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More than 100 Rohingya refugees rescued in Sri Lankan waters
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More than 100 Rohingya refugees rescued in Sri Lankan waters

104 Rohingya were rescued by the Sri Lankan navy after their boat ran aground off the Indian Ocean island’s northern…
UN warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka amid economic woes
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UN warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka amid economic woes

The number of people in Sri Lanka needing urgent humanitarian help has doubled to 3.4 million, the United Nations has…
Sri Lanka investigates case of humiliation of Muslims
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Sri Lanka investigates case of humiliation of Muslims

The Sri Lankan military has launched an investigation, after social media posts showed soldiers forcing minority Muslims to kneel in…
Sri Lanka to ban burqa and shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools, minister says
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Sri Lanka to ban burqa and shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools, minister says

Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the face covering burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a…
Sri Lanka Muslims protest Covid cremations
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Sri Lanka Muslims protest Covid cremations

Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims demonstrated in Colombo Tuesday demanding an end to forced cremations of Covid-19 victims as Pakistan’s Prime…
US senator defends the Muslims of Sri Lanka and demands an end to their burning
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US senator defends the Muslims of Sri Lanka and demands an end to their burning

Democratic Senator from the US state of Maryland, Chris Van Hollen, called on Sri Lanka not to cremate the corpses…
Britain concerned about the cremation of Corona victims in Sri Lanka
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Britain concerned about the cremation of Corona victims in Sri Lanka

The British Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Sarah Holton, said that her country has expressed its concerns about the cremation of…
Sri Lanka sticks to cremate COVID-19 Muslim victims
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Sri Lanka sticks to cremate COVID-19 Muslim victims

Brushing aside pressure from various Muslim countries to stop cremating Muslim bodies, Sri Lanka on Thursday declared that it will…
After objections to forced cremation, Sri Lanka allows Muslims to bury the Covid-19 dead
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After objections to forced cremation, Sri Lanka allows Muslims to bury the Covid-19 dead

The Sri Lankan Doctors Association has set conditions for burying the bodies of the dead due to the Coronavirus, following…
Sri Lanka stokes Muslim and Christian ire with COVID burial rules
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Sri Lanka stokes Muslim and Christian ire with COVID burial rules

Predominantly Buddhist Sri Lanka’s ultranationalist government is forcing families of the country’s Muslim and Christian minorities to abandon their faith-based…
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