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| The democracy is to be silenced and protest banned in the month of November for the CHOGM |
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The CHOGM meeting is scheduled to begin on November 15. The government of Sri Lanka has banned protests in the city of Colombo in the month of November. The government has taken this action under the Public Security Regulations and directed that protests, marches and any display of banners and black flags is banned during the first three weeks of the month. The special regulations will be in place in areas that are to be occupied by CHOGM delegates during the three weeks of activities in November.
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| Follow-up work on UN Internal Review Panel report on Sri Lanka identifies key priorities |
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The follow-up work on the Report of the Secretary-General's Internal Review Panel on United Nations Action in Sri Lanka has identified three key priorities.
The Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson at a lecture on Wednesday has identified prevention, the protection of civilians, and the need for fast action as three key priorities for the UN try to uphold.
When asked about the follow-up to the work of the Internal Review Panel concerning Sri Lanka Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Farhan Haq
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| No protest ban during CHOGM |
| 2013-10-11 |
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The government says there is no move to ban protests or demonstrations during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka next month.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s international media spokesperson Anuradha Herath said in a tweet that reports of a ban on protest marches and the display of banners and black flags during the summit is not true.
A leading international human rights group says moves to ban all protests in Colombo and other locations around a key Commonwealth summit would be a
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| Increase in North commercial sex |
| 2013-10-11 |
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With more women taking up as family breadwinners in Sri Lanka’s former war zone – the island’s north – the region is recording an increase in women turning to survival sex, the IRIN website reported.
According to estimates by local groups working with women to boost their incomes, the number of women engaged in sex work is said to be as many as 7,000, considered by some as a conservative estimate.
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| Cameron must speak up over Sri Lanka's human rights abuses |
| 2013-10-11 |
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Ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the PM must show leadership and prevent the regime from presenting an airbrushed image to the world.
Ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the PM must show leadersh
Sri Lankan paramilitary Special Task Force commandos on patrol in Colombo on August 12, 2013. Photograph: Getty Images.
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| Canadian Prime Minister a brave leader |
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that he will not be attending the CHOGM meeting in Sri Lanka. He is the first leader to have decided not to attend the meeting as he stated quite correctly that Mahinda Rajapakse and his government have to answer for human rights violations in Sri Lanka.
Such true and brave leaders are hard to come by. India will not boycott the summit as it hopes to play off China. India fears that if it does not attend the summit, as the regional big brother, Sri Lanka wi
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| Concerns over protest ban |
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A leading international human rights group says moves to ban all protests in Colombo and other locations around a key Commonwealth summit would be a blatant attempt to sweep human rights abuses under the carpet.
The London based Amnesty International said there were reports the government is to ban protests, marches and the display of banners and black flags in the city of Colombo and other locations where delegates are expected to visit during the first three weeks of November. This coincides with the Commonwealth Heads of Go
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| SLHRC summons authorities over release of exam results on Children's Day |
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Educations officials and representatives of child right groups were summoned to the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission on Thursday to discuss the issue pertaining to the release of Grade 5 Scholarship Examination results on World Children's Day.
The meeting was held after taking into consideration complaints lodged with the commission.Thirty-five officials attached to the National Child Protection Authority, Education Services Commission, National Education Commission, Health Deparment and several other institutions w
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| Sri Lanka's record on rights makes it unfit to lead Commonwealth |
| 2013-10-11 |
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The Commonwealth is making a major mistake in holding its heads of government meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka (Report, 9 October), when that country is in serious breach of the values set out in the Commonwealth charter, and has even failed to comply with the recommendations of its own "Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission".
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| Lankan elected to top post at UN General Assembly |
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The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, elected the Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York, Waruna Sri Dhanapala, as Vice Chair of the Second Committee for its 68th Session.
His candidature for the Bureau of the Second Committee had been unanimously endorsed by the Asia-Pacific Group, the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York said in a statement.
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