Slow progress in resettling Lankan Tamils: US

TheUnitedStatesgovernment has expressed its dissatisfaction over the progress made by Sri Lanka in rehabilitating the three lakh war-hit Sri Lankan Tamils living in detainee camps and in regard to......

Jailed Lankan journalist bags prestigious awards

Tamil journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam, who was sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment in Sri Lanka for links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and whose case has been......

Sri Lanka: Tamil scribe gets 20 years in jail

A prominent Tamil reporter, whose detention in Sri Lanka was described by US President Barack Obama as an "emblematic example" of threats to media freedom, was today sentenced to 20 years in prison......