SriLanka
Facebook apologizes for role in 2018 Sri Lanka unrest
World
May 16, 2020
Facebook apologizes for role in 2018 Sri Lanka unrest
Facebook has apologized for its role in the deadly communal unrest that shook Sri Lanka two years ago after an…
All nine of Sri Lanka’s Muslim ministers resign, as bombing backlash intensifies
World
June 5, 2019
All nine of Sri Lanka’s Muslim ministers resign, as bombing backlash intensifies
All nine Muslim ministers in Sri Lanka’s government and two Muslim provincial governors resigned on Monday as the fragile, …
Protests over Muslim politicians grip Sri Lankan city
World
June 4, 2019
Protests over Muslim politicians grip Sri Lankan city
Demonstrations by several thousand people gripped Sri Lanka’s pilgrim city of Kandy on Monday as Buddhist monks demanded the sacking…
Anti-Muslim attacks continue despite Sri Lanka’s state of emergency
World
March 7, 2018
Anti-Muslim attacks continue despite Sri Lanka’s state of emergency
Buddhist mobs attacked mosques and businesses belonging to Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims overnight, police said Wednesday, despite the imposition of…
Buddhists attack mosques, Muslim shops in Sri Lanka
World
March 1, 2018
Buddhists attack mosques, Muslim shops in Sri Lanka
The tense situation that had prevailed in the Ampara town in eastern Sri Lanka Monday night after a group of…