The continuing violence between LTTE and the Sri Lankan Military has affected the Muslim population in Muttur, a town now occupied by LTTE.

Reports of abuse of Tsunami victims have presented a sordid hue to the relief efforts in Sri Lanka.

Mahangu, a freelance journalist based in Sri Lanka writes that although the private sector, churches, temples, media organisations and individual citizens have risen to meet the needs of the day, the Government seems to be sleeping.

The civil unrest and ongoing war between LTTE and the Sri Lankan government has affected relief efforts in Sri Lanka. Reports from Sri Lanka are largely about damages in the South and South East. It is only after four days of the calamity that we have received our first reports from the East and North East. Images show stark emptiness, an absence of people.

Relief efforts continue to seek help for the victims of the tsunami.

The Sri Lankan Budget was presented with a vision statement that said: “Regaining Sri Lanka: Vision and Strategy for Accelerated Development”. It is this context that one must ask: What is meant by regaining? What exactly is being regained by this budget?

On June 25th, the meeting on South Asian Judicial Interaction on Environmental Justice and Equity ended with a key declaration that gives the judiciary of these South Asian nations the responsibility of protecting the biodiversity of this region and providing for environmental justice in the face of increasing environmental exploitation. What are the implications of this declaration?

Labor ministry officials say that out of 851,000 Sri Lankans employed in the Gulf states alone, 70.6% are women.

University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna), Sri Lanka, reports that the murder of Thambirajah Subathiran (Robert) may signal the end of Sri Lanka’s peace process.