-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 ...
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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 ...
National Youth Council delegation welcomed by High Commissioner I. Ansar in Malaysia
The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Malaysia, H.E. Ibrahim Ansar, received a three-member National Youth Council delegation from Sri Lanka on 27th March at the High Commission. The delegation is currently visit ...
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 ...
Sri Lanka restates commitment to reconciliation
29 March 2014 Rejects pressures of Pillay and the forces of resurgent colonialism It is a saddening situation in the world, when countries that claim to have a commitment to protect human rights and ensure accountabil ...
‘Certificate of absence’ for missing persons’ relatives
- Rasika Somarathna The Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons has proposed to the government to issue a 'certificate of absence' to relatives of individuals reported as missin ...
Proposed UN investigation not the best way forward – Bishop
- See more at: http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/proposed-un-investigation-not-best-way-forward-bishop#sthash.SzX4eVx5.dpuf - See more at: http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/proposed-un-investigation-not-best-way-forward-bi ...
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