Sri Lanka (22)
  • Apr 30 2013
  • 6:05pm
Critically acclaimed: New report on Sri Lanka's 'Assault on Dissent'
It’s always good to be able to say your work is critically-accla...
  • Mar 1 2013
  • 1:36pm
Curtain up in Geneva – Amnesty screens Sri Lanka documentary at UN
The Sri Lankan ambassador to the UN is not very pleased with Amnesty.
  • Jan 10 2013
  • 6:55pm
So, Prince Muhammad, any interesting executions coming up?
We’re in a run of stories that seem to be showcasing the potenti...
  • Aug 29 2012
  • 3:38pm
The job of hangman: no applicants need apply, now or ever
Today is day two of interviews for the job of national hangman in Sri ...
  • May 30 2012
  • 6:12pm
The media awards, Mani and the future of journalism
One of the effects of the Leveson inquiry has been to chip away at the...
  • Mar 13 2012
  • 6:52pm
Sri Lanka’s shameful practice of illegal detention
Three years after the end of the war, people are still being taken awa...
  • Jun 14 2011
  • 6:14pm
Water shed and blood shed
There has been a lot of debate recently about what is appropriate, wha...
  • Apr 15 2011
  • 4:54pm
UN-der wraps: secret report on last days of Sri Lanka civil war
I saw a film this week. It was a tragedy (you’re not the only on...
  • Mar 9 2011
  • 3:27pm
Who lives in a house like this?
Charge or release. Them’s your options. 
  • Dec 9 2010
  • 2:57pm
The UN must investigate urgently
Revelation, exposition, naming and shaming, turfing up the past- this ...