Family members of the missing policemen in Sri Lanka have welcomed the recommendation by a presidential panel for a full investigation into the alleged killing of six hundred policemen. The Lessons ...

The much anticipated report of Sri Lanka war panel will not be made public by the panel, its spokesman said. Lakshman Wickramasinghe, the spokesman for Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission ...

One of the saddest aspects of the last three years has been the corrosive distrust among all political players. This is almost relentlessly exacerbated by several factors. The first, and perhaps the ...

Amnesty International, the Human Rights Watch and the International Crisis Group focus primarily on accountability issues and what they perceive as the failure to gather sufficient evidence on the war ...

The long-awaited report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has now been placed in the public domain through Parliament, with the Leader of the House doing the honours. The ...

The final report published by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) of Sri Lanka established by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in May 2010 largely exonerates government forces from ...

A careful and sober reading of the Report of Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) reveals its many complexities when weighed against the current political ethos. Gradually, ...

A mere four days after a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council wanted Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of a commission that went into issues of reconciliation, a senior ...

My columns talk much about war, war crimes and accountability issues. I know. But that’s what Sri Lanka has been plagued with for the past three decades. Even after the war, there’s still the reminder ...

The culmination of the summer rowing season is the North West International Rowing Association (NWIRA) Championship, and the Long Lake Rowing Crew (LLRC) competed in the two day regatta this year with ...