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| My child is not a murderer: Rizana Nafeek's mother |
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News 1st visited the home of Sri Lankan domestic worker Rizana Nafeek who was executed in Saudi Arabia earlier this month.
The majority of the population residing in Muttur are low income families.
This was one of the reasons for Rizana left the country to seek employment overseas to give her family a better life.
However, Rizana's life took an unexpected turn in 2005.
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| UK garden step 'is ancient Sri Lankan moonstone' artefact |
| 2013-01-23 |
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'Moonstone' doorstep The auctioneer's website describes the stone as "beautifully carved"
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A garden doorstep at a home in Devon in the UK has been identified as a rare Sri Lankan artefact expected to fetch more than £30,000 ($47,500) at auction.
The auctioneer Bonhams says the carved granite step is a Sandakada Pahana - or moonstone - similar to those found in temples dating from Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura period (c400B
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| Sri Lankan President offers Rs. 1 million to family of housemaid executed in Saudi Arabia |
| 2013-01-23 |
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today met the parents of Rizana Nafeek, the Sri Lankan housemaid beheaded in Saudi Arabia, at the Temple Trees today (22).
The President presented a check for Rs. 1 million from the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) to Nafeek's parents, Ahamadu Seyiyadu Fareena and Mohamed Najeeb Sulthan.
Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Dilan Perera, Chief Minister of the Eastern Province M. N. Abdul Majeed, Trincomalee District parliamentarians M.S. Thauf
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| Two more NDT students arrested |
| 2013-01-23 |
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The Moratuwa Police yesterday arrested two more NDT students, of the Moratuwa University, in connection with last Wednesday’s attack on the Engineering Faculty Hostel.
Inspector Chammika Sampath told The Island that the students arrested were remanded till today (22).
He said that the police were on the lookout for more students on the basis of evidence recorded from various parties.
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| Objections against the new detention law are baseless |
| 2013-01-23 |
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The objections brought forward by the Opposition on the Code of Criminal Procedure (Special Provision) Bill are baseless, Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa stated in parliament today (January 22).
The Minister said that the Opposition was acting unfairly by bringing forward such accusations when a genuine attempt is being made to curb crime and corruption in the current environment.
He made these statements in parliament while proposing the second reading of the Code of Criminal
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| US Embassy disturbed over threats |
| 2013-01-23 |
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The United States Embassy in Sri Lanka says it is disturbed by the series of threats and attacks against legal defenders, civil society organizations and activists who have spoken out on recent events.
The Embassy says the right to express opinions freely is universal and one that is protected under Sri Lankan law.
“We urge the Government of Sri Lanka protect this fundamental right and ensure that all citizens are able to express their opinions without fear of retribution,” the Embassy said in a statement.
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| New bill on detention period passed |
| 2013-01-23 |
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The Code of Criminal Procedure (Special Provision) bill which allows the detention of a suspect without a warrant from 24 hours to 48 hours has been passed in parliament.
The bill was passed by a majority of 77 votes in parliament today with 110 votes for and it.
Justice Minister Rauf Hakeem had presented the Code of Criminal Procedure (Special Provision) Bill to parliament last year.
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| Two Jaffna uni students freed |
| 2013-01-23 |
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Two students of the Jaffna university who were arrested together with four others last November by the Terrorist Investigations Division (TID), were freed today.
Both students had been sent for rehabilitation to the Welikada rehabilitation center following their arrest. The TID had arrested four students after a tense situation arose at the university last November.
The four students were arrested under the anti-terrorism laws. Human rights groups had campaigned for their release both in Sri Lanka and overseas.
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| MV Sun Sea passenger loses refugee status after court denies his claim that Sri Lanka could The |
| 2013-01-23 |
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Federal Court of Canada has overturned the refugee status granted a passenger aboard a smuggling ship linked to Tamil rebels, just as the refugee board extended protection on the same grounds to a Tamil passenger of a second smuggling ship, highlighting the difficulty in handling the two highly publicized mass arrivals.
The overturned decision involves one of 492 Sri Lankan Tamil migrants who arrived aboard the MV Sun Sea in 2010; the newly granted asylum decision involves one of the the MV Ocean Lady in 2009.
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| Sri Lanka doctor running rehab centre caught selling drugs to kids |
| 2013-01-23 |
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A doctor who was allegedly selling large quantities of a tablet named ‘Sudol’ was nabbed by Sri Lanka’s Negombo SP Division’s District Anti-Corruption Unit.
The Divaina newspaper reported that he has been operating from Akkara Panaha in Kimbulapitiya where he was running a fake medical centre under the ploy of rehabilitating drug addicts.
The police found a large quantity of various brands of drugs including tablets used for abortions which cannot be sold without a prescription.
The
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