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Sri Lanka added to UK’s ‘red list’

Sri Lanka added to UK’s ‘red list’

SRI LANKA was last week included in the ‘red list’ of Britain, along with seven other countries.

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sudan, and Trinidad & Tobago are the other six countries added to the red list last Thursday (3).


The UK government also announced that as part of a limited trial, from Tuesday (8), direct flights will be permitted to England from countries on the ‘red list’ that were previously subject to flight bans, so long as they arrive at dedicated terminals at Heathrow and Birmingham airports, The Sun reported.

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British Indian church leader caught in India’s anti-conversion law that wasn’t yet law

The 50-year-old, who leads a Christian community in Manchester and is associated with the Anglican Episcopal Church International, was attending a 10-day celebration featuring sermons, prayer and religious music when a group of Hindu men entered the premises on 7 August.

British Indian church leader caught in India’s anti-conversion law that wasn’t yet law

Highlights:
  • British church leader Pankaj Devnoor faces allegations over a Christian gathering in Pune.
  • His family says the allegations are “baseless”.
  • Police initially cited Maharashtra’s new anti-conversion law.
  • The law does not come into force until 28 August.
  • Devnoor remains in India under strict bail conditions.

Pankaj Devnoor travelled from Manchester to Pune expecting to attend a church anniversary celebration. Instead, the British church leader found himself at the centre of an extraordinary legal dispute over religious conversion in India, as mentioned by The Indpendent.

The 50-year-old, who leads a Christian community in Manchester and is associated with the Anglican Episcopal Church International, was attending a 10-day celebration featuring sermons, prayer and religious music when a group of Hindu men entered the premises on 7 August.

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