(Reuters) -U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet received a mandate on Tuesday to collect evidence of crimes during Sri Lanka’s long civil war, which ended in 2009 with the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tigers and an upsurge of civilian deaths. The United Nations believes 80,000-100,000 people died in the …

UNHRC adopts resolution against SriLanka. 22 countries voted in favor, 11 against and 14 abstained. Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Pakistan and Philippines among the countries that voted against the resolution. The resolution requests the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to enhance its monitoring and reporting on the situation …

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa have made phone calls to world Muslim leaders, a day before the UN Human Rights Council takes a vote on a resolution against Sri Lanka. Secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-othaimeen, had received a phone call …

The British government has come under heavy criticism from its main opposition for failing to seek the UN rights body’s approval to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Forty-seven member states of the UN Human Rights Council will be voting on a draft resolution aimed at promoting …

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THE TEARFUL TRAIL – A DOCUMENTARY FILM – Produced by Universal Human Rights Council UHRC -Geneva THE TEARFUL TRAIL, a 36-minute documentary film depicting the atrocities, discrimination and damage inflicted on the Muslim community and its livelihood in Sri Lanka by Buddhist extremist groups under the protection of the Sri …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s government said Tuesday it would take time to consider a proposed ban on the wearing of burqas, which a top security official called a sign of religious extremism. Sri Lanka’s minister of public security, Sarath Weerasekara, said Saturday he was seeking Cabinet approval to …

Public health guidelines to be adopted by Lankans or foreign nationals who are residing in Sri Lanka and undertaking an important state visit/ official visit/ business visit under biosafety travel bubble were issued by the Health Ministry. Guidelines issued for Lankans or foreign nationals in SL on foreign visits  

Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekera said he has signed the cabinet paper to ban wearing the burqa. Addressing a function in Kalutara, the Minister said, it would directly affect the national security of the country. He said steps would also be taken to ban more than 1,000 madrasa schools that …