Sri Lanka’s Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) condemned an attack by a group on a foreign executive of an apparel factory and called for swift action to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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Women’s Action Network (WAN) condemned the physical assault on the Puttalam Quazi, Dr. Mohamed Rahmathulla Mohamed on Sunday (26) and called for an impartial investigation into to the attack and the perpetrators be held accountable.
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Intense fighting continued in the eastern Ukrainian town of Soledar on Wednesday (11), despite a claim by the founder of a mercenary force leading Russia’s offensive there that his troops had seized control of the town
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The Sri Lankan authorities have fiercely clamped down on protests and demonized protesters during a period of economic crisis and hardship in the country, Amnesty International said in a new digest released Friday (9)
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Protesters broke into the Sri Lankan prime minister’s private residence and set it on fire, hours after he said he would resign when a new government is formed, in the biggest day of angry demonstrations on Saturday (9) that also saw crowds…
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Within 24 hours of video footage of a Sri Lankan soldier assaulting a civilian at a petrol station emerging, the military launched an investigation into the incident and sent out a press release accusing “invisible elements” of trying to…
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By Jane Arraf, Sangar Khaleel and Eric Schmitt BAGHDAD — American ground forces have joined the fight to retake control of a prison in northeast Syria where Islamic State group fighters are holding hundreds of boys hostage, the Pentagon…
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COLOMBO – The United Nations envoy in Sri Lanka has defended the right to hold peaceful demonstrations, saying the right of assembly includes the right to hold peaceful demonstrations. Hanaa Singer, the United Nations Resident…
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By Nina Larson GENEVA - One in three women have already suffered physical violence or sexual abuse, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday (9), warning that the coronavirus pandemic was deepening the problem. In a report, the…
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COLOMBO – The Free Media Movement (FMM) has strongly condemned the latest attack on two journalist investigating alleged illegal logging in the Murippu jungle, in the Mullaitivu district, and demanded immediate action be taken against those…
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