An investigation into a massacre in a destroyed Palestinian village carried out by Israeli forces in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation has identified three possible mass graves beneath a present-day beach resort
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In May 18, Tamils in Sri Lanka will mark Mullivaikkal Memorial Day, in remembrance of those who died in the final stages of the country’s brutal civil war that ended in 2009. Thousands of Tamil civilians were killed when the Sri Lankan army…
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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called for Israel to end its "aggression" against Palestinians or be suspended from the United Nations during a speech marking the 75th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ Monday (15)
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A detainee held in the US prison camp at Guantánamo Bay who was used as a human guinea pig in the Central Investigations Agency’s (CIA) post-9/11 torture program has produced the most comprehensive and detailed account yet seen of the…
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In a bid to subdue recalcitrant citizens while also appeasing the international community, Sri Lanka published the Ant-Terrorism Act (ATA) as a bill on March 22. The ATA was presented as a new and improved version of the PTA that became law…
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A proposed anti-terror law threatens the renewal of the GSP+ facility of the European Union, opposition legislator Harsha de Silva has warned
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Sri Lanka’s apex court has determined that a private member’s bill seeking the decriminalization of homosexuality is not inconsistent with the Constitution
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On human rights grounds, the US government has banned Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, the most senior officer in Sri Lanka’s navy from 2005 to 2009 and now a provincial governor, from entering the country
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Israel is increasingly relying on facial recognition in the occupied West Bank to track Palestinians and restrict their passage through key checkpoints, according to a new report, a sign of how artificial-intelligence-powered surveillance…
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Press freedom is under attack in every corner of the world, the United Nations chief said Tuesday (2), denouncing the targeting of journalists and the spread of disinformation
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