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 …
Read More »Labour Party Call For Referral Of Sri Lanka To ICC
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 …
Read More »Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: The Dilemma of Building a Unitary State* By A.R.M. Imtiyaz Razak
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Read More »THE TEARFUL TRAIL – A DOCUMENTARY FILM – Produced by Universal Human Rights Council UHRC -Geneva
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 …
Read More »Sri Lanka to take time to consider proposed ban on burqa By Bharatha Mallawarachi
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 …
Read More »Guidelines issued for Lankans or foreign nationals in SL on foreign visits
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
Read More »Minister signs cabinet paper prohibiting burqa
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 …
Read More »COVID-19: Home quarantine likely for expats returning to Sri Lanka from the UAE
The government of Sri Lanka is looking to amend the quarantine rules for its citizens entering the country from the UAE. Nalinda Wijerathna, Consul General of Sri Lanka, told Gulf News the government was looking at allowing its citizens, particularly those who have completed their two doses of vaccination, to …
Read More »Final draft of resolution on SL submitted to UNHRC
The Core Group on Sri Lanka has submitted the final draft of the resolution on Sri Lanka to the United Nations Human Rights Council at the ongoing 46th regular session. The Core Group of countries consisting of The United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, North Macedonia, Malawi, and Montenegro submitted the resolution …
Read More »Revised resolution asks SL to implement recommendations by UN Special Rapporteurs
The core group led by the United Kingdom (UK) has revised the draft resolution on Sri Lanka calling for, among others, to implement the recommendations made by the UN Special Rapporteurs who visited Sri Lanka after 2015, Daily Mirror learns. During an information meeting on the resolution, the UK informed …
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