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Young Reporter: Maaveerar Naal, A Tamil remembrance
[ Local London ] [ 03 Dec 2023 11:15 GMT ]
The military still have much control over the country and Tamils are still oppressed, trying to get justice for all those who sacrificed their lives for freedom and for all the innocent lives lost.
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UNHRC Chief Suggests Targeted Sanctions On Sri Lanka
[ The Citizen ] [ 27 Sep 2023 01:15 GMT ]
The lack of accountability at all levels remains the fundamental human rights problem in Sri Lanka, according to the latest report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T�rk on the island nation.
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'If We Raise Our Voice They Arrest Us'
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 18 Sep 2023 12:40 GMT ]
Countless thousands of Sri Lankans await justice and accountability for serious human rights violations and war crimes committed during decades of civil unrest and armed conflict.
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India at HRC reiterates calls for implementation of 13A
[ Daily FT ] [ 14 Sep 2023 10:30 GMT ]
Progress on the commitments is inadequate and we urge the Government to work meaningfully towards early implementation of its commitments to ensure fundamental and human rights of citizens are fully protected,' he said.
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Sri Lanka - Release International Report
[ Release International ] [ 11 Sep 2023 10:40 GMT ]
One on-going project provides scholarship support for children from persecuted and marginalised families, providing spiritual support as well as helping the children with their education.
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India pushes, Sri Lanka resists
[ Deccan Herald ] [ 22 Aug 2023 23:05 GMT ]
The Tamil diaspora and the refugees living in the refugee camps of India are looking forward to a comprehensive package that accepts their demand for an international inquiry, the setting up of a Peace and Reconciliation Commission on the lines of of South Africa.
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Stalin calls for retrieving Katchatheevu
[ The Hindu ] [ 20 Aug 2023 00:40 GMT ]
Retrieving the Katchatheevu islet from Sri Lanka alone, would put a permanent end to the problems of fishermen in Tamil Nadu, said Chief Minister M. K. Stalin.
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Tamil temptations
[ Midland Express ] [ 13 Aug 2023 22:02 GMT ]
Niro, a Sri Lankan Tamil who had himself sought asylum in Australia to escape violence and persecution in his home country, now runs a successful catering business.
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Nation cast out of paradise reemerges
[ New Age ] [ 11 Aug 2023 22:30 GMT ]
The broader truth commission needs to include the trail of death from Talaimannar to Matale, and the need for accountability, reparations and institutional reforms to rectify the wrongs of the past, including the colonial period.
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Difficult Empathies
[ Public Books ] [ 10 Aug 2023 20:48 GMT ]
A Passage North testifies to Arudpragasam's unfailing empathy. But reading Madhuri Vijay's The Far Field instead reveals this author�s jarring lapses in empathy.
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Diplomats meet with Families of the Disappeared
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 06 Aug 2023 08:30 GMT ]
Tamil Families of the Disappeared have protested for over 2,300 days demanding an account for their missing loved ones and for the international community to pursue an international mechanism.
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Sri Lanka: Black July After Four Decades
[ SL Guardian ] [ 31 July 2023 00:05 GMT ]
History will judge, if it has not already done so, President J.R. Jayewardene, elected six years earlier with an unprecedented mandate, for this colossal failure.
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Soppana Sundari - Engine trouble
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 13 April 2023 23:58 GMT ]
Film 'Soppana Sundari' hails from the 1989 film 'Karakattakkaran,' a film with a densely packed and iconic comedy track.
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Sri Lanka: Reject New Counterterrorism Bill
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 09 April 2023 11:20 GMT ]
'The Anti-Terrorism Bill needs to be seen both in light of Sri Lanka's abusive history of counterterrorism powers and the current government's repression of peaceful dissent,' Ganguly said.
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Sri Lanka: IMF Loan Risks Eroding Rights
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 06 April 2023 12:30 GMT ]
'The government should recognize that the public deserves real accountability, whether it's for past war crimes or ongoing misgovernance and repression of critics.'
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UN Paints Bleak Picture of Rights in Sri Lanka
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 02 April 2023 17:12 GMT ]
The report describes the targeting of minorities, notably Tamils and Muslims, by 'land grabs,' 'hate speech and misinformation,' and 'attacks against places of worship.'
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Canada sanctions ex-Sri Lanka presidents Mahinda, Gotabaya
[ Aljazeera ] [ 24 March 2023 15:00 GMT ]
Canada has imposed sanctions on four top Sri Lankan officials, including former presidents Mahinda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, over 'gross and systematic violations of human rights' during armed conflict in the island nation from 1983 to 2009, the Canadian foreign ministry has said.
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Sampling Sambol in Sri Lanka
[ The New Indian Express ] [ 22 March 2023 19:50 GMT ]
In the 'up country', as Sri Lankans refer to hill stations such as Hatton, one can find a few Tamil cuisine-influenced sambols like ash plantain.
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Should India abolish its state governors?
[ BBC ] [ 21 March 2023 19:25 GMT ]
Last week India's Supreme Court fretted that the country's governors could end up undermining democracy if their actions triggered the fall of a functioning state government.
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Pope Francis: 10 moments from 10 years as Pope
[ Cafod ] [ 13 March 2023 19:45 GMT ]
Whether it's the witness he's shown to the Gospel in his encounters with the most marginalised members of our global family, or his words of wisdom for young people and world leaders alike, Pope Francis has inspired countless people to work for a better world.
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EU ACTION PLAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY 2020 - 2024
[ EU�s Special Representative for Human Rights ] [ 27 Feb 2023 23:02 GMT ]
Defending human rights and democratic principles is a collective exercise, not a unilateral endeavour. No country, no matter how powerful and influential, can match the credibility of the international community acting through its institutions.
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China Should Rethink Its Position on Debt
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 25 Feb 2023 18:52 GMT ]
Should the Chinese government genuinely value the rights it claims to promote at the United Nations, it needs to urgently reassess how it manages the unsustainable debt it holds.
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UNHCR's gratuitous advice on Sri Lankan refugees
[ The Leaflet ] [ 16 Feb 2023 18:50 GMT ]
The UNHCR has been aiding and abetting the Indian and Sri Lankan governments' efforts to send Sri Lankan Tamil refugees back to Sri Lanka, with a campaign of disinformation, enticement and skulduggery.
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Jagath Weerasinghe: Sri Lanka's bloody past
[ BBC ] [ 15 Jan 2023 00:05 GMT ]
Zeinab Badawi is in Sri Lanka to talk to one of the country�s most influential artists and archaeologists Jagath Weerasinghe. What does his art tell us about Sri Lanka�s bloody and difficult past and its prospects for a more peaceful future?
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Newsnight Global: Sri Lanka
[ BBC ] [ 13 Jan 2023 14:30 GMT ]
What might the future bring for Sri Lanka, and what lessons can be learned for other nations facing potential financial disaster?
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India befriends Sri Lanka as China�s shadow looms
[ Japan News ] [ 06 Jan 2023 23:05 GMT ]
India provided about $4 billion in rapid assistance between January and July, including credit lines, a currency swap arrangement and deferred import payments, and sent a warship carrying essential drugs for the island�s 22 million people.
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Trincomalee Massacre 2006
[ Counter Currents ] [ 03 Jan 2023 16:06 GMT ]
The killings came a month after then Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa assumed office and the island began to slide towards all-out war.
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