Tag: Sri Lanka

Contradictory Calls: SC halts one Tamil refugee’s deportation, denies another citing ‘not a Dharamshala’

While the Viswanathan-Kotiswar bench of the Supreme Court on June 24 stayed the deportation of a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee and entertained his plea to approach the Swiss Embassy, a different bench led by Justice Dipankar Datta had, on May 19, refused similar relief while asserting India cannot host refugees from across the globe

Rwanda and Sri Lanka: A tale of two genocides

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan...

Explainer: Why Sri Lanka is sliding into political turmoil, and what could happen next

This week, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court made a dramatic...

Controversial Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Gnanasara sentenced for six months

In 2016, Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, the secretary general of...

What caused the Anti-Muslim Riots in Sri Lanka

The recent anti-Muslim riots in Kandy, Sri Lanka, once...

Sri Lanka Declares Emergency After Communal Riots

Attacks by Buddhist hardliners on Muslim shops and institutions...

Mama Cash: Funding Women’s Rights

Mama Cash is an international funder supporting groups, organisations, networks and...

Justice and accountability for war related sexual violence in Sri Lanka

As the testimonies of survivors of sexual violence in...

Teach RSS the Constitution, Mr Prime Minister

First Published on: February 12, 2016Modi to address the...

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