January 19, 2014 Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Zamir Akram, making a statement at the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council on 26 March, on the UNHRC report on Sri ...
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Australia opposes UN resolution to conduct war crimes inquiry in Sri Lanka
March 28, 2014 9:23 am Australia has voiced its opposition to an international investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka saying it is not convinced that the UN backed inquiry is "the best way forward". ...
Period of Disappearances Commission inquiry extended
March 26, 2014, 10:28 pm President Mahinda Rajapaksa has backdated the date of commencement of investigations by the Commission of Inquiry appointed to probe cases of alleged disappearances of persons in the Nor ...
‘The Last Phase’: A real story of hope
A Sri Lankan ‘side event’ in Geneva with a difference The meeting rooms at the Palais des Nations in Geneva have been reverberating with pro-LTTE rhetoric during the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council sessions ...
Sexual assault against women in the U.S Armed Forces
Joachim Hagopian It has been a rough month for females in the armed forces. Two weeks ago a bill that would have finally taken sexual assault cases out of the military chain of command was perfunctorily ki ...
Call for full, impartial review of entire conflict
on 25 Mar. 2014 Asela Kuruluwansa and Indika Polkotuwa The Mahanaya Theras' of the four major Buddhist Chapters in the country are to issue a missive to the UN Human Rights Council urging the body to refrain from ente ...
Indians determined to fish in Lankan waters
Monday, 24th March 2014 By Zahrah Imtiaz As the fishermen from both, India and Sri Lanka gather to pray at the island of Kachchativu on 16 March, they not only bring their faith but all also their struggle to contin ...
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