Having initially rejected the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission report, the Tamil party has effectively withdrawn its call for an international inquiry.
The ruling class desperately needs a political safety valve to defuse growing social unrest and the NSSP has stepped in to promote the UNP as a progressive alternative.
As the unions scramble to curb FTZ protests, the Nava Sama Samaja Party is desperately trying to revive the illusion that the union leaders will defend the rights of workers.
The SEP and ISSE warned that the detention of Tamil youth by the Sri Lankan government is part of a wider assault on the democratic rights of workers and youth.
Political prisoners and their parents in the central plantation areas of Sri Lanka denounced the parliamentary parties and trade unions for doing nothing to free detainees.
The latest removals are part of a broader government plan to evict about 75,000 families in a bid to transform Colombo into a South Asian business hub.
The Rajapakse government has sped up its drive to evict 66,000 families and clear large areas of the capital in order to benefit developers, boost tourism and transform the city into a business hub for the Asian region.
This photo essay records the devastation caused by a quarter century of civil war in Sri Lanka and the plight facing hundreds of thousands of refugees.
The government has taken another unprecedented step in the militarisation of society by imposing military “leadership training” for all university students.
The Rajapakse government’s reference to an “insurgency”—without the slightest evidence—is a warning to students of the police-state methods that will be used against any opposition to university privatisation.
This photo essay records the devastation caused by a quarter century of civil war in Sri Lanka and the plight facing hundreds of thousands of refugees.