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Sri Lanka to release all Indian fishermen

-Meera Srinivasan 28 March 2014 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in the island nation’s custody. The announcement, termed a “goodwill gesture” by the Preside ...

Conciliation will continue: Rajapaksa

COLOMBO, March 28, 2014   Mahinda Rajapaksa.— PHOTO: AP Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa rejected Thursday’s U.N. Human Rights Council resolution ordering a war crimes probe, telling AFP that he would instea ...

Resolution adopted, but ‘victory’ hollow

Shenali D. Waduge   29 March 2014   Sri Lanka can claim a moral victory on the basis that 2014 UNHRC Resolution was adopted against the country with 23 votes while a majority comprising 24 nations did not sup ...

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