Day: September 13, 2022

Asia Cup win is a huge boost for T20 World Cup, says Dasun

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Asia Cup win is a huge boost for T20 World Cup, says Dasun We are very happy to enter the final and win the Asia cup for which we were waiting for a long time said Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka after winning the sixth Asia Cup championship at the Dubai International cricket stadium. We had a plan and were ready to play against any opponent. After we lost the first match to Afghanistan we had a long chat and corrected our mistakes and played the next few games with…

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UNHRC chief urges GoSL to commence national dialogue

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UNHRC chief urges GoSL to commence national dialogue Acting UNHCHR Nada Al-Nashif presents report on SL Calls to advance human rights and combat impunity Notes fragile political and economic situ and troubling’ PTA use Proposes independent, transparent probe with int’l assistance on Easter attacks BY Mirudhula Thambiah United Nations (UN) Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) and Acting HCHR , presenting the report on Sri Lanka’s human rights situation at the 51st UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday (12) in Geneva, Switzerland, encouraged the new Government to embark on…

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Bopage tells UNHRC no prospect of meaningful HR and democratic reforms under Wickremesinghe Govt.

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Bopage tells UNHRC no prospect of meaningful HR and democratic reforms under Wickremesinghe Govt.  Calls on UNHRC to enhance scrutiny of the situations Informs council of arrests under PTA by Govt.  Says Govt. has systematically subverted key accountability processes Aragalaya activist, Attorney-at-Law Nuwan Bopage addressing the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) said the Government’s violent response to protests leaves no room for optimism about the prospects of meaningful human rights, democratic reforms and accountability under the administration of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Bopage was representing the…

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