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Police have set up barriers on roads and checkpoints in residential areas Kuwait enforced a partial curfew starting on Sunday between the hours of 5:00pm to 5:00am everyday for a duration of a month. Kuwait City: The Assistant Undersecretary for Public Security Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, Major General …

Is this patriarchal dominance? Male chauvinism? Sexism? Or, some form of inferiority complex? “Who the hell are these men to dictate to us what to wear and what not to wear” was the query. Let it be known that this column is about everything else except religion. If women want to be treated …

GENEVA (AA): In response to security threats due to horrific acts purportedly carried out in the name of Islam, some states have responded by adopting measures that disproportionately target Muslims, the leading UN expert on freedom of religion said Thursday. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion …

The draft resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been revised ahead of a March 16 deadline and further revisions are likely after a third informal consultation next week between the co-sponsors of the resolution and concerned countries. The revised draft remains a far cry …

The Sri Lanka Core group members, Canada and the UK, are campaigning hard to muster support for their resolution against Sri Lanka at the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council. Sri Lanka Core group consists of Canada, Germany, the UK, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Malawi. Canada High Commissioner David McKinnon …

#Stopforcedcremations – Demonstrations against the forced cremations of Muslims who die of Covid have popped up across the North and East ECONOMYNEXT – The first burials of Covid 19 victims are due to take place today, in two designated burial sites in the Eastern Province officials said. This brings to …

Download the Document COSMOS 46 UNHRC Report Final Version Example fallback content: This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF to view it: Download PDF.  Report on Forced Cremation and Continuing Challenge for Human Rights in Sri Lanka: Systematic Discrimination of Minorities Executive Summary 1. Council of Sri Lankan …

The circular containing the guidelines with regard to the burial of COVID-19 victims has been issued, the Health Ministry said. Some key guidelines are as follows,   The relatives of the deceased should inform the Director/ Head of the health care institution (Where the death has occurred) of their desire …

A group of residents of Iranativu has commenced a protest against the decision to bury remains of the Covid-19 deceased, in the island. Citizens have also issued a public appeal urging to reverse this decision, and according to social media reports, there are reports of civilians filling up graves dug …

This is Episode 12 of the series of videos created based on research done on the History of the Muslims of Sri Lanka. This series intended for public awareness, aims to include Historical Narrations of the Contributions made by the Muslims of Sri Lanka towards Harmony, Peace, Development, and Prosperity …