EU pressures Sri Lanka over human rights
LUXEMBOURG, October 27, 2009 (AFP) - The European Union boosted pressure on Sri Lanka Tuesday over human rights and called for those committing abuses on the …
LUXEMBOURG, October 27, 2009 (AFP) - The European Union boosted pressure on Sri Lanka Tuesday over human rights and called for those committing abuses on the …
October 27, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka may consider joining the global treaty banning landmines following the government's defeat of separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, …
October 26, 2009 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan government on Monday said it would investigate war crimes allegations made against its troops in a US State Department …
SYDNEY, October 23, 2009 (AFP) - Australian border guards intercepted a boat carrying 29 suspected asylum-seekers off the country's northwest on Friday, the …
SYDNEY, October 22, 2009 (AFP) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Thursday angrily denied extremists were among hundreds of asylum-seekers arriving in the …
October 22, 2009 (AFP) - Fear of persecution and a lack of jobs at home are driving thousands of Sri Lankans to risk perilous boat rides to developed …
VANCOUVER, October 21, 2009 (AFP) - Detention hearings began Tuesday for two of 76 migrants who were arrested Saturday on a mystery ship off Canada's coast and …
SYDNEY, October 16, 2009 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday refused to be swayed by hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum-seekers who launched a …
October 16, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main water utility said Friday it had fined the US embassy in Colombo more than 3,000 dollars for illegally tapping …
October 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Thursday it was unable to prevent migrants leaving the country, as Indonesia intercepted a boatload of asylum seekers …
BANTEN, October 14, 2009 (AFP) - More than 250 Sri Lankans seeking asylum in Australia have threatened to set fire to their boat if they are forced to …
PARIS, October 12, 2009 (AFP) - Twenty-two suspected Tamil Tiger rebels went on trial Monday for running an extortion racket among Paris's ethnic Tamil …
October 13, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will hold presidential and parliamentary elections before April next year, state radio announced Tuesday, in the wake of the …
October 11, 2009 (AFP) - A quarter of a million Tamil civilians detained in state-run camps since the end of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict are in an increasingly …
October 10, 2009 (AFP) - Vote counting got under way in southern Sri Lanka Saturday after nine hours of polling for the final local council before national …
October 10, 2009 (AFP) - Voting got underway in southern Sri Lanka Saturday in the final local council poll before national elections due next year, officials …
WASHINGTON, October 9, 2009 (AFP) - The United States on Friday called on the Sri Lankan government to allow Tamil refugees displaced by recent fighting to …
October 6, 2009 (AFP) - Britain on Tuesday expressed disappointment with Sri Lanka's handling of war-displaced civilians and demanded that they be given the …
WASHINGTON, October 4, 2009 (AFP) - The United States, responding to protests from Sri Lanka over remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said it had no …
October 5, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will tap foreign donors to raise more cash to look after over 250,000 people displaced by its offensive against Tamil Tiger …