Human Rights Watch pans Pakistan

The 'dramatic and unprecedented' rise to power of religious parties in Pakistan signal 'a defiant rejection' of President Pervez Musharraf's pro-US policies, says the Human Rights Watch in its......

Human rights: Commonwealth ready to help Lanka

A day after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was forced to cancel his speech here in the face of protests by Tamil groups, the Commonwealth on Thursday said it had offered support to the......

We have proud record of safeguarding human rights: Lanka

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said that his country has a rich and proud record of safeguarding human rights. Addressing a public gathering in the central town of Balangoda,......

TNA supports US-backed rights resolution on Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party Tamil National Alliance has backed a United States-sponsored resolution to censure Colombo at the ongoing session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.......