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| HRW goes Sinhalese |
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A leading international human rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has launched a Sinhalese language website with content targeting readers in Sri Lanka.
HRW which is headquartered in the US and has often been criticized by the Sri Lankan government over its statements on Sri Lanka, said that it hopes the Sinhalese website will help strengthen the human rights dialogue in Sri Lanka.
“We are very excited to be able to share our work with Sinhala speakers and hope that it will strengthen the human rights dial
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| Anger over ‘No Fire Zone’ raid |
| 2013-07-06 |
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Human rights activists have condemned the Malaysian Home Ministry for raiding the private screening of a documentary depicting war crimes in Sri Lanka and arresting three activists without following due process, FZ.com reported.
They say the raid was uncalled for and accuse the authorities of intimidation.
Tenaganita executive director Irene Fernandez said that last night’s incident was purely a show of power and control by those who did not want to allow people to know how a state had become violent. And &ldqu
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| Deputy Commonwealth chief here |
| 2013-07-06 |
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Commonwealth Deputy Secretary General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba is in Sri Lanka to review arrangements for the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), taking place this November, the Commonwealth Secretariat said.
Masire-Mwamba will meet with External Affairs Minister Professor G L Peiris, and members of the CHOGM 2013 Task Force in Colombo.
Taking place in parallel with the Deputy Secretary-General’s visit is a Commonwealth Secretariat-organised capacity development workshop for the Human Rights
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| Sri Lanka asks US to lift the negative travel advisory |
| 2013-07-06 |
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Sri Lanka's Ministry of External Affairs has requested the United States to lift its travel advisory on Sri Lanka.
The Ministry has taken measures to correct the rumors spreading in the US about travel in Sri Lanka and held a meeting on Tuesday with a delegation from the US Embassy.
The US State Department�s latest travel advisory warns that foreign women should exercise vigilance in Sri Lanka, due to an upswing in sexual attacks against female visitors in tourist areas.
Updated on May 6, 2013, it st
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| Cabinet adds 53 to action plan |
| 2013-07-06 |
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Cabinet has approved more recommendations Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) to be included into the plan of action for implementation.
Media Minister and Cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said that accordingly 53 LLRC recommendations will be implemented apart from those already being implemented by the committee.
The 53 recommendations includes matters related to human rights, Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), issues surrounding North East Muslims, Legal matters and refugees.
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| Sri Lankan asylum-seeker claims wrong |
| 2013-07-06 |
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AFGHAN asylum-seekers outnumbered Sri Lankans by two to one in 2009, casting doubt on Labor's claim that its failure to toughen immigration policy after Sri Lanka's civil war was pivotal in the revival of the smuggling trade.
As Foreign Minister Bob Carr signalled a crackdown on asylum-seekers who discard their identity papers, an analysis of boat arrival figures has cast doubt on the government's assertion that its failure to act swiftly on the Sri Lanka crisis was the original sin that precipitated the surg
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| Principals given powers to admit students with good results to A/L classes |
| 2013-07-06 |
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It is reported that the ministry of Education has given permission to the Principals to allow the intake of students to the advanced level classes.
In this manner those students who obtained 8 to 9 ‘A’ in the Ordinary level exam could get the opportunity to be admitted to ‘A’ ‘B’ grade schools. But it is provided that there are vacancies that exist in these classes. For this exercise those in rural schools would be given the priority.
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| Keheliya’s monthly electricity bill is Rs 1,022,022/- |
| 2013-07-06 |
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While the burden of the Electricity bills of the Ministers are placed on the shoulders of the ordinary people they are going to have a disciplinary code of ethics for the media personnel was quipped by the JVP member K.D Lalkantha
He added this at meeting held at Thibbatuwawa area in Matara district.
In this government there are 76 main Ministers .It is learnt that all their electricity bill payments are paid by the public money. The Minister for media and Mass communication ministers electricity bill was Rs 1
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| Nawagattegama teachers report sick for 2 days |
| 2013-07-06 |
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All the teachers of the Nawagattegama Navodya School, where a female teacher was allegedly punished by a Provincial Councilor, have applied for sick leave today and tomorrow (05), the Ceylon Teachers’ Union said.
CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin stated that they have called in sick in protest to both Vice Principals of the school not assisting in the inquiry into the incident, which occurred on June 14 when North Western Provincial Councilor, Ananda Sarath Kumara had forced a teacher to kneel.
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| Canadian Tamil Tiger extradited to US pleads guilty for abetting LTTE |
| 2013-07-06 |
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A Canadian Tamil Tiger operative extradited to the United States to face charges of supporting the banned terrorist organization, Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has pleaded guilty Tuesday in Brooklyn, New York, to the charges against him.
The suspect, Suresh Sriskandarajah, 32, could face up to 25 years in prison after admitting that he provided material support including sophisticated military techA Canadian Tamil Tiger operative extradited to the United States to face charges of supporting the banne
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