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| GMOA calls for streamlined tackling of dengue |
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The spread of dengue can only be controlled efficiently by practicing inter-ministerial cooperation to raise awareness among the people, the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA), said yesterday.
GMOA Spokesman, Dr. Naveen de Soyza, emphasizing the lack of a large scale, inter-connected programme in Sri Lanka, to deal with the spread of the disease, said, "We have always said the Health and the Education sector must work in tandem to address the issue. So far, all we see are small scale, or rather isolated attemp
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| The Commonwealth’s Appalling Impotence On Sri Lanka |
| 2013-05-01 |
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Secretary General of the Commonwealth, K.S. Sharma’s pleas this week at the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) press conference (London, Friday 26th April) that he is constantly engaged with Sri Lanka to uphold the shared values of the Commonwealth that are ‘so dear’ to him, can only invoke guffaws of ribald laughter from many within this country.
Vacuous reassurances by the Commonwealth
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| UN expert slams Sri Lanka |
| 2013-04-30 |
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A UN human rights expert says she’s shocked the Sri Lanka will be allowed to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) this year despite ongoing cases of torture and disappearances.
Yasmin Sooka, who was asked by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to investigate allegations of human rights abuses during Sri Lanka’s war, says the country is still perpetrating abuses against its own civilians.
“People continue to be tortured and disappeared,” she told ABC radio on Monday.
“Sri
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| Commonwealth Secretariat invites HRCSL |
| 2013-04-30 |
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The Commonwealth Secretariat has invited the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) for a discussion on reconciliation, justice and accountability in Sri Lanka, the Human Rights Commission sources said.
The Human Rights Commissioner Dr. Prathibha Mahanamahewa has been invited for this roundtable by the Commonwealth Secretariat which is scheduled to be held from 29 April to 3 May in London.
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| Why Sri Lanka should not be allowed to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
| 2013-04-30 |
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Every two years, the leaders of the Commonwealth of Nations assemble at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the association's principal policy and decision-making forum. This year, the meeting is set to take place in Colombo from 15 to 17 November, where the Sri Lankan Government will host the illustrious gathering.
The International Commission of Jurists considers that allowing the Government of Sri Lanka this privilege sends a deplorable signal to the international community at large and in particular t
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| Canada ‘appauled’ at Sri Lanka choice for Commonwealth summit |
| 2013-04-30 |
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Indians staging a candle light vigil to pay tribute to Tamils killed by Sri Lankan forces Indians staging a candle light vigil to pay tribute to Tamils killed by Sri Lankan forces
Photo: EPA
Canada has expressed its ire at the Commonwealth’s decision to hold its next summit in Sri Lanka, citing its failure to secure “freedom, democracy, human rights, the rule of law and good governance.”
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| ‘War crimes’ wrangle ignores Lankan Tamils’ challenge to India |
| 2013-04-30 |
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Some five weeks after the foreign policy fiasco on the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) – which earned the Congress-led UPA government the hostility of all sections in Sri Lanka and the Tamil political parties in India – New Delhi seems to have gone back to sleep on the issue.
The March an independent investigation into allegations of violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law &n
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| Canada cuts down CHOGM team |
| 2013-04-30 |
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The Canadian government has taken its first decisive move with regard to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) saying it will not send a full delegation to the November summit in Sri Lanka.
Earlier the Canadians had called for improvements on the human rights issue in Sri Lanka failing which the Canadian Prime Minister said he may reconsider taking part in the summit.
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| Sri Lanka opposition legislator accuses Saudi Arabia of breaching labor laws on migrant workers |
| 2013-04-30 |
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Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayaka said the Saudi Arabian authorities breach labor laws related to migrant workers and called on the government to stop sending migrant workers to the Kingdom.
While noting that over 600,000 Sri Lankans are currently working in Saudi Arabia in various positions, the lawmaker explained that these migrant workers had to undergo immense difficulties, physical pain and at times even lose their precious lives to earn benefits for their parent
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| President says there is an attempt to destabilise govt. by creating racism |
| 2013-04-30 |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that there is an attempt to destabilise the government's programme in the political sphere by creating racism.
The President had made this statement when he met with the members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Lawyers' Association on Friday.
Members representing all parts of the country attended this meeting on Friday.
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