post-war justice in Sri Lanka inches forward
Sri Lanka’s government – a coalition based on an awkward power-sharing arrangement between political parties that have historically been rivals, the United National Party and the…