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| Army denies torture claims |
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The army has denied claims made by a Sri Lankan man to the Australian media that he was tortured and abused by army intelligence officers.
Militray spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya told the Colombo Gazette the allegations are part of an attempt by parties that campaign in Australia against extradition of economic refugees who illegally migrate purely for economic reasons.
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| India assures safety of Sri Lankans |
| 2013-04-26 |
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India says it would continue to take all possible measures to ensure the safety, security and well-being of Sri Lankan visitors to India, including to Tamil Nadu.
Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Ashok K. Kantha told the Mahanayake Theros of Malwatte and Asgiriya Chapters and Mahanayaka Maha Thero of Ramagna Chapter that the recent incidents targeting some Sri Lankan monks in Tamil Nadu were isolated incidents.
He said this while making farewell calls on the high ranking Buddhist monks, the Indian High
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| Marxist party of Sri Lanka to file FR petition on behalf of Matale mass grave victims |
| 2013-04-26 |
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Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) plans to file a fundamental rights (FR) petition in the Supreme Court on behalf of the individuals buried at the Matale mass grave.
JVP coordinator for Matale, Gamagedera Dissanayake has said the party is currently looking at filing legal action on the Matale mass grave.
Over 150 skeletal remains were unearthed from the mass grave in Matale that was dug in November last year.
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| Dilan is enjoying here, expatriates in Saudi Arabia are suffering? |
| 2013-04-26 |
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Dilan is enjoying himself, Not looking in to the expatriates suffering in Saudi Arabia
The foreign employment promotion Minister is enjoying himself with the “Rana Viru Real Star’.He is not bothered in finding about the expatriates who are suffering in Saudi Arabia claims the Member of Parliament for Ratnapura district Ranjan Ramanayake.
He went on to add that expatriates in Kandayar, Riyadh,Jeyad and in a number of other places Sri Lankan expatriates are stranded and are suffering.
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| ‘Lay Down Clear Benchmarks’ – Joint Civil Society Submission To Commonwealth Ministers |
| 2013-04-26 |
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A joint Joint Civil Society submission on Sri Lanka was sent to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group ( CMAG) through Commonwealth Secretariat today. They urge CMAG to put Sri Lanka on its formal agenda at the earliest and lay down clear benchmarks that the country needs to fulfill before it can host CHOGM in November.
The submission was sent by Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, International Moveme
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| Teacher beats a student for not attending school |
| 2013-04-26 |
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For not attending school, teacher punishes the students by visiting her home
It is reported from a Mawathagama education division in a Tamil school that a teacher had gone to the house of a student who had not reported to school at the beginning of the second term on the 22nd and had punished her.
The female student had been in grade 11 in the Mawathagama. Saraawathi Tamil School. When the teacher beat her she had been sleeping at her home. The parents have complained about this incident to the Mawathagama Police st
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| DMK tells CMAG members to keep out of SL meet |
| 2013-04-26 |
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A delegation of Members of Parliament of the DMK on Tuesday gave a memorandum to several member countries of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in Delhi urging them to not hold the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo slated to be held from November 15 to 17.
Speaking to Express over phone from Delhi, DMK MP and spokesperson TKS Elangovan said the Parliamentarians highlighted, among other things, the UNHRC resolution on war crimes and the reports of the Amnesty International and Human
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| Sexual harassment of tourists in the south continues unabated |
| 2013-04-26 |
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Police are recording frequent complaints of sexual harassment of tourists in the South, with the latest report of sexual harassment of an Israeli female tourist by a local. On Sinhala and Tamil New Year’s day, a 32-year-old Israeli tourist was sexually harassed while on the beach, when her husband had gone to the nearby beach resort in Mirissa, where they were staying.�
Coming to Sri Lanka in search of the sun and the beach: Foreign tourists down south.
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| Refugees saved by UAE find new home in US |
| 2013-04-26 |
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Eleven Sri Lankan refugees have arrived in Los Angeles to begin their new lives after receiving care in the UAE for six months.
“We can now lead a life without fear and don’t have to live as refugees any more,” said Sivabalan Niranjani, 35, of the harrowing journey that ended when she landed in Dubai. She arrived in the US with her husband and two children yesterday.
Mrs Niranjani was seven months pregnant when she and October to seek asylum in Austra
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| DMK tells CMAG members to keep out of Sri Lanka meet |
| 2013-04-26 |
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A delegation of Members of Parliament of the DMK on Tuesday gave a memorandum to several member countries of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in Delhi urging them to not hold the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo slated to be held from November 15 to 17.
Speaking to Express over phone from Delhi, DMK MP and spokesperson TKS Elangovan said the Parliamentarians highlighted, among other things, the UNHRC resolution on war crimes and the reports of the Amnesty International and Human
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