The First ever Pakistan National Day Golf Tournament was held at Royal Golf Club Colombo on 22nd March 2014 in which prominent Sri Lankan golfers and members of the diplomatic community took part. It was a 18-hole tournament in which players competed for exciting prizes, both in Gentlemen and Ladies categories.
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 backing it.
EDITORIAL: Sydney Morning Herald The arrest of two of Sri Lanka’s most prominent human rights activists, Ruki Fernando and Father Praveen Mahesan, by the nation’s security forces last week was orchestrated to send a message.
The Supreme Court yesterday issued an Interim Order suspending the operation of the Administrative Standing Instructions of the Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran.
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
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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