HRC to investigat​e on sub standard fuel

HRC to investigat?e on sub standard fuel[ Wednesday, 06 July 2011, 08:43.31 AM GMT +05:30 ]The Human Rights Commission (HRC) announced it will investigate the incident involving sub standard fuel being sold by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) if a complaint is lodged.

The HRC says selling sub standard fuel to the people which resulted in the people having to face severe hardships and difficulties is a violation of their rights.

According to the HRC it has a mandate to investigate human rights violations and so will investigate any complaints that may be lodged against the CPC over the incident.

The HRC says any individual who wishes to lodge a complaint against the CPC can do so at the HRC office or via telephone.

The public had to wait in long queues to obtain petrol following the incident while the direct victim of the poor quality fuel ended up with damaged vehicles which had to be repaired.

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Australian Foreign Minister UN Human Rights Council to investigat​e about the war crime in Sri-Lanka

Australian Foreign Minister UN Human Rights Council to investigat?e about the war crime in Sri-Lanka[ Tuesday, 05 July 2011, 04:24.18 AM GMT +05:30 ]The Minister of Foreign Affairs Australia Kevin Rudd says new information about atrocities against Sri Lankan civilians at the end of the civil war is appalling.

A new British television documentary has shown evidence of civilians being killed by government troops.

The 30-year war, which ended in 2009, was waged between Tamils seeking to create their own state and the Sri Lankan government and military.

Last year, a United Nations panel of experts found there was credible evidence that up to 40,000 civilians were killed in the war.

Mr Rudd says the UN's Human Rights Council needs to reinvestigate the issue.

"I believe their deliberation on it was inadequate and I would call upon - as does the Australian Government through its mission in Geneva - the Human Rights Council to revisit this matter and to examine once again whether their original findings can any longer be regarded as well founded," he said.

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Police investigate attack on teenage girls in Kattankudi

Sri Lankan police are investigating an assault on twogirls apparently accused of watching pornography in the east of the countrylast week. A group of men allegedly beat up the 17-year-olds after they cameout of an internet cafe in the mostly Muslim town of Kattankudi, nearBatticaloa.

 

The father of one of the girls says they were accused of watchingpornography - a charge the girls deny.

 

The case has fuelled concern about a rise in radical Islam in that area.

 

An incident of this sort isextremely unusual for Sri Lanka.

 

�Taken to hospital�

 

Mohammad Yusuf Abdul Razak told theBBC the men forcefully took his daughter and another girl to a local house andbeat them up, before taking them to a local Islamic office.

 

�After that, an announcement wasmade from a mosque using loudspeakers that two girls who were caught doingwrongful things are now in the office complex,� Mr Razak said.

 

After hearing this announcement, MrRazak says, a large crowd gathered there and some started to denounce thegirls.

 

Police finally intervened and thegirls were taken to hospital for treatment for their injuries, he said.

 

Md Ibrahim Md Subir, from the localmosque authorities, denies that any announcement was made, saying the girlswere kept in the office and �interrogated�, but were treated respectfully.

 

But, he said, �a little later some youngsters barged in and a big crowdgathered�.

 

He said the situation got out of control, so they called the police.

 

Sri Lankan police conducted an identification parade on Tuesday, where onefemale suspect was identified and later released on bail.

 

The police have said they are looking for others who are involved in theincident.

 

Mr Razak said he wants the mosque authorities to make a public announcementstating that the girls did not commit any wrongdoing.

 

He says that the police investigation of the internet cafe found no evidenceto support the claim that the girls watched pornography.

 

�My child has physically recovered from injuries. But she is mentallyshattered,� Mr Razak said.

 

Analysts say that in recent years local women have come under growingpressure from conservatives.

 

They are now urged, for example, to cover their faces in public, somethingthat had not previously been the cultural practice there.

 

A few months ago, the local authorities put up street signs in Arabic - eventhough most local people speak Tamil, BBC reports.

Police investigate attack on teenage girls in Kattankudi

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The father of one of the girls says they were accused of watchingpornography - a charge the girls deny.

 

The case has fuelled concern about a rise in radical Islam in that area.

 

An incident of this sort isextremely unusual for Sri Lanka.

 

�Taken to hospital�

 

Mohammad Yusuf Abdul Razak told theBBC the men forcefully took his daughter and another girl to a local house andbeat them up, before taking them to a local Islamic office.

 

�After that, an announcement wasmade from a mosque using loudspeakers that two girls who were caught doingwrongful things are now in the office complex,� Mr Razak said.

 

After hearing this announcement, MrRazak says, a large crowd gathered there and some started to denounce thegirls.

 

Police finally intervened and thegirls were taken to hospital for treatment for their injuries, he said.

 

Md Ibrahim Md Subir, from the localmosque authorities, denies that any announcement was made, saying the girlswere kept in the office and �interrogated�, but were treated respectfully.

 

But, he said, �a little later some youngsters barged in and a big crowdgathered�.

 

He said the situation got out of control, so they called the police.

 

Sri Lankan police conducted an identification parade on Tuesday, where onefemale suspect was identified and later released on bail.

 

The police have said they are looking for others who are involved in theincident.

 

Mr Razak said he wants the mosque authorities to make a public announcementstating that the girls did not commit any wrongdoing.

 

He says that the police investigation of the internet cafe found no evidenceto support the claim that the girls watched pornography.

 

�My child has physically recovered from injuries. But she is mentallyshattered,� Mr Razak said.

 

Analysts say that in recent years local women have come under growingpressure from conservatives.

 

They are now urged, for example, to cover their faces in public, somethingthat had not previously been the cultural practice there.

 

A few months ago, the local authorities put up street signs in Arabic - eventhough most local people speak Tamil, BBC reports.