Almost a year ago today the 30-year long brutal war in Sri Lanka ended with a surge in the brutal repression against the Tamil-speaking minorities. The Sri Lankan military surrounded the rebel-held areas and waged […]
After much delay and the re-running of the election in a couple of districts because of election violence, the final result of the Sri Lanklan general election was announced on Wednesday, 21 April. Siritunga Jayasuriya (United […]
Sri Lanka’s first post-war parliament must get rid of draconian emergency laws that have allowed for decades of widespread human rights abuses, Amnesty International said today. Ahead of the first sitting of Sri Lanka’s […]
More than 100 refugees, who have been held in a tiny boat near Merak port in Indonesia for over seven months, have been moved to the Tanjung Pinang detention centre. They now face very bad […]
CANBERRA, Australia, April 20 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has expressed disappointment at the Australian government’s failure to look at alternatives to detention for asylum-seekers arriving by boat who pose no health or security […]
MEDIA RELEASE 19.04.2010 SEVEN MONTH STAND-OFF ENDS AS MERAK ASYLUM SEEKERS FORCED OFF BOAT. RESETTLEMENT BALL NOW IN KEVIN RUDD’S COURT Indonesian police and navy personnel this afternoon Jakarta time have acted to […]
Press release 07/04/2001 For immediate release On 06/04/10 Indonesian authorities, along with UNHCR senior officers, met the Tamil-speaking refugees on the boat in Merak and gave them five days to decide their future. The authorities […]
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