Human rights-challenged Sri Lanka has upped Madison Group's $15K, one-year contract effective June 1 to $25K-a-month beginning Aug. 1.
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Madison's work is to assist the Ministry of External Affairs in "creating situational awareness of current affairs and strengthening its relationship with the US."
The New York Times on Aug. 22 equated the government of Sri Lanka to that of repressive North Korea and Syria.
Sri Lanka's US ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam responded Aug. 26 to the Times editorial that blasted his country for not cooperating with a UN probe of abuses it allegedly carried out in the long-war with the Tamil Tigers rebel group.
He rejected the investigation because "its intrusive nature exceeds its mandate" and "challenges the sovereignty of our country."
The Ambassador faulted the Tigers for their organization's "intransigence affected the whole country" in his letter-to-the-editor published by the NYT on Sept. 3.
Two Sri Lankan charities today blasted UN peacekeepers for failing to protect civilians during the 2009 wind-down of the civil war, which resulted in an estimated 40,000 deaths.
The Times editorial said Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa's barring of the UN investigators "puts Sri Lanka in the company of North Korea and Syria, two countries that also barred access to United Nations human rights investigators."
Edelman is providing communications support to Panama’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries under an agreement capped at $97,100 per month.
Ballard Partners has recruited State Department veteran Matt Bryza as a senior policy advisor.
Teneo has extended its contract with the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation for an additional four months to July 31, adding another $1.8M in fees to the New York firm’s coffers.
The Syrian Kurdish militia recruits Jim Dornan Strategies to press Congress for continued support in their battle against ISIS and Syrian president Bashar Assad.
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