RSF condemns arrest of photojournalist M?lika Abeykoon

Israel court slams Interior Ministry on case involving Sri Lankan

An Israel court has slammed the country’s Interior Ministry on a case involving a Sri Lankan asylum seeker,?haaretz reported. An appeals tribunal ruled that the Interior Ministry cannot simply reject asylum requests because they were filed belatedly. The Tel Aviv tribunal said the ministry?s Population, Immigration and Border Authority must examine each asylum request on its merits, even if it was filed more than a year after the asylum seeker entered the country, as in the case before the cou

06 May, 2016

Court rejects Yoshitha Rajapaksa’s request to visit Uganda

The court has rejected a request from?Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, to visit Uganda. Mahinda Rajapaksa has been invited for the swearing-in ceremony of Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and?Yoshitha Rajapaksa was looking to accompany his father. However Yoshitha Rajapaksa is under investigation in the CSN fraud case and cannot leave the country. (Colombo Gazette)

06 May, 2016

India notes Sri Lanka wants end to bottom trawling to reach deal

India says Sri Lanka has sought an undertaking that Indian fishermen will not engage in?bottom trawling?in order to reach an agreement to end the dispute between fishermen from both countries. Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh told the Rajya Sabha that the main reason for frequent arrest of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan authorities was due to the allegation that they indulge in bottom trawling and there being no physical demarcation of international maritime boundaries,?NDTV rep

06 May, 2016