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Saudi Arabia: Domestic Worker Brutalized

Human Rights Watch [US] (< 1 hour)
- The apparent brutality by Saudi employers against a Sri Lankan domestic worker highlights the severe shortcomings in labor laws and practices that foster abuse and exploitation, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

Natural disasters do not necessarily create peace, research finds

ScienceDaily [US] (< 1 hour)
A devastating tsunami hit southern Asia in December 2004. After the tsunami, both politicians and journalists believed that the natural disaster could help to bring peace to Sri Lanka and the Aceh province of Indonesia. But did it?

SRI LANKA: The 18th Amendment Destroying Democracy

Scoop NZ: World [NZ] (< 1 hour)
The 18th Amendment is challenging one of the most sacred notions developed by civilisation: that power must be bound and limited.This is the only way to preserve the sovereignty of the people and the independence of the nation.

SRI LANKA - INDIA - Peace agreed between Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen

Asianews.it [IT] (5 hours)
The fishing industry is vital for both countries, but Indian vessels exploit their greater technological weight to beat the Sinhalese to catches. To avoid further clashes at sea, a peace encounter is organised.

Find solution to Tamil problem, India tells Lanka

Rediff.com : News [IN] (5 hours)
India on Thursday asked Sri Lanka to move beyond the resettlement of people displaced due to the civil war in the country's north and find a political solution to the long-pending Tamil question.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakasa congratulates Leader on 41st anniversary of Al-Fateh Revolution.

Libyaonline.com [CA] (11 hours)
President Mahinda Rajapakasa, of Sri Lanka, telephoned the Leader of the Revolution on Wednesday and congratulated him on the 41st anniversary of Al-Fateh Revolution.

Sri Lankan fishermen hard hit by peace

The Himalayan Times [NP] (11 hours)
TRINCOMALEE: Fishermen in the Sri Lankan port of Trincomalee hoped the end of the island's civil war would bring prosperity, but dynamite and corruption now threaten their livelihoods. Trincomalee, on the northeast coast, has one of the world's ...

Riyadh questions maid torture claim

Al Jazeera [QA] (17 hours)
Officials say Sri lankan worker's claims of being harmed by employers are fabricated.

SRI LANKA: Nanda Kuman--Torture Victim Released

Scoop NZ: World [NZ] (23 hours)
Nanda Kumar was arrested on April 17 2008, while he was working at the BOI in Balagolla. He was arbitrarily arrested by officers attached to Kandy Police Station without a warrant. He was detained at Daulagala Police Station until 22nd August 2008.

Saudi officials query Sri Lankan maid's torture claim

The Daily Star : Middle East [LB] (1 day)
RIYADH: Saudi government and private sector officials have questioned the account of a Sri Lankan maid who said her Saudi employers forced 24 nails and needles into her body. Saad al-Badah, head of the National Recruitment Committee of the Council of ...
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