A government-appointed panel finds the Sri Lankan military did not target civilians in the last stages of the civil war, but admits for the first time a "considerable" number were killed in crossfire.

Sri Lanka adds three years to a former army chief's jail sentence for "making false allegations" that the defence secretary ordered government forces to commit war crimes.

Sri Lanka's civil war ended with "credible" evidence that war crimes were committed. Now Channel 4 News can reveal mounting evidence that the government is still torturing Tamil prisoners.

On his last trip to Sri Lanka, Defence Secretary Liam Fox called on the country to properly investigate its actions at the end of the civil war. But what, blogs Channel 4 News Foreign Editor Ben De Pe

Ahead of the report to David Cameron on Liam Fox's dealings with adviser Adam Werritty, the defence secretary admits his contact with his friend may have given an impression of wrongdoing.

Labour MPs quiz Defence Secretary Liam Fox about his friendship with a man who allegedly claims to be one of his advisers and has visited him at the Ministry of Defence on many occasions.

A plane chartered by the British Government to return failed asylum seekers to Sri Lanka has landed in Colombo following the failure of last-minute legal efforts to prevent it leaving.