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China Defends Sri Lanka's Human Rights Record At UN Human Rights Council
China on Friday expressed support to Sri Lanka at the UNHRC as it faced a resolution expressing serious concern over the rights situation in the island nation, saying Beijing was opposed to the use of human rights issues to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.
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Act on UN Resolution on Sri Lanka: Jayalalithaa Urges PM Narendra Modi
Hours after getting a resolution passed in the Assembly today on the Sri Lankan issue, seeking an international probe into allegations of war crimes in that country, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa urged PM Modi to take immediate action over it.
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Want to Re-Open Investigations on Attacks on Media: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said he wants to re-open investigations into all past murders and disappearances of journalists.
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Sri Lanka Violates Human Rights of Minorities: Report
Sri Lanka continues to violate human rights of its religious and ethnic minorities, six years after the end of civil war in the country that resulted in the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to a new independent report.
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Sri Lanka Enacts Witness Protection Law Before War Crimes Probe
Sri Lanka has adopted a witness protection law ahead of an investigation into suspected human rights abuses in a 26-year civil war which foreign governments have said is necessary for a reconciliation with ethnic minority Tamils.
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Prime Minister Modi to Visit Sri Lanka in March, Could Go to Jaffna
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Sri Lanka next month, the first bilateral visit to the country by an Indian premier in over 25 years, and is likely to go to Tamil-dominated Jaffna amid signs of growing amity between the two neighbours.
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Sri Lankan Minister Urges UN Chief Ban Ki-moon to Delay War Crimes Report
Sri Lanka's foreign minister met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, and UN diplomatic sources said he pressed his government's desire to delay the release of a UN report on alleged war crimes during his country's civil war.
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Pope Expresses Concern, Calls for Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
Pope Francis has expressed concern over growing ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka and encouraged bishops from the country to promote reconciliation and human rights to address the issue.
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Sri Lankan family finds mass grave in garden
A Sri Lankan family has stumbled upon the remains of at least nine bodies buried in the garden of their home, police said on Saturday, the latest mass grave to be discovered in the country's former war zone.
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US urges Sri Lanka to probe war crimes, 'seek truth'
The United States called Sunday for Sri Lanka to investigate rights abuses by security forces after a top envoy completed a fact-finding mission to the island, the US embassy in Colombo said.
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Aggressive Lankan President Rajapaksa says Commonwealth should not turn 'punitive, judgemental'
Under attack over alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils, President Mahinda Rajapaksa today asked Commonwealth nations not to turn the grouping into a 'punitive and judgemental' body.
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Sri Lankan army accused of shelling 'no fire' zone
An international human rights watchdog has strongly criticised the Sri Lankan army, which it said was shelling ",indiscriminately", the ",no fire", zone where thousands of Tamil civilians are trapped by the LTTE.
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China Defends Sri Lanka's Human Rights Record At UN Human Rights Council
China on Friday expressed support to Sri Lanka at the UNHRC as it faced a resolution expressing serious concern over the rights situation in the island nation, saying Beijing was opposed to the use of human rights issues to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.
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Act on UN Resolution on Sri Lanka: Jayalalithaa Urges PM Narendra Modi
Hours after getting a resolution passed in the Assembly today on the Sri Lankan issue, seeking an international probe into allegations of war crimes in that country, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa urged PM Modi to take immediate action over it.
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Want to Re-Open Investigations on Attacks on Media: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said he wants to re-open investigations into all past murders and disappearances of journalists.
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Sri Lanka Violates Human Rights of Minorities: Report
Sri Lanka continues to violate human rights of its religious and ethnic minorities, six years after the end of civil war in the country that resulted in the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to a new independent report.
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Sri Lanka Enacts Witness Protection Law Before War Crimes Probe
Sri Lanka has adopted a witness protection law ahead of an investigation into suspected human rights abuses in a 26-year civil war which foreign governments have said is necessary for a reconciliation with ethnic minority Tamils.
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Prime Minister Modi to Visit Sri Lanka in March, Could Go to Jaffna
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Sri Lanka next month, the first bilateral visit to the country by an Indian premier in over 25 years, and is likely to go to Tamil-dominated Jaffna amid signs of growing amity between the two neighbours.
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Sri Lankan Minister Urges UN Chief Ban Ki-moon to Delay War Crimes Report
Sri Lanka's foreign minister met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, and UN diplomatic sources said he pressed his government's desire to delay the release of a UN report on alleged war crimes during his country's civil war.
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Pope Expresses Concern, Calls for Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
Pope Francis has expressed concern over growing ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka and encouraged bishops from the country to promote reconciliation and human rights to address the issue.
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Sri Lankan family finds mass grave in garden
A Sri Lankan family has stumbled upon the remains of at least nine bodies buried in the garden of their home, police said on Saturday, the latest mass grave to be discovered in the country's former war zone.
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US urges Sri Lanka to probe war crimes, 'seek truth'
The United States called Sunday for Sri Lanka to investigate rights abuses by security forces after a top envoy completed a fact-finding mission to the island, the US embassy in Colombo said.
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Aggressive Lankan President Rajapaksa says Commonwealth should not turn 'punitive, judgemental'
Under attack over alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils, President Mahinda Rajapaksa today asked Commonwealth nations not to turn the grouping into a 'punitive and judgemental' body.
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Sri Lankan army accused of shelling 'no fire' zone
An international human rights watchdog has strongly criticised the Sri Lankan army, which it said was shelling ",indiscriminately", the ",no fire", zone where thousands of Tamil civilians are trapped by the LTTE.
