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Sri Lanka extends ban on LTTE and other listed groups

Sri Lanka has extended the ban on the LTTE, Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) and other groups and individuals listed under regulation 4(7) of the United Nations Regulations No. 1 of 2012. Defence Secretary Sampath Sajeewa Thuyacontha, as the Competent Authority appointed for the purpose of the United Nations Regulations No. 1 of 2012, issued an order to extend the freeze on all funds, other financial assets and economic resources belonging to or owned or held by any natural or legal pers

31 May, 2025

British woman accused of drug offences tells BBC of Sri Lanka jail conditions

A British woman accused of attempting to smuggle drugs into Sri Lanka has told the BBC about the conditions in the jail where she is being held. Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, was arrested earlier this month after authorities allegedly found 46kg of cannabis in her suitcases when she arrived on a flight from Thailand. “I can’t compare it to anything,” she said, adding she shares a cell with five other women and sleeps on a thin mattress on the concrete floor, using her clothes as a

30 May, 2025

“They raped us on the road in public” MSF exposes systematic use of rape as a weapon in Sudan’s war

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has raised the alarm over the widespread use of rape as a weapon in Sudan’s war. In Darfur region, hundreds of women and girls some as young as five, have come forward with accounts of brutal, public, and repeated sexual violence by armed groups. MSF medical teams working in Darfur and in refugee camps across the border in Chad describe the scale and severity of sexual violence as a campaign of terror aimed at humiliating, punishing, and destroying entire communi

01 Jun, 2025