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POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Giant Trade Unionist’s Passing Away a Blow To Kumaratunga
The death of Saumyamoorthy Thondaman, who championed the rights of Sri Lanka's plantation workers and was an influential politician, has dealt a hard blow to President Chandrika Kumaratunga's bid for re-election, analysts said.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Justice Not Done in ‘Disappeared’ Cases, Says UN
A UN rights team says it is disappointed by the failure of the Sri Lankan government to punish members of the armed forces and the police blamed for killings of civilians and other human rights violations, 10 years ago.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Justice Not Done in ‘Disappeared’ Cases, Says UN
A UN rights team says it is disappointed by the failure of the Sri Lankan government to punish members of the armed forces and the police blamed for killings of civilians and other human rights violations, 10 years ago.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Committed To Peace, Kumaratunga Bids For Second Term
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga is gambling on early presidential polls to break a stalemate on peace proposals that her government had put forward to end the long civil war in the country.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Equal Opportunities Bill Derailed By Differences
Bold new laws that were set to wipe out discrimination on gender, political or ethnic grounds in Sri Lanka have run into a storm of protests over provisions relating to school admissions.HEALTH-SRI LANKA: NGO Takes HIV/AIDS Battle To Soldiers
Military personnel and migrant workers have been identified as new high risk groups in Sri Lanka's battle against HIV/AIDS as the ethnic conflict drags into the 16th year and large numbers of women migrate abroad.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Impunity To Figure During U.N Team’s Visit
Human rights activists are gearing up to brief a U.N team on the continuing impunity of police and armed forces personnel responsible for the disappearance of thousands of young left wing rebels in a crackdown ten years ago.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Impunity To Figure During U.N Team’s Visit
Human rights activists are gearing up to brief a U.N team on the continuing impunity of police and armed forces personnel responsible for the disappearance of thousands of young left wing rebels in a crackdown ten years ago.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Equal Opportunities Bill Targets Private Sector
Bold new legislation awaiting parliamentary approval will end discrimination on gender, ethnic and political grounds in Sri Lanka, officials say.DEVELOPMENT-SOUTH ASIA: Corruption Halts Social Wellbeing Of Poor
A U.N-supported study on human development in South Asia has slammed governments for corruption, an inefficient bureaucracy and discrimination of women, and says the region is one of the worst governed in the world.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Equal Opportunities Bill Targets Private Sector
Bold new legislation awaiting parliamentary approval will end discrimination on gender, ethnic and political grounds in Sri Lanka, officials say.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Top Peace-builder Plans Ambitious Peace March
Tudor Ariyaratne, Sri Lanka's best-known peace builder, is determined to succeed.DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Cheap Imports Ruin Chicken Farmers
First it was protests by potato farmers. Then followed chilli and onion producers. Now Sri Lanka's chicken farmers are up in arms against cheap, ruinous imports.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Religious Fundamentalism Threatens Women
Gains made by women in achieving equality and freedom from fear and violence are under threat from religious fundamentalism in many parts of Asia, says an internationally known human rights advocate.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Guerilla Groups Urged to Eschew Mines
An international group fighting against the use of anti-personnel mines (APMs) hopes to get guerrilla groups to endorse a proposed convention banning the use of these destructive weapons next year.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Religious Fundamentalism Threatens Women
Gains made by women in achieving equality and freedom from fear and violence are under threat from religious fundamentalism in many parts of Asia, says an internationally known human rights advocate.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Guerilla Groups Urged to Eschew Mines
An international group fighting against the use of anti-personnel mines (APMs) hopes to get guerrilla groups to endorse a proposed convention banning the use of these destructive weapons next year.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Women Have Right To Gulf Jobs and Protection
Sri Lankan authorities would rather men, than women, seek unskilled foreign jobs but employment agencies and women's groups say women are a vital part of the overseas labour market and discouraging them would be discriminatory.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Women Have Right To Gulf Jobs and Protection
Sri Lankan authorities would rather men, than women, seek unskilled foreign jobs but employment agencies and women's groups say women are a vital part of the overseas labour market and discouraging them would be discriminatory.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Moderate Tamil MP-Lawyer Killed By Human Bomb //REPEATING//
Neelan Tiruchelvam, a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer and member of Parliament, was slain here Thursday by a suicide bomber suspected to be a Tamil Tiger rebel.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Moderate Tamil MP-Lawyer Killed By Human Bomb
Neelan Tiruchelvam, a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer and member of Parliament, was slain here Thursday by a suicide bomber suspected to be a Tamil Tiger rebel.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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