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 ...
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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 ...
Sri Lanka asks states what action they would take if confronted with the threat of re-grouping terror networks in their countries
Exercising the right to reply on statements made regarding the arrest and detention of Ms. Balendran Jeyakumari, and the incidents in Killinochchi last week, Sri Lanka asked the member states at the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council on 26 March 2014 how their respective countries would react if there was a credible threat of re-grouping terror networks and if they would remain passive bystanders or take proactive action to ensure terror networks were kept at bay.
Detailing the circumstances which led to the arrest of Ms. Jeyakumari, Sri Lanka, said the performance of this investigative action “should not be portrayed as selective, singling out of these individuals” and deplored attempts on the part of “interested parties to stigmatise the action of law enforcement authorities as an infringement when they were merely carrying out duties for purposes of national security”. Sri Lanka also stated that as there was “credible evidence of resurgence and revival of LTTE activity in Sri Lanka, masquerading these activities in the garb of human rights, impeded the legitimate exercise of protecting the citizens of the country from terrorism and protecting their right to life”.
Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington DC Press Release The U.S. sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at The Unhrc is detrimental to lasting peace in Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan Americans inform The U.S. Senate and House Of Representatives Washington , D.C. , Marc
Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington DC Press Release Washington , D.C. , March 27, 2014: A large group of Sri Lankan- American voters representing multiple states gathered at Capitol Hill to me ...
Ambassador Aryasinha says request to the Office of the High Commissioner to undertake a comprehensive independent investigation reflective of partisan politicised agenda
Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha responding to the High Commissioner's Report on Sri Lanka, informed the UN Human Rights Council on 26th March 2014 that rather than encourage and support the ongoing reconciliation process in Sri Lanka, as well as the constructive engagement Sri Lanka continues to maintain with the Council, it was ironic that the draft resolution on Sri Lanka being mooted by some members of this Council, is reflective of the same partisan politicised agenda through its request to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to undertake "a comprehensive independent investigation". Assistance to this process by third party ‘experts’ whose mandate and credentials are far from clear; and its deliberate exclusion of a significant part of the duration of the terrorist conflict from the period under investigation via the introduction of a particular time frame, would be both precedent setting and prejudicial to the interests of all member and observer states of this Council in the future.
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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