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Leaders urged to help Lanka refugees

Source: Gulf News
Colombo : Sri Lanka | 2 months ago  
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New York-based Human Rights Watch urged leaders to raise the issue with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake when he participates in the UN General Assembly sessions this week. "The civilians locked up in these detention camps have a right to liberty now, not when the government gets...
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