Sunday, 03rd August 2014 The Sri Lankan Government on Saturday blamed the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sri Lanka over an issue surrounding Pakistani asylum seekers in this south Asian n ...
Daily Archives: August 4, 2014
High Court bid to move asylum goalposts
Monday 04th August 2014 By Jared Owens IMMIGRATION Minister Scott Morrison is seeking a High Court ruling that could reshape Australia’s interpretation of the Refugee Convention by demanding that asylum-seekers change t ...
Media and legal hypocrisy over 157 asylum-seekers
Monday 04th August 2014 AFTER the refusal of 157 asylum-seekers to be returned to India, their transfer to Australia’s detention centre on Nauru, revealed by Dennis Shanahan in The Weekend Australian, was no surprise. ...
Sri Lankan Ambassador in Indonesia presents credentials at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta
The Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia Anoja Wijeyesekera presented her credentials to The President of Indonesia, His Excellency Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 21 July 2014, at a magnificent ceremony held at the Merdeka ...
Terrorist Front Lobbies British Politicians
Sunday, 03rd August 2014 By Camelia Nathaniel Are the British Tamil votes, funds and campaign contributions controlled by the LTTE in the UK influencing Britain’s policy towards Sri Lanka? After the end of the war, LTT ...
Mattala International Airport will serve as leisure gateway – AASL chairman
Sunday, 03rd August 2014 By Manjula Fernando Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd. (AASL) Chairman Prasanna Wickramasuriya dismissed allegations by the main Opposition UNP over the Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa In ...
Large-scale surveillance restrains US-based journalists
Sunday, 03rd August 2014 By Daya Gamage Large-scale US surveillance is seriously hampering US-based journalists and lawyers in their work. National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance is undermining media freedom and t ...
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