Sri Lanka yesterday reiterated that international action for the promotion and protection of human rights must enjoy the consent of the country concerned.
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has taken another confusing twist, after authorities backtracked on when a crucial communications system on the aircraft was switched off.
COMMENTARY BY THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER The mysterious disappearance of flight MH370 is the biggest incident to happen to Malaysia, and the world. There are at least 14 nationalities among the 239 people on board the flight to Beijing.
Investigations into the flight simulator taken from the missing pilot’s home showed a software for five practice runaways, including one belonging to the United States, Berita Harian reported today.
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.
Close contacts with LTTE faction trying to revive Eelam Ruki Fernando and Fr Praveen Mahesan, prominent activists of the National Peace Council (NPC), were taken into custody in Kilinochchi by the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID), Military spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasekera yesterday said.
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.
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.
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.
Reconciliation is achievable in a united Sri Lanka by Sri Lankans with the cooperation of partner countries, the Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Jean-Paul Monchau said.
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