By Brian Alexander Since the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jet more than two weeks ago, passengers’ relatives — and much of the planet — have been gripped by uncertainty about the fate of those aboard, whipsawed by conflicting reports and speculation.
Hugo Swire, the British Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a Twitter interview said the US-backed resolution of which Britain was a co-sponsor, was a result of negotiations and added that the text of the present resolution has impact and calls for an international inquiry.
House of Leader and Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said today there were positive signs with regard to the UNHRC resolution after the wording on an international inquiry on alleged human right violations had been changed because of pressure from other member countries.
The third revised draft resolution on Sri Lanka currently in circulation among the UNHRC members call for a comprehensive independent investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes by both parties in Sri Lanka, during the period covered by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) from 2002-2009.
The Coalition government is continuing to sidestep whether it will support an international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka, despite Labor and the Greens now both backing it.
Massive demo at UN, Geneva A massive demonstration was held this afternoon at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) headquarters in Geneva with the participation of over 5,000 expatriate Sri Lankan community in Europe. This demonstration with unprecedented high participation was organized by the United Sri Lanka organization based in Europe to protest against Read More
By Henry Austin and Alexander Smith New satellite data analysis has confirmed that missing Flight 370 crashed into the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysia’s prime minister told a news conference on Monday.
අද (24) ජිනීවා නුවර එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මූලස්ථානය ඉදිරියේ දි යෝධ පෙළපාළියක් පැවැත් වු යුරෝපයේ වෙසෙන ශී්ර ලාංකීයයෝ මෙරටේ සංහිඳියා කි්රයා පිළිවෙතට බාධා වන අයුරින් කටයුතු නොකරන ලෙස ජගත් සංවිධානයෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටියහ.
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj Two pistol shots rang out in the afternoon of Thursday March 13th 2014 at house No. 5 of the Indian Housing scheme in Musalampitty in the Puliyampokkanai area of Tharmapuram region in Kilinochchi district. A fifty year old Police officer named Ratnakumara attached to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) was injured. The Read More
Sri Lanka claimed on Sunday there was a “division” among members of the UN Human Rights Council over a U.S.-backed resolution and termed it a victory for the country. Sri Lankan President’s Human Rights Envoy and Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe, who returned after addressing regional groups of the UNHRC, said the 47-member rights body stands divided Read More
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