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"Gross Betrayal Of Tamils": P Chidambaram Shreds Centre Over Lanka Issue
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today urged the people of Tamil Nadu to punish the AIADMK-BJP alliance in the upcoming state assembly elections for abstaining from the UN Human Rights Council vote on Sri Lanka.
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India Abstains From Voting At UN Human Rights Council On Sri Lanka Resolution
India, which abstained during the vote on a strong resolution against Sri Lanka's human rights practices at the UNHRC, on Tuesday urged Colombo to fulfill its commitments on the devolution of political authority, to carry forward the process of reconciliation and address the aspirations of the Tamil community in the island nation.
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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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Sri Lanka Seeks Indian Support Ahead Of Key UN Human Rights Council Sessions
Sri Lanka has officially sought India's support ahead of next week's UNHRC sessions on the island nation's rights and accountability record, a top foreign ministry bureaucrat told a state-run channel here on Friday.
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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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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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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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Sri Lanka Wins Delay Over UN War Crimes Report
Sri Lanka's new government won a six-month delay on Monday in the publication of a report on alleged war crimes, after the UN human rights chief praised its willingness to open the country up to scrutiny.
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'Sri Lanka to Implement UN Resolution Demands Except International Probe'
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said Sri Lanka is in the process of implementing all demands made by the sponsors of the UNHRC resolution against it except for allowing an international probe into alleged human rights violations during the last phase of the war with the LTTE.
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Sri Lanka frees Indian fishermen after UN vote abstention
Sri Lanka's president on Friday ordered the release of Indian fishermen detained for poaching after New Delhi surprisingly refused to back a US-led censure motion against Colombo at the UN's top rights body.
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"Gross Betrayal Of Tamils": P Chidambaram Shreds Centre Over Lanka Issue
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today urged the people of Tamil Nadu to punish the AIADMK-BJP alliance in the upcoming state assembly elections for abstaining from the UN Human Rights Council vote on Sri Lanka.
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India Abstains From Voting At UN Human Rights Council On Sri Lanka Resolution
India, which abstained during the vote on a strong resolution against Sri Lanka's human rights practices at the UNHRC, on Tuesday urged Colombo to fulfill its commitments on the devolution of political authority, to carry forward the process of reconciliation and address the aspirations of the Tamil community in the island nation.
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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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Sri Lanka Seeks Indian Support Ahead Of Key UN Human Rights Council Sessions
Sri Lanka has officially sought India's support ahead of next week's UNHRC sessions on the island nation's rights and accountability record, a top foreign ministry bureaucrat told a state-run channel here on Friday.
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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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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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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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Sri Lanka Wins Delay Over UN War Crimes Report
Sri Lanka's new government won a six-month delay on Monday in the publication of a report on alleged war crimes, after the UN human rights chief praised its willingness to open the country up to scrutiny.
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'Sri Lanka to Implement UN Resolution Demands Except International Probe'
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said Sri Lanka is in the process of implementing all demands made by the sponsors of the UNHRC resolution against it except for allowing an international probe into alleged human rights violations during the last phase of the war with the LTTE.
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Sri Lanka frees Indian fishermen after UN vote abstention
Sri Lanka's president on Friday ordered the release of Indian fishermen detained for poaching after New Delhi surprisingly refused to back a US-led censure motion against Colombo at the UN's top rights body.
