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UN Rues Sri Lanka's Slow Progress In Setting Up Justice Mechanism
The UN Human Rights Council has expressed doubt that whether Sri Lanka would be able to fully implement the United Nation's prescribed transitional justice agenda before March 2019.
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Sri Lanka's War Survivors Hope New Law Will Unlock State Land Holdings
Almost eight years after the war ended, hundreds of smallholders are pinning their hopes on the newly-minted Right to Information (RTI) Act to unearth details of who owns the land on which they live and work.
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Sri Lankan Official Dodges UN Questions Over Alleged Torture
A United Nations committee that monitors acts of torture in member countries grilled an intelligence chief Wednesday over the alleged abuse of detainees during Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, only to have the nation's attorney general step in to deflect the questions.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Slams Sri Lanka Missing Persons Bill
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday alleged that a proposed bill to set up an office of missing persons targeted government troops who defeated the LTTE ending the three-decade ethnic civil war.
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UN Official Asks Sri Lanka To Locate People Missing From War
The top United Nations human rights official asked Sri Lanka's government today to quickly locate thousands of civilians reported missing during the country's civil war. The government has said most are probably dead.
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UN Rights Chief Meets Families Of Sri Lanka's War Victims
The United Nations human rights chief on Sunday travelled to the north and east of Sri Lanka to assess the country's progress in prosecuting alleged war crimes.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Leaders Call For UN Help On 4,000 Missing
Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil leaders today asked the top UN human rights official to help determine the fate of more than 4,000 civilians reported missing in the country's long civil war amid the government's assertion that most of them are probably dead.
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Top UN Human Rights Official Arrives In Sri Lanka
The top UN human rights official arrived today in Sri Lanka on a four-day visit aimed at reviewing the measures taken by the island-nation to investigate alleged atrocities committed during the long civil war that left tens of thousands dead.
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No Proof to Support 'Sexual Favour' Claims: Sri Lanka Red Cross
The Red Cross in Sri Lanka today said it could not find any credible evidence that its officers demanded "sexual favours" from the beneficiaries of India-funded houses in the Tamil-dominated Northern province.
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Sri Lankan Leader Writes to President Sirisena for Release of Tamil Inmates
A day after inmates began a hunger strike demanding their release in Sri Lanka's Tamil dominated Northern Province, the chief minister has demanded expediting of pending cases against over 200 Tamil political prisoners languishing in several jails.
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Sri Lanka Raises Concerns Over UN Draft Resolution
Sri Lanka today raised concerns over the text of a draft resolution on the country's civil war which is to be tabled during the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
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Sri Lanka Re-Opens Rail Link to Former War Zone After 24 Years
More than two decades after its destruction in Sri Lanka's civil war, the rail link between the capital Colombo and the northern city of Jaffna re-opened on Monday amid hopes that it will give a boost to reconciliation efforts.
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UN calls for pause in Lanka civil war
A top UN official on Tuesday underlined the need for a halt in the fierce fighting in Sri Lanka and asked the LTTE guerrillas to allow trapped civilians cross over to the safe zone as government forces prepared to inflict a "decisive blow" to the rebels.
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UN Rues Sri Lanka's Slow Progress In Setting Up Justice Mechanism
The UN Human Rights Council has expressed doubt that whether Sri Lanka would be able to fully implement the United Nation's prescribed transitional justice agenda before March 2019.
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Sri Lanka's War Survivors Hope New Law Will Unlock State Land Holdings
Almost eight years after the war ended, hundreds of smallholders are pinning their hopes on the newly-minted Right to Information (RTI) Act to unearth details of who owns the land on which they live and work.
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Sri Lankan Official Dodges UN Questions Over Alleged Torture
A United Nations committee that monitors acts of torture in member countries grilled an intelligence chief Wednesday over the alleged abuse of detainees during Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, only to have the nation's attorney general step in to deflect the questions.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Slams Sri Lanka Missing Persons Bill
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday alleged that a proposed bill to set up an office of missing persons targeted government troops who defeated the LTTE ending the three-decade ethnic civil war.
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UN Official Asks Sri Lanka To Locate People Missing From War
The top United Nations human rights official asked Sri Lanka's government today to quickly locate thousands of civilians reported missing during the country's civil war. The government has said most are probably dead.
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UN Rights Chief Meets Families Of Sri Lanka's War Victims
The United Nations human rights chief on Sunday travelled to the north and east of Sri Lanka to assess the country's progress in prosecuting alleged war crimes.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Leaders Call For UN Help On 4,000 Missing
Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil leaders today asked the top UN human rights official to help determine the fate of more than 4,000 civilians reported missing in the country's long civil war amid the government's assertion that most of them are probably dead.
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Top UN Human Rights Official Arrives In Sri Lanka
The top UN human rights official arrived today in Sri Lanka on a four-day visit aimed at reviewing the measures taken by the island-nation to investigate alleged atrocities committed during the long civil war that left tens of thousands dead.
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No Proof to Support 'Sexual Favour' Claims: Sri Lanka Red Cross
The Red Cross in Sri Lanka today said it could not find any credible evidence that its officers demanded "sexual favours" from the beneficiaries of India-funded houses in the Tamil-dominated Northern province.
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Sri Lankan Leader Writes to President Sirisena for Release of Tamil Inmates
A day after inmates began a hunger strike demanding their release in Sri Lanka's Tamil dominated Northern Province, the chief minister has demanded expediting of pending cases against over 200 Tamil political prisoners languishing in several jails.
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Sri Lanka Raises Concerns Over UN Draft Resolution
Sri Lanka today raised concerns over the text of a draft resolution on the country's civil war which is to be tabled during the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
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Sri Lanka Re-Opens Rail Link to Former War Zone After 24 Years
More than two decades after its destruction in Sri Lanka's civil war, the rail link between the capital Colombo and the northern city of Jaffna re-opened on Monday amid hopes that it will give a boost to reconciliation efforts.
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UN calls for pause in Lanka civil war
A top UN official on Tuesday underlined the need for a halt in the fierce fighting in Sri Lanka and asked the LTTE guerrillas to allow trapped civilians cross over to the safe zone as government forces prepared to inflict a "decisive blow" to the rebels.
