Missing aircraft: SL wants to know if help needed

The Sri Lankan mission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has been informed by the External Affairs Ministry to find out whether Sri Lanka was among the countries that the Malaysian government had requested to join in the search operation for the missing Malaysian aircraft MH370, the External Affairs Ministry said.

No legal provision for probe on SL

External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris yesterday raised ethical concerns on UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay heading a probe on human rights allegations against Sri Lanka while pointing out that she was neither legally nor financially provisioned to carry out such an inquiry.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අත්අඩංගුවේ සිටින සියලු ඉන්දීය ධීවරයින් නිදහස් කිරීමට පියවර

අන්තර්ජාතික මුහුදු සීමා උල්ලංඝනය කරමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුහුදේ අනවසරයෙන් ධීවර කටයුතුවල නිරතවෙමින් සිටියදි නාවික හමුදාව විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගනු ලැබූ තවත් ඉන්දීය ධීවරයින් 32 දෙනෙකු හෙට (19) නිදහස් කරන බව නාවික හමුදාව පවසයි.

US expresses concern over arrests

The United States Embassy in Colombo yesterday said, in a media statement, that Washington was concerned about the arrests and detention of several well-known Sri Lankan human rights defenders and activists over the past week. It urged the government to ensure that it abided by transparent legal procedures.

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