The International Human Rights Global Mission organized a peace conference at the BMICH in Colombo recently.

The National People’s Power (NPP) has filed a fundamental rights petition before the Supreme Court requesting that the President’s Secretary and a group be issued orders not to approve the implementation of projects that are advantageous to the political parties of the ruling party during the upcoming elections and to act by the letter issued by the Election Commission in this regard.

Dr. Sarath Amunugama, a former minister, has tendered his resignation as chairman of the Mawbima Janatha Party (MJP) led by Dilith Jayaweera.

Leader of the National People's Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake says he would not allow a postponement of elections.

Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says protesting civil society activists want to create anarchy in the country.

SLPP national organizer Namal Rajapaksa says postponing elections is not healthy for any democracy.

The United National Party (UNP) has proposed to postpone Sri Lanka’s two upcoming elections by at least two years.

The economic transformation bill that is presently before the House will have dangerous consequences, warned MP Prof. G.L. Peiris.

The United Nations has credited a photojournalist from the Wanni by using the pictures taken by him for a special report titled ‘Legacy of enforced disappearances haunts Sri Lanka.’

Tamils who still search for their missing relatives 15 years after the end of the war have refused to meet president Ranil Wickremesinghe as he toured the north on a two-day visit.