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UK sanctions former Sri Lanka military commanders for serious human rights abuses
25 Mar 2025 12:24 GMT
… , with an estimated 40,000 Tamil civilians killed during the final stages … Lanka, including seeking accountability for human rights violations and abuses which took … Sri Lanka’s unitary structure. Human rights advocates argue that achieving meaningful …
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‘Masterpiece: The Origin and Evolution’ – II
09 Jul 2025 01:11 GMT
… titled “Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka.”
Volker Türk … the LTTE from using innocent Tamil civilians as human shields.
Volker Türk … Lanka, backfired on the Geneva Human Rights organisation. Türk’s predecessor Michelle …
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Chemmani Mass Grave: Renewed Excavation Raises Old Questions
07 Jul 2025 05:20 GMT
… control of Jaffna, hundreds of Tamil civilians were reported missing after being … incidents were documented by local human rights groups and international observers … Project (OSLAP) established under Human Rights Council Resolution be allowed to …
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Sri Lanka security forces continue to abduct and torture Tamil civilians: human rights group report
09 May 2024 17:06 GMT
… impose abduction and torture on Tamil civilians, a Wednesday report from the … to plague Sri Lankan society. Human rights lawyers have said that there …
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Mass graves everywhere, but where are the killers?
01 Jul 2025 11:53 GMT
… Declaration of Human Rights, International
Conventions and a UN Human Rights Council, current … to contain mass graves of Tamil civilians
murdered by the Sri Lankan … High Commissioner updates the Human Rights Council
on human rights issues in 40 countries …
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Mistreatment of Tamil Refugees on Chagos Islands Under Illegal British Occupation
02 Apr 2024 15:44 GMT
… a hell for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are trapped on … has not been entirely defeated.
Human Rights Watch declared that the US … vacuum that consumes Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. The refugees sail from Sri … a role in this. Tamil refugees who return to Sri Lanka …
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The Story of Chemmani and the Graves That Refuse to Stay Buried
30 Jun 2025 09:08 GMT
… under oath that hundreds of Tamil civilians who had disappeared following the … . With global eyes watching and human rights groups observing, the ground began … .
In Mirusuvil in 2000, eight Tamil civilians were abducted by the military …
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UN rights chief asks Sri Lanka to punish war criminals
24 Jun 2025 17:40 GMT
… : The United Nations human rights chief urged Sri Lanka … estimated that 40,000 Tamil civilians were killed by government … agreeing with the UN Human Rights Council in 2015 to … a former Tamil guerrilla over human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings …
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“The herd mentality: Why we follow the crowd: And how to think for yourself” – Part II
24 Jun 2025 03:30 GMT
… Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
• The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR … humanitarian law (IHL), not human rights law. The persistent focus by … rescued close to 300,000 Tamil civilians from LTTE captivity. These civilians …
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London sends Tamil refugees to Kigali
01 Apr 2023 12:02 GMT
… not yet been identified. The Tamil refugees had fled law enforcement persecution … a missive to the two Tamil refugees stating that they will not … has been criticized for respecting human rights and failing to ensure people …