Fifty-year-old mother of three, Fathima Shakeela died on December 14 while undergoing treatment at the
Homagama Base Hospital. Shakeela has been receiving treatment for a kidney ailment for more than one and half years. Incidentally, she was tested positive for COVID-19 when she went to the National Hospital for her third dialysis, which was earlier fixed for November 31 but later postponed for December 10 because of the large influx of patients and pandemic-related issues.
Less than five days after her admission to hospital, Shakeela passed away, reportedly due to complications arising from COVID-19 and her long battle with kidney disease and diabetes. Shakeela’s 58-year-old husband M.R.L. Nihmathulla who did not believe the PCR test results, demanded a test-result report from the hospital to which the hospital did not agree. Then, he requested for official approval to carry out a private PCR test on the body so that he and their family could make sure that his wife actuall
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Burial of COVID-19 victims in Maldives reflects badly on Sri Lanka View(s):
Last week’s announcement that the Maldivian Government was considering allowing the burial of Muslim victims of COVID-19 in the Maldiveson a request by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa came as a surprise to many. The fact that the small country in the Indian Ocean was looking at the request favourably was a testimony to the strong bonds that have existed between the two countries for hundreds of years.
The Sri Lankan Government has by its continued disregard of WHO guidelines permitting victims of COVID-19 to be buried has shown scant regard to the request of a section of its citizenry, namely the Muslims, to bury those who died as a result of being infected with the COVID-19 virus. It has not even made an official announcement as to the reasons for such a refusal except to take refuge behind an anonymous expert technical committee who themselves have not officially given the reasoning behind
South Asia Collective Lambasts Lanka for Violating Minority Rights South Asia Status of Minorities Report 2020
COLOMBO: The South Asia Status of Minorities Report 2020, just released by the Europe-based “South Asia Collective” has lambasted governments in the region for trampling on the rights of the ethnic and religious minorities.
Writing on Sri Lanka, Ambika Satkunanathan, a former member of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, points out that during President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s regime from 2005 to 2014, there was a crackdown on dissent. As a result, the ethno-religious minorities faced numerous threats and obstacles to exercising their rights.
This changed in 2015 when the “Yahapalanaya” or “Good Governance” regime, led by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, was ushered in. But civic space began shrinking again during the latter part of the regime due to the April 21, 2019 Easter Sunday multiple bomb blasts carried ou
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