Australian man gets jail for rape, murder of Indian woman
Source: NewKerala
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-05-17 02:05:26 -0700 | disasters-news
The New South Wales Supreme Court ruled that Daniel Stani-Reginald would not be eligible for parole for a minimum of 30 years for raping and murdering Tosha Thakkar, then 24, in a Sydney flat March 9, 2011, a media report...
Pune court awards death to German Bakery blast convict Himayat Baig
Source: The Financial Express
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-04-18 16:47:45 -0700 | disasters-news
Additional Sessions Judge N P Dhote on Thursday awarded the death penalty to Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig (33), who was convicted earlier this week for involvement in the German Bakery bombing of February 13, 2010, which killed 17 and wounded...
'Rape of Tamils by Sri Lankan soldiers'
Posted by: mashfaq90
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-02-27 16:12:43 -0800 | disasters-news
Human rights organization, Human Rights Watch said in a new report that the Sri Lankan security forces had raped Tamils in detention. According to the report, between 2006 and 2012 detained men, women and children of rape cases were studied....
97 Rohingya Muslims die of hunger after 25 days stranded at sea
Posted by: Bakhtawar
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-02-26 23:01:05 -0800 | disasters-news
Ninety-seven Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar have died of hunger after being stranded at sea for 25 days, reports say. Thirty three Muslim immigrants who were rescued off the coast of Sri Lanka last week said that they were...
Documentary shows Sri Lankan forces killed Prabhakaran's son
Posted by: aymaan30
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-03-20 15:56:43 -0700 | disasters-news
Almost four years ago, the Sri Lankan government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa won a decisive victory in a 26-year-long civil war. But the victory manifested with a heavy loss of human lives as thousands of innocent Tamil civilians caught...
21 days starving at sea of Burmese refugees, 32 out of 130 passengers left alive
Posted by: JasonBornee
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-02-20 16:49:54 -0800 | disasters-news
18 Feb, 2013 :A boat carrying 32 starving Burmese refugees has been resued by the Sir Lankan Navy. The group has been stranded at sea for 21 days with no food and water supplies. Such starving situation had already claimed...
Sri Lanken Journalist Shot Inside His Home
Posted by: Anthony Bloch
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-02-17 01:48:46 -0800 | disasters-news
A Sri Lanken journalist Faraz Shaukatally who had been working on a number of investigative stories was shot overnight in his home. Being a journalist is a very tough profession in Sri Lanka. Conditions aren't safe for them as they...
Hatred Campaign against Islam: Muslims under siege in Sri Lanka!
Posted by: abdulruff
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-01-13 15:42:20 -0800 | disasters-news
Hatred Campaign against Islam: Muslims under siege in Sri Lanka! - DR. ABDUL RUFF [Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal, Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Specialist on State Terrorism ; Global columnist, Commentator on world affairs , Expert on Mideast Affairs,...
Sri Lanka: Shootout in Welikada Prison Claims At Least 13 Lives
Posted by: aymaan30
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-11-12 09:04:08 -0800 | disasters-news
In a dramatic turn of events, 13 inmates lost their lives at a shootout in a case of prison violence in Colombo. The shootout took place when a group of rioting prisoners tried to take control of a portion of...
Investigations have been started against Police man who arrested British women!
Posted by: writerpunjabi
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-11-06 06:53:19 -0800 | disasters-news
Sri Lanka's President RajaPaksa ordered investigations against Police men who arrested woman for entering into Chriss Geyle and other West Indies Players Rooms. British High Commissioner in Colombo also contacted government for investigations of the matter. Police is investigating that...
Sri Lankan War Massacre and Tamil Genocide at Tamil Eelam
Posted by: vishaljayswal
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-04-17 05:41:30 -0700 | disasters-news
News Desk. Former Sri Lankan Army Commander Sarath Fonseka chief has been sentenced to three years in prison.The Sri Lankan government has denied these allegations, but Aljjira According to a report released by the violence against the Tamil Tigers in...
Leaders warned of rights failure
Source: The Age
Perth :: Australia | updated 2011-12-30 13:57:16 -0800 | political-news
Britain, Australia and Canada support the proposed commissioner for democracy, rule of law and human rights, but strong resistance from India and some African nations has stymied the chance of its being adopted. Sir Malcolm condemned the Commonwealth for being...
Rich countries should help poor - Julia Gillard
Source: The Australian
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2011-12-30 23:56:53 -0800 | travel-news
Gillard says rich countries have failed to help the world's poorest people as she called for a radical new approach to global trade negotiations. The Prime Minister last night said Australia would give a boost to the world's least developed...
3 including presidential adviser killed in Sri Lanka, curfew declared in Colombo suburb
Posted by: hkbadal
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-03-12 10:50:59 -0700 | disasters-news
Three persons including an adviser to Sri Lankan president were killed and dozens of people including a ruling party parliamentarian were injured in poll related violent clashes in Sri Lanka on Saturday BBC and Sri Lankan media reported that Bharatha...
Drug scandal in Sri Lanka
Posted by: kingston23
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-04-17 09:27:08 -0700 | disasters-news
The sports minister of Sri Lanka, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, says he fired his entire medical team after a series of drug scandals. Aluthgamage said it is investigating allegations that the unit itself ministerial provided banned substances. A cricket player from that...
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