Sri Lanka becoming more authoritarian: UN rights chief
COLOMBO, August 31, 2013 (AFP) - UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Saturday accused Sri Lanka of becoming "increasingly authoritarian", with activists …
COLOMBO, August 31, 2013 (AFP) - UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Saturday accused Sri Lanka of becoming "increasingly authoritarian", with activists …
COLOMBO, August 29, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka ratcheted up criticism of the UN human rights body on Thursday, accusing it of repeated "vicious and baseless" …
COLOMBO, August 28, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has criticised the UN Human Rights Council as its top official toured the battle-scarred nation to probe …
Aug 27, 2013 (LBO)- Sri Lanka has signed a series of bilateral deals involving trade, taxation, tourism and defence co-operation following a visit by President …
COLOMBO, August 27, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cultural affairs ministry has taken strong exception to a mass "wedding" of police dogs, which used symbols of …
COLOMBO, August 27, 2013 (AFP) - Families of people who disappeared during Sri Lanka's ethnic war demonstrated in the former rebel stronghold of Jaffna Tuesday …
COLOMBO, August 25, 2013 (AFP) - The UN's top rights official began her visit to Sri Lanka Sunday by brushing aside criticism that she overstepped her brief …
COLOMBO, August 26, 2013 (AFP) - Buddhist monks led protests in the Sri Lankan capital Monday against the UN's top rights official, who began a fact-finding …
MUMBAI, August 24, 2013 (AFP) - A Bollywood spy thriller set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war has been pulled from British and some Indian …
August 25, 2013 (AFP) - The UN's top rights official begins a fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka on Sunday after the government dropped public hostility towards …
Aug 22, 2013 (LBO) - Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won will visit Sri Lanka from August 28, the country's embassy in Colombo said. online pharmacy …
COLOMBO, August 18, 2013 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan media rights group on Sunday accused the military of intimidating journalists who reported a deadly army …
Aug 13, 2013 (LBO) - The European Union Delegation in Sri Lanka has expressed concern over the killing of unarmed protestors by the military and series of …
COLOMBO, August 12, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Muslim leaders closed down a new mosque in Colombo on Monday after attacks by a Buddhist mob revived simmering …
COLOMBO, August 11, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police lifted a curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood Sunday after a Buddhist-led mob attack on a mosque raised …
August 11, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police clamped a fresh curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood Sunday, a day after a Buddhist-led mob vandalised a mosque in an …
COLOMBO, August 10, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police deployed commandos and imposed a curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood Saturday after a Buddhist-led mob …
COLOMBO, August 8, 2013 (AFP) - A statue of Queen Victoria which was banished from Sri Lanka's presidential palace amid fears it brought bad luck will now be …
COLOMBO, August 7, 2013 (AFP) - The Roman Catholic church Wednesday slammed Sri Lanka's army for storming a church and assaulting residents trying to escape …
COLOMBO, August 4, 2013 (AFP) - Police poured into a village near Sri Lanka's capital ahead of the funeral Sunday of a teenager shot dead by troops during a …