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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 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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Action against us unnecessary: Sri Lanka's envoy on UN resolution
India yesterday abstained from the vote at the United Nations session in Geneva which calls for an international investigation into alleged war crimes in the final stage of the island's civil war which ended in 2009.
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India abstains from vote on Sri Lanka war crimes in Geneva
India has abstained from the vote at the United Nations session in Geneva which calls for an international criminal investigation into alleged war crimes in the final stage of the island's civil war which ended in 2009.
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Tamil film industry to fast on Lankan Tamils issue
The entire Kollywood would halt its activities in Chennai tomorrow and stage a day-long fast demanding the rehabilitation of Tamils displaced in Sri Lanka.
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Attacks on Sri Lanka will not defeat or intimidate us, says President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has criticised the US-sponsored UNHRC resolution against his country and said the such "attacks would not defeat or intimidate us".
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Chairperson's mike broken, Rajya Sabha session ends with unruly scenes
Shouting slogans, squatting on the floor, trooping to the well of the house, and damaging the Chairperson's mike - this was how some of our MPs thought fit to protest against the government today. The DMK and AIADMK MPs were protesting against the government for "not making efforts" for a stronger resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC yesterday...
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Read the UN resolution on Sri Lanka
India was among 25 countries that voted against Sri Lanka today at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
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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 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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Action against us unnecessary: Sri Lanka's envoy on UN resolution
India yesterday abstained from the vote at the United Nations session in Geneva which calls for an international investigation into alleged war crimes in the final stage of the island's civil war which ended in 2009.
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India abstains from vote on Sri Lanka war crimes in Geneva
India has abstained from the vote at the United Nations session in Geneva which calls for an international criminal investigation into alleged war crimes in the final stage of the island's civil war which ended in 2009.
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Tamil film industry to fast on Lankan Tamils issue
The entire Kollywood would halt its activities in Chennai tomorrow and stage a day-long fast demanding the rehabilitation of Tamils displaced in Sri Lanka.
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Attacks on Sri Lanka will not defeat or intimidate us, says President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has criticised the US-sponsored UNHRC resolution against his country and said the such "attacks would not defeat or intimidate us".
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Chairperson's mike broken, Rajya Sabha session ends with unruly scenes
Shouting slogans, squatting on the floor, trooping to the well of the house, and damaging the Chairperson's mike - this was how some of our MPs thought fit to protest against the government today. The DMK and AIADMK MPs were protesting against the government for "not making efforts" for a stronger resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC yesterday...
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Read the UN resolution on Sri Lanka
India was among 25 countries that voted against Sri Lanka today at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
