Monday, 21 Jun 2021 20:18
Families of victims of the Ukrainian airliner shot down by Iran in January 2020 have issued a statement saying that President-elect Ebrahim Raisi is one of those who had a direct role in the tragedy, by harassing those families who seek legal recourse for losing their loved ones.
Raisi who has still not resigned as chief of Iran’s Judiciary is accused in the statement published Monday of arresting and jailing those relatives of victims who are in Iran.
The ultraconservative judge is also accused of human rights violations throughout his long career, including membership in a “death committee” that ordered the killing of thousands of political prisoners in 1988. He is sanctioned by the US for rights violations and families have called for concerted action not to allow those sanctions to be lifted.
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By Shamindra Ferdinando
The Tourism Ministry yesterday (14) said that a pilot project to bring in over 2,000 Ukrainian tourists was on track in spite of the partial lockdown of Ukraine, ministry sources told
The Island.
The government in consultation with relevant authorities here and in Ukraine would continue with the high profile project, sources said, adding that in spite of some delays the flights were coming in.
When
The Island pointed out that international media reported a two-week long countrywide lockdown in Ukraine commencing January 8 a day after the widely celebrated Eastern Orthodox Christmas holiday, sources said that both Ukrainian International Airline and Sky Up operated flights to Mattala.
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