Leaked UN report urges Sri Lanka war crimes probe
April 16, 2011 (AFP) - A UN panel has called for an independent inquiry into "credible" allegations that Sri Lanka committed war crimes and crimes against …
April 16, 2011 (AFP) - A UN panel has called for an independent inquiry into "credible" allegations that Sri Lanka committed war crimes and crimes against …
April 13, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday rejected as "flawed" and "biased" a UN-commissioned report into alleged war crimes committed during the final …
UNITED NATIONS, April 12, 2011 (AFP) - A panel of UN experts on Tuesday handed over a report on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka against Tamil separatists to UN …
UNITED NATIONS, April 13, 2011 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is studying an expert report into thousands of deaths during Sri Lanka's 2009 military …
April 7, 2011 (AFP) - The editor of a pro-opposition Sri Lankan news website was released on bail Thursday, a week after his arrest sparked protests from …
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2011 (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday that future cooperation with Sri Lanka depended on improvements in its human rights record and …
April 1, 2011 (AFP) - International media rights groups Friday asked Sri Lanka's government to release the editor of a pro-opposition news website, a day after …
NUSA DUA, March 30, 2011 (AFP) - Asian countries pledged Wednesday to take a collective approach to people smuggling and asylum seekers including a possible …
March 30, 2011 (AFP) - A Maldivian man arrested with the help of Interpol and initially linked to an alleged terror plot against the ongoing cricket World Cup …
March 27, 2011 (AFP) - Maldives police said Sunday they had released a man suspected of plotting an attack on the cricket World Cup taking place in South Asia. …
SYDNEY, March 21, 2011 (AFP) - Australia said Monday it would reduce the number of asylum seekers at an overcrowded detention centre on Christmas Island but …
March 19, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president said Saturday his party's landslide victory in local elections was an endorsement of the government's focus on …
March 19, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president said Saturday his party's landslide victory in local elections was an endorsement of the government's focus on …
Mar 18, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's ruling United Peoples' Freedom Alliance of president Mahinda Rajapaksa has comfortably swept local government elections …
SYDNEY, March 16, 2011 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday defended the police reaction to riots at the remote Christmas Island …
Mar 16, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankans travelling to India will be required to apply for visas online from March 25, the Indian High Commission said in a statement. …
Mar 16, 2011 (LBO) - A Maldivian wanted for a 2007 terror bombing in Male was arrested there after his transit through Sri Lanka was detected by an INTERPOL …
SYDNEY, March 15, 2011 (AFP) - Australia's remote Christmas Island detention centre was hit by a second night of riots on Tuesday, with up to 200 asylum …
SYDNEY, March 14, 2011 (AFP) - Australian police used tear gas to quell a protest of 300 asylum seekers on remote Christmas Island on Monday, as the government …
NEW DELHI, March 14, 2011 (AFP) - The Indian navy has captured 61 suspected Somali pirates and rescued 13 fishermen after a firefight with a pirate mothership …