War Crimes Wrangle Ignores Lankan Tamils Challenge to India

COLOMBO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka said on Friday the outcome of the vote on the U.S. sponsored resolution showed that the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was divided on the Sri Lankan issue. Sri Lankan Minister of Plantation Industries and ...

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has criticised the US-sponsored UNHRC resolution against his country and said the such "attacks would not defeat or intimidate us".

Expressing surprise over India supporting a weak and diluted  The Hindu, 2 months ago India Supported 'Weak', 'Diluted' US Resolution: DMK  Outlook, 2 months ago Indias support to US resolution at UNHRC could upend its foreign policy  Times of India, 2 months ago India-supported-weak-diluted-US-resolution-DMK  Hindustan Times, 2 months ago

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has wirtten to MDMK leader Vaiko that following the latter's representation, UNHRC had arrange resettlement of 19 Lankan Tamils who were to be deported from Dubai, in 'third countries'. Announcing this here in a ...

Blake notes that New Delhi and Washington worked very closely throughout the process

London, April 15 (ANI): Dubai-based Nawabzada Mehran Marri, who is a representative for Balochistan at the UNHRC, has described both Pakistan and China as partners in committing crimes against the Baloch nation.In an interview given to ANI here ...

New Delhi, Mar 22: Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Thursday accused the Centre of not taking a clear stand at the United Nations Human Rights Council when the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka was put to vote.In a statement, he said either ...

With India voting against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC, BJP today said the government and DMK should spell out the steps they had taken to prevent attacks on ethnic Tamils during the war against LTTE. "When the Sri Lankan army was violent, you (Government) were ...

Trinamool Congress, an estranged UPA ally, has decided to extend support to Centres stand on the US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today.