Can “Strategic Litigation” Stop Asia’s Modern-Day Slavery?Untitled
Lotus News Analysis In the past two decades a labour-starved world has seen the flow of unskilled migrant labour increase many fold turning it into a business that trade in human beings. With recruitments agents right across Asia charging exorbitant fees and later dumping them in exploitative and life-threatening conditions, this trade has today come to be known as a modern-day slavery trade. This month, the US-based Human Trafficking Pro-Bono Legal Centre (HTPBLC), a group
India: Dalai Lama Celebrates 80th Birthday With Tributes From Indians
His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet has received tributes from a cross-section of Indians as he toured a number of Indian cities to mark his 80th birthday which fell on July 6th last year. In turn he has also emphasized the importance of ethics and compassion to craft a better 21st century. H.H Dali Lama returned to Dharmasala on Januray 5th after a month long tour across India that took him to a number of cities and towns. During his final destination in New Delhi a number
Sri Lanka: Leading Monks’ Organisations Call For Reforms To Management of Sacred Temple
The Dalada Maligawa in the ancient hill capital of Kandy where the Tooth Relic of the Buddha is enshrined, is held in high esteem around the Buddhist world and millions of pilgrims visit the temple each year. It is considered as the pinnacle of Sinhalese Buddhism. Yet, in recent years, their management has been openly criticized by many leading Buddhist monks and lay leaders in Sri Lanka. The Temple of the Tooth, or Dalada Maligawa, is administered by the chief custodian of
