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Sri Lanka has failed to deliver on its international commitments to prosecute government troops and Tamil rebels for atrocities committed ...

Sri Lanka announced Thursday a long-awaited investigation into the massacre of 27 prisoners that became a symbol of the rights ...

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced his first cabinet reshuffle Monday, switching his finance and foreign ministers as he resists ...

Sri Lanka's President announced Saturday new investigations into alleged secret detention centres as part of a drive to find tens ...

Hopes of finding anyone alive under a collapsed mountain of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital faded Sunday as the death ...

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in Sri Lanka's capital Friday after a massive rubbish dump ...

A Sri Lankan baby elephant gifted to New Zealand has been prevented from leaving the South Asian island after animal ...

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said Wednesday he would not protect anyone guilty of murder during the civil war, flagging ...

The UN rights chief on Wednesday condemned Sri Lanka's persistent failure to probe war-era atrocities, suggesting the government was afraid ...

President Maithripala Sirisena came to power in Sri Lanka promising justice for war crimes, breaking from his hawkish predecessor and ...

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has rejected a fresh appeal from the United Nations to allow international judges to investigate ...

Attackers opened fire on a prison bus outside Colombo on Monday, killing five prisoners and two armed guards in the ...