Nepal's transition to democracy requires international and regional assistance
Kim Soo A : "First of all, I congratulate the people of Nepal on its transition into a Secular, Federal Democratic Republic. The declaration made on 28 May 2008 by the Constituent Assembly of Nepal...
The Sri Lankan government is responsible for a dramatic increase in unlawful killings, enforced disappearances and other serious human rights violations since the resumption of hostilities in 2006 with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [CFR...
Sri Lanka using anti-terror laws to silence dissident journalists: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday that the government of Sri Lanka is using its anti-terror legislation to silence journalists who expose governmental human rights abuses and corruption or question how...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Justice Arthur Chaskalson, President of the International Commission of Jurists and former Chief Justice of South Africa, says that although the threat of terrorism is real, five years after the September 11 attacks on the United...
The government of Sri Lanka said Monday that it will propose constitutional reform in a series of meetings beginning Tuesday in a bid to end a two decade old civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels [faction...
