Iran has slammed the adoption of the recent UN human rights resolution against the country as an “unconstructive, politically motivated and double-standard” move that “undermines international human rights mechanisms.”
Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles GENEVA — Reuters “Mind your own business,” North Korea’s ambassador told the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, moments before it voted to demand justice for Nazi-style atrocities in his country.
Editorial Though obviously not unexpected, the results of the Southern and Western Provincial Council elections are a considered slap on the face of the Camerons and the Michelle Sissons and spokespersons for the State Department, who say that the recent UN Human Rights Council Resolution against Sri Lanka was meant for the people of this Read More
බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවට කළුතර දිස්ත්රික්කයෙන් වැඩි මනාප ලබා තේරී පත් වූ අපේක්ෂක අපේක්ෂිකාවන්
බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවට ගම්පහ දිස්ත්රික්කයෙන් වැඩි මනාප ලබා තේරී පත් වූ අපේක්ෂක අපේක්ෂිකාවන්
බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවට කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කයෙන් වැඩි මනාප ලබා තේරී පත් වූ අපේක්ෂක අපේක්ෂිකාවන්
Suhasini Haidar With India’s abstention vote, it would seem that South Block is wresting back control of its decision-making authority from that domestic sphere that has ridden roughshod over several foreign policy decisions Sometimes, the loudest sound can emanate from the sidelines. At the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva last week, India’s abstention vote Read More
Special Correspondent Distributors of the Santhosh Sivan-film, ‘Inam’, which is centred on the conflict between the Sri Lankan army and the LTTE, have said the film will be withdrawn from theatres, starting Monday (31). In a statement, N. Lingusamy, who distributed the film on behalf of Tiruppathi Brothers, said there had been a lot of Read More
Meera Srinivasan Several organisations of Sri Lankan Tamils living outside the country have expressed disappointment over India’s abstention at the U.N. Human Rights Council, where a U.S.-backed resolution was adopted on March 27.
D. J. Walter Scott Gold biscuits smuggled from Sri Lanka with help of fishermen in coastal hamlets The seizure of 34 kg of gold by the marine police of the Coastal Security Group (CSG) in February at Mandapam and 15 kg of gold by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Kannirajapuram, a coastal hamlet, Read More
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