The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka has paved the way for a far-reaching constitutional amendment to go before parliament without a referendum. The change would abolish limits on the number of presidential terms and hugely […]
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Deputy Minister for Highways Mervyn Silva on Tuesday tied an official of the Samurdhi Poverty Alleviation Department to a tree in full public view for not participating in the department’s dengue control […]
What is the GSP+? The following explanation of the GSP is given by the European Union: “The EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) is a trade arrangement through which the EU provides preferential access to […]
The Daily Mail headline read: “Hunger Striker’s 7 million Big Mac”. This outrageous attack, printed on 9 October 2009, accused Subramanyam Parameswaran of eating a Big Mac while ‘pretending’ to be on hunger strike. A […]
An armed gang has attacked a private TV and radio station in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, with firebombs. Two people were injured in the attack on the independent station, Siyatha. Siyatha’s owner left the country […]
Two studies on children in Sri Lanka, who survived the 2004 tsunami and ongoing civil war, have found that it is not these stressful events alone that contributed to the youths’ psychological health, but also […]
It is now over a year since the president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, claimed victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). But war is still being waged on the “paradise island” – […]
Research examining the mental health of refugee claimants in immigration detention has shown the deleterious effects of detention. A thorough review of relevant psychological theory and available research findings from international research has resulted in […]
The Refugee Council of New Zealand is opposed to the announced intention of the New Zealand Government to participate in the Australian plan to hold asylum seekers and boat people in regional detention centres in […]
The United Nations has registered its strong objections to protests organized outside its offices in Colombo today by a Sri Lankan cabinet minister that prevented the world body’s staff and visitors from entering or leaving […]
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