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UN probes disappearances

A panel of independent United Nations experts have begun investigating new or existing cases of disappearances in Sri Lanka and several other countries. The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances met in New York to review under their urgent action procedure, 17 reported cases of enforced disappearances that have occurred in the last six months, as well as more than 400 newly reported or existing cases in more than 25 countries including Sri Lanka, a UN statement said. The cas

22 Jul, 2013

Two Lankans found guilty

Two Sri Lankans have been found guilty for murdering another Sri Lankan in New Zealand. The four-week trial has been a gruesome affair, ending in guilty verdicts for the two Sri Lankan men today accused of killing their countryman, Sameera Madurangana Manikka Battelage, Fair Fax media reported . The crime was fuelled by anger and jealousy and ?the victim’s affair with a woman was behind it. The jury presumably accepted the Crown’s assertion that the pair had a plan and an intention to commit mur

22 Jul, 2013

UK MP to confront Mahinda

British Parliamentarian Simon Danczuk says he will confront President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the investigations into the death of?Khuram Shaikh, the British national killed in Tangalle in 2011. Danczuk is due in Sri Lanka later this week as part of a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association delegation visiting Colombo. Danczuk?told The Daily Telegraph he will raise concerns of a cover-up in the investigations when he meets the President. “I’m going to confront the president of Sri Lanka on whether h

22 Jul, 2013