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Boat-people

SYDNEY, July 26, 2013 (AFP) - The United Nations on Friday said it was "troubled" by Australia's decision to send asylum-seekers arriving by boat to Papua New …

Anti Migrant

July 19, 2013 (LBO) - Boat people arriving in Australia from countries like Sri Lanka and others may be settled in Papua New Guinea and other developing …

Closed

SYDNEY, July 19, 2013 (AFP) - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Friday announced that no more boatpeople will be resettled in Australia as refugees, with all …

Halted

COLOMBO, July 15, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has halted a French cultural festival after it screened an internationally-acclaimed local film that the military …

Police Probe

July 5, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's police arrested 12 commandos in connection with the execution-style killing of five students during the island's Tamil …

Magazine Block

July 2, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has banned the July 1 issue of Time magazine because its cover story on Myanmar's Buddhist-Muslim clashes could hurt religious …

Fashionista

June 28, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military has released a woman leader of the Tamil Tiger militant group from four years of detention after she completed …

Media Policy

June 23, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has scrapped a contentious code of conduct for journalists after editors and rights groups condemned it as a …

Bond Deterrent

June 24, 2013 (LBO) - A pilot scheme to charge a 3,000 sterling immigration bond from visitors in five countries including Sri Lanka will only apply to the …

Casino Watch

June 21, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will look into the possibility of setting up a casino regulator, a government minister said responding to a call by a …

Work Practices

June 20, 2013 (LBO) - A minimum age for employment may be raised to 16 years from 14 if proposals in a national policy on youth are adopted, officials said. …

Freedom

COLOMBO, April 13, 2013 (AFP) - Gunmen opened fire and torched the office of the main Tamil newspaper in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, the owner said, the …

Agency

Apr 12, 2013 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan legislator has alleged that a public relations firm hired by Sri Lanka to lobby American politicians and others, has misled …

Spreading Fear

Mar 25, 2013 (LBO) - Mob violence in Sri Lanka against Muslims and Christians and emerging attacks and humiliation of Muslim girls for their dress by Buddhist …

Justice Call

Mar 08, 2013 (LBO) - The brother of a British tourist murdered while holidaying Sri Lanka in 2011 is calling for justice saying his killers are still free 15 …

Shooting

COLOMBO, Feb 16, 2013 (AFP) - Gunmen shot and wounded a Sri Lankan journalist near the capital Colombo, police said Saturday, the latest in a string of attacks …

No Visit

Feb 02, 2013 (LBO) - The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHARI) said visas for a delegation to visit Sri Lanka had been denied by …

Resolution

Jan 28, 2013 (AFP) - The US will bring a fresh resolution to the UN Human Rights Council in a bid to force Sri Lanka to deliver on promises to probe its troops …

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