Keheliya Rambukwella

Human Rights Watch slam Sri Lanka's 'chilling' media code

The group's asia director Brad Adams says the code "is part of a sustained campaign to control the media and curtail dissent."

Sri Lanka hopes to engage India before UN rights vote

Sri Lanka on Monday said it hopes to engage with India ahead of next month's vote at the UN Human Rights Council where the US will move a fresh resolution pressing Colombo to probe its military for crimes during the last phase of its deadly civil war against Tamil rebels.