Sirisena?s former Chief of Staff and former STC Chairman granted bail

Kazakh Police Detain Activists Involved In Xinjiang Protests Outside Chinese Consulate

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Police in Kazakhstan?s largest city, Almaty, have detained several activists who have been involved in ongoing pickets in front of the Chinese Consulate to demand the release of their relatives held in China’s Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region. Baqyt Sembai, a wife of one of the protesters, told RFE/RL that police arrested her husband and his mother while they were at home on July 1. Baibolat Kunbolat, Sembai’s husband, had been released from jail two days earlier after be

07 Jul, 2021

No quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers arriving in Sri Lanka

Fully vaccinated travellers arriving in Sri Lanka will not require to be quarantined if they are fully vaccinated and their on arrival (day one) PCR test report is negative. The Ministry of Health today issued a new set of quarantine measures for travellers arriving in Sri Lanka. Accordingly, Sri Lankans, including seafarers arriving by air or Dual Citizens (if using the Sri Lankan passport to arrive), do not need to obtain prior approval from the Foreign Ministry and Civil Aviation Authority

07 Jul, 2021

Pakistan journalists’ union announces countrywide protest against law curbing press freedom in Punjab

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has called for a countrywide protest on Monday against the adoption of the controversial Punjab Assembly Privilege Bill 2021, which envisages award of punishment to journalists over the publication of reports about the proceedings of the assembly and its committees. The call was given by PFUJ president Shahzada Zulfiqar and secretary-general Nasir Zaidi through a statement in which they asked all union of journ

07 Jul, 2021