▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– Three people belonging to a radical pro-Tamil outfit were arrested on Tuesday for attacking the Sri Lankan Buddhist monk at Chennai Central station.He was assaulted by three unidentified persons on board the Tamil Nadu Express, as it arrived at …
The two situations are not the same but the similarities are compelling. In Aesop’s fables about the boy who cried wolf too often, the losers are the boy and the flock of sheep which get devoured by the wolf. Reconstructing the same …
The Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the parent body of 57 member countries, has expressed its concern over the escalating ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka, which has affected the island’s Muslim community and its businesses sector. The (OIC) (formerly known as …
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday demanded an “independent and credible” inquiry into the violation of human rights in Sri Lanka even as she refused to comment on key UPA ally DMK withdrawing support to the government at the Centre. Voicing her …
Sri Lanka is to formally respond to a new U.S. resolution on Sri Lanka tabled at the United Nations Human Rights Council, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Spokesman Rodney Perera said that the government was studying the document and will respond to …
The US is going ahead with its resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as the government has failed to fulfil its international obligations, which it promised after the fall of the LTTE, the US State Department said. …
Bajaj Auto, India’s biggest two-wheeler exporter, risks a decline in exports to Sri Lanka if the island nation hikes import duties yet again. Sri Lanka faces a vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council on March 21 over alleged violation of human …
The resolution, sponsored by the United States, calls on Sri Lanka to investigate possible violations of international human rights laws. It also cites reports of abuse that has continued since then, including extra judicial killings, torture, forced disappearances, intimidation and violent reprisals …
India on Monday(18) asked its envoy in Geneva to return for consultations on the US resolution on Sri Lanka.The issue has gained urgency with political parties and activists in Tamil Nadu urging the government to back the resolution — like last year …
By Shamindra Ferdinando (Island.lk) Sri Lanka’s refusal to move a joint resolution on accountability issues, at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions, has set the stage for a vote on the second US motion, targeting the country, since the …