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Black October 1990 Remembered

A Tragedy Of expulsions Of innocent peace loving Muslims from their traditionally ancestral homeland Remembered. A Tragedy Of exodus never to be repeated. The 31st anniversary of this cruel, inhuman episode in the history of Tamil –Muslim relations in Sri Lanka is being widely remembered at present. Black October’ 1990 …

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Sri Lanka Independence Day Celebration 2022

World Forum For SriLanka Muslims, send this message of felicitation to our brothers, sisters and fellow citizen of our motherland Sri Lanka on the happy occasion of the National Day of Sri Lanka, and commemorate our country’s 74th anniversary of independence from four and a half centuries of foreign colonial rule. …

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Sri Lankan Authorities Must End Violence & Discrimination Against Muslims: Amnesty International

Sri Lanka’s Muslim community has suffered consistent discrimination, harassment and violence since 2013, culminating in the adoption of government policies explicitly targeting the minority group, said Amnesty International, in a new report published today. Lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah From Burning Houses to Burning Bodies: Anti-Muslim Harassment, Discrimination and Violence in Sri Lanka, …

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Oral Update on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka

48th session of the Human Rights Council Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 13 September 2021 Distinguished President, Excellencies, I am pleased to update the Human Rights Council on Sri Lanka and the trends and issues identified in my last report.  I acknowledge the inputs …

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Statement by Hon. Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka at the 48th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, 14 September 2021, Geneva

Human Rights Council 48th Regular Session Agenda Item 2: Oral update on Sri Lanka by the High Commissioner for Human Rights Statement by Hon. Prof. G.L. Peiris Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka (Geneva, 14 September 2021)  Madam President, Let me begin by reiterating our strong and continued cooperation with this Council and the United Nations mandated human …

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