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UN sees Aragalaya as important starting point for Sri Lanka

By Easwaran Rutnam The United Nations (UN) sees the ‘Aragalaya’ as an important starting point for a new and common vision for the future of Sri Lanka. The UN also warned that the potential for further instability in Sri Lanka remains. UN Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al- Nashif told the 51st Session of the UN Human Rights Council today that Sri Lanka had witnessed remarkable and unprecedented mass protests demanding change to the country’s political landscape. “People from

12 Sep, 2022

Sri Lanka?s weak regulatory frameworks responsible for China incurred debt crisis: Report

Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 5 (ANI): As the debt crisis continues to grip the island nation of Sri Lanka, the root cause of problems behind the loans lent by China are weak regulatory frameworks in the country and weak circumspection exercised by politicians and public officials in making decisions, a research media release said. Media reports partly blame China and its lending practices, for Sri Lanka?s debt crisis, said a Verite Research media release. It said: The publication titled: ?The

12 Sep, 2022

Slavery in China: UN report exposes skeleton in the cupboard

The report of a U.N. investigator has now exposed the skeleton in the cupboard: contemporary forms of slavery are practised in China in the shape of forced labour for the Uyghur minorities in the Xinjiang region as well as in Tibet which has been under the illegal occupation of China. There have been many claims that China engages in systematic and widespread abuse of ethnic and religious minorities in the western region of the country. Now the report by Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur

12 Sep, 2022