Full Coverage: Sri Lanka

22.09.2008 With the United Nations and other international humanitarian agencies vacating the besieged Tamil rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi, the Sri lankan government has responsibility for maintaining essential supplies to tens of thousands of civilians in the area.
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17.09.2008 Corruption is a serious threat in humanitarian assistance, Sarah Bailey of Britain’s Overseas Development Institute (ODI) told a meeting in London.

11.08.2008 Sri Lanka has tightened visa requirements for international NGOs on the grounds that they are waging a misinformation campaign over the war with Tamil rebels.

07.08.2008 Sri Lanka is the worst human rights violator in South Asia, followed by Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Maldives, Nepal and India, according to a new index released today.

07.05.2008 Sri LankaÂ’s worsening human rights record and failed promises for improvement undermine its claim for a place on the UN Human Rights Council, a coalition of national and international NGOs said in a letter released today.

31.03.2008 Relief agencies are mobilizing in Sri Lanka's Batticaloa region, where recent torrential rains forced more than 7,000 Sri Lankans -- many of whom were already displaced by fighting between the government and a rebel group -- to flee their homes.

11.03.2008 The Asian Human Rights Commission has asked the UN Rapporteur on Torture to help end the detention and alleged torture of a number of uncharged Sri Lankan journalists.

07.03.2008 The Sri Lankan government is responsible for widespread abductions and “disappearances” that are a national crisis, a leading rights group says in a new report.

05.03.2008 The world has largely turned its attention away from humanitarian crises in Somalia, Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burma, but the world body shouldn't, said a prominent human rights group this week.
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26.02.2008 As many as half a million Sri Lankans could be affected in 2008 alone as violence between the secessionist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam, and the government continues to intensify.

21.02.2008 Children are increasingly being killed and injured and having their education disrupted as violence between the secessionist group, the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam, and Sri Lankan government security forces escalates.

30.01.2008 Landmine clearance in Sri Lanka since the Mines Advisory Group restarted operations there in September 2007 will allow more then 30,000 internally displaced persons to return to their communities, the organisation said.

16.01.2008 A Tamil Tiger bomb that killed 28 bus passengers today marked the end of the six-year ceasefire in Sri Lanka's civil war, a day after the military said it wanted to destroy the rebels and finish the 25-year conflict.
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16.01.2008 As the truce between Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels ends on January 16, humanitarian agencies have raised concern over its possible impact on aid delivery. Fresh violence could affect over a hundred thousand displaced people and put at risk the safety of its workers, say agencies.

07.01.2008 A series of stories looks at HIV vulnerability, poverty, and women's rights and empowerment since the 2004 natural disaster ravaged Southeast Asia.

06.12.2007 Feuding politicians continually threaten independent journalism and have recently incited violence in Sri Lanka, a country marred by a long-lasting civil war between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), writes Adam Nord.

05.11.2007 The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has launched a national program to address post-consumer plastic waste. People are being told to segregate the plastic from other garbage to make recycle collections easier and to stop dumping them on roadsides.

05.11.2007 Children of mothers who work overseas are most likely to be subject to Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE), says a leading child protection group in Sri Lanka. There are currently 40,000 commercial child prostitutes in the country, with most of them working in the coastal areas.

02.11.2007 A UN official just back from Sri Lanka has condemned the escalation of hostilities and warned that torture was "prone to become routine in the context of counter-terrorism operations."

30.10.2007 An independent United Nations human rights expert claims brutal torture is routine in counter-terrorism operations in Sri Lanka. Nowak also drew attention to the low conviction rate by criminal courts in torture related cases.