Author: Yolanda Foster

Human Rights, Issues, Peace and Conflict, Transitional Justice

Justice Denied for Trinco 5

The ‘Trinco 5 case’, involving the murder of 5 students on a beach in Trincomalee on 2 January 2006, is an emblematic case of impunity in Sri Lanka. The case became well-known…

Yolanda Foster on 07/08/201907/08/2019

Colombo, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Still Searching for the Truth: One woman’s relentless quest for justice

Will Sri Lanka’s report to the Committee Against Torture Review on 15 November give updates? Sandya Ekneligoda is the wife of Prageeth, a Sri Lankan journalist, cartoonist and political analyst who has…

Yolanda Foster on 11/14/201611/12/2016

Colombo, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Silenced Shadows

When I first travelled to Sri Lanka in the nineties, the country was still recovering from the shocking violence of mass disappearances in the late eighties.[1] It was difficult for people to…

Yolanda Foster on 05/15/201605/17/2016

Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, Jaffna, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

The High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to Sri Lanka raises hopes for victims

Photo courtesy Reuters, via CFR This week, the UN’s top human rights official, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein – the High Commissioner for Human Rights – is visiting Sri Lanka. He will see…

Yolanda Foster on 02/07/2016

Colombo, End of war | 5 years on, Human Rights, Human Security, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Quo vadis Sri Lanka?

Photo courtesy Amnesty International May 2009 will always be an exclamation mark in Sri Lanka’s history. Many will celebrate the defeat of the Tamil Tigers as a rupture with a brutal past.…

Yolanda Foster on 05/18/201405/09/2014