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Three more added to Advisory Panel

Wednesday, 13th August 2014 Chamikara Weerasinghe President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to strengthen the International Advisory Panel to the Missing Persons Commission adding three more members making up six, Presid ...

Examine root causes for US perception of anti-Western sentiment: Ministry of External Affairs

The Ministry of External Affairs takes serious note of the Security Message for US Citizens issued by the United States Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security on 8th August 2014, which regrettably creates a false and alarmist view of the conditions prevalent in Sri Lanka.

The right to freedom of expression and peaceful protest are important values in a democracy, and the public in Sri Lanka have the liberty to exercise these rights which are guaranteed by the Constitution of the country. However, there have been no instances of violent protests targeting the US Embassy, its diplomats, officials or citizens, though claimed by the US State Department’s Security Message, that such incidents could occur.

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