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United Nations Probe Sought On Torture By Sri Lankan Security Forces
The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) should visit Sri Lanka and conduct an independent investigation into the continued abductions, torture and sexual violence committed by the security forces, a former member of the United Nations (UN) special panel has said.
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UN Seeks Lasting Peace From Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickeremesinghe
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wished the newly-elected Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and sought lasting peace in the country from the unity government that has pledged for reconciliation and ethnic harmony.
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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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Maithripala Sirisena: Sri Lanka's Dark Horse Candidate in Tightest Election in Decades
Sri Lanka's Maithripala Sirisena was a low-profile minister until he emerged as the best hope for a fractured opposition to topple South Asia's longest-serving leader, Mahinda Rajapakse.
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Sri Lankan Parliament to Decide on Probe by UN Rights Panel
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the Parliament will decide whether to allow a UN panel in the country to probe alleged human rights abuses during the final phase of the conflict with the LTTE.
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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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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 should have supported UN resolution against Sri Lanka: Chidambaram
A day after India chose to abstain from voting on a United Nations resolution against Sri Lanka that sought an international investigation into the alleged war crimes during the final phase of the island's civil war which ended in 2009, Union Minister P Chidambaram said "personally, I feel India should have supported the resolution."
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80 skeletal remains found in mass grave in former LTTE stronghold in Sril Lanka
Eighty skeletal remains have been dug out of a mass grave in a former LTTE stronghold in Sri Lanka.
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More bodies found in Sri Lanka's mass grave
Forensic experts have found more bodies in an unmarked mass grave in Sri Lanka's northern former war zone, taking the total number to 80, an official said on Tuesday.
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United Nations Probe Sought On Torture By Sri Lankan Security Forces
The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) should visit Sri Lanka and conduct an independent investigation into the continued abductions, torture and sexual violence committed by the security forces, a former member of the United Nations (UN) special panel has said.
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UN Seeks Lasting Peace From Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickeremesinghe
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wished the newly-elected Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and sought lasting peace in the country from the unity government that has pledged for reconciliation and ethnic harmony.
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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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Maithripala Sirisena: Sri Lanka's Dark Horse Candidate in Tightest Election in Decades
Sri Lanka's Maithripala Sirisena was a low-profile minister until he emerged as the best hope for a fractured opposition to topple South Asia's longest-serving leader, Mahinda Rajapakse.
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Sri Lankan Parliament to Decide on Probe by UN Rights Panel
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the Parliament will decide whether to allow a UN panel in the country to probe alleged human rights abuses during the final phase of the conflict with the LTTE.
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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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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 should have supported UN resolution against Sri Lanka: Chidambaram
A day after India chose to abstain from voting on a United Nations resolution against Sri Lanka that sought an international investigation into the alleged war crimes during the final phase of the island's civil war which ended in 2009, Union Minister P Chidambaram said "personally, I feel India should have supported the resolution."
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80 skeletal remains found in mass grave in former LTTE stronghold in Sril Lanka
Eighty skeletal remains have been dug out of a mass grave in a former LTTE stronghold in Sri Lanka.
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More bodies found in Sri Lanka's mass grave
Forensic experts have found more bodies in an unmarked mass grave in Sri Lanka's northern former war zone, taking the total number to 80, an official said on Tuesday.
