Full Coverage: Sri Lanka
March 2008
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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Sri Lanka
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31.03.2008
Relief agencies are mobilizing in Sri Lanka's Batticaloa region, where recent torrential rains forced more than 7,000 Sri Lankans -- many of whom were already displaced by fighting between the government and a rebel group -- to flee their homes.
more...From: Lutheran World Relief Image: Internally displaced people in Sri Lanka. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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11.03.2008
The Asian Human Rights Commission has asked the UN Rapporteur on Torture to help end the detention and alleged torture of a number of uncharged Sri Lankan journalists.
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07.03.2008
The Sri Lankan government is responsible for widespread abductions and “disappearances” that are a national crisis, a leading rights group says in a new report.
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05.03.2008
The world has largely turned its attention away from humanitarian crises in Somalia, Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burma, but the world body shouldn't, said a prominent human rights group this week.
more...From: Human Rights Watch Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [Myanmar] [Somalia] Image: Congolese girl affected by war. © Refugees International
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