Colombage Melani Manel Perera

The lack of measures against incursions into the Sri Lankan seas with trawl nets, which are banned in India, is blamed. "Our work is not protected, sometimes we even find ourselves attacked" the unions protest. The Navy: 17 fishing boats stopped since the beginning of 2023.

After the recent revelations of the Channel 4 documentary, the Minister of Public Security once again exonerates the police, whose top management includes the former head of the secret service, whom the Supreme Court has ordered to pay compensation to the victims. The spokesman for the archdiocese of Colombo: impossible to get to the truth without a new investigation with the supervision of foreign experts.

A procession remembering a minority leader who died in 1987 on a hunger strike stopped with violence. The accusations of a Tamil MP: 'It was the military that instigated them'. The distance between words on reconciliation after the civil war and the still open wounds.

After Channel 4's exposé calling former President Rajapaksa into question, the successor commissioned a committee headed by a former Supreme Court judge to review all information. But Card. Ranjith for an international inquiry into the massacres. Skepticism from victims' committees, "It will only serve to cover up the truth again."

An investigation aired yesterday on Channel 4 implicates the former president for the Colombo massacres. In a documentary with unreleased material, a source revealed that a meeting was arranged between the current intelligence chief and Islamic extremists. The current executive says it will support an international investigation, but ministers contradict each other.

Families of missing people marked International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances with two silent vigils outside Sri Lanka’s ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs. Over the years, families have received no news or compensation from the government. Despite several obstacles, the Office remains the only hope to uncover the truth about the missing.

The Archbishop of Colombo led the annual Blessing of the Sick at the Marian shrine in Tewatte. Many Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims joined in the celebration. The cardinal mentioned again the denial of justice for the victims of 2019 Easter massacres.

The "Sri Lanka Brief" report testifies to the escalation of attacks against the minority 40 years since Black July 1983. It counts at least 14 incidents between July 9 and Aug. 22 this year. The construction of new Buddhist temples to erase the legacy of Hindu culture in the northeast of the island. Vale police complaints.

In a report relaunched by Unicef the serious effects of the economic crisis on schooling. Sri Lanka now spends less than 2% of its GDP on education, one of the lowest in all of South Asia.

Originating in southern India 200 years ago, they migrated to what was then Ceylon. A 15-day walk to relaunch their battle for dignity and against exploitation. Catholics, Protestants and Buddhists have joined the initiative. Sister Deepa Fernando tells AsiaNews: "shameful" the attitude of the authorities and the government, they are "the backbone" of the economy.

More than 150 prominent Sri Lankan Muslims have signed a letter against the "backward" views of Muslim MPs. In their view, Muslim women have already suffered for too long the effects of the law, which goes "against the principles of kindness, compassion and peace encapsulated in Shari'ah".

Caritas Seth Sarana organised a meeting at Maris Stella College that saw the participation of Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist religious leaders, as well as Sri Lanka’s Religious Affairs minister. The purpose was to discuss ways to create new bases of coexistence with the help of every religion and “socialise people to be good citizens.” A Muslim leader hopes to see the project extended to the whole country.