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The government has proposed legal changes to grant law enforcement bodies sweeping powers to arrest and detain terrorism suspects. A bill to …
Source: Ahmed Shaheed
Maldives government seeks sweeping counter-terrorism powers

Former Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, who serves as the UN Special Rapporteur tweeted regarding the proposed amendments to the …
Source: Ahmed Shaheed
‘Laws are being made to prevent terrorist attacks’ – Defence Minster

The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed concluding his visit to Sri Lanka insisted that it was essential the State …
Source: Ahmed Shaheed
Tolerance for peace

The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), Dr Ahmed Shaheed, said that the Sri Lankan government had failed to protect …
Source: Ahmed Shaheed
UN official warns of growing threats to religious harmony in Sri Lanka

Dr Ahmed Shaheed visited the country earlier this month by invitation from the government in response to the Easter Sunday terror attacks that took …
Source: Ahmed Shaheed
UN calls out Sri Lanka’s failure to protect freedom of religion

UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed, concluding his visit to Sri Lanka this week, has called for the prosecution of …
Source: Ahmed Shaheed
Gagging hate speech

… and subsequent “mob violence” this year, and these tensions must not be ignored,” Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion …
Source: Ahmed Shaheed
Sri Lankan Authorities Must Work ‘Vigorously’ to Ease Simmering Ethno-Religious Rensions, says …

The U.N special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, told an Aug. 26 media conference in capital Colombo that constitutional …
Source: Ahmed Shaheed
Buddhist intolerance shadows Sri Lanka, says UN expert

… role in demonising individuals and groups,” UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Ahmed Shaheed told journalists in Colombo on …
Source: Ahmed Shaheed
Tamils protest arrest of doctor with “expertise to expose war crimes”

… Sunday bomb blasts and subsequent mob violence this year, and these tensions must not be ignored,” Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on …
Source: Ahmed Shaheed
Malawi farmers adopting sustainable technologies to fight climate change