Image: Sri Lanka civil society delegtes at the CEADW 66. At the ongoing 66 session of CEADW in Geneva Women’s Action Network has raised following issues related to Women’s Access to Justice in North and East of Sri Lanka. Transitional Justice (TJ) Today, Sri Lanka claims to be in the process of developing programs for […]
Muslim IDPs
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Muslims not discriminated against in Northern Province, says CV Wigneswaran
(Image cortesy of IRIN/Amantha Perera) By P K Balachandran. COLOMBO: The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, has refuted an allegation made by Muslim leaders, that his administration is discriminating against the Muslims in the matter of post-war resettlement. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, Wigneswaran said that among the 4307 […]
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Committee to Look into Resettlment of Sinhala and Muslim Families in North
(Thousands of houses in Jaffna were destroyed during the war) Cabinet has decided to appoint a ministerial committee chaired by the President and including the Prime Minister and other relevant ministers to look into the resettlment of Sinhalese and Muslims who had to flee the North of the country due to the war. According to […]
