Member of Parliament, TNA MP M. Sumanthran has presented a Private Member's Bill for the enactment of the "Public Health Emergency Act".
One week earlier...
Police, Judicial Officers Should End Arbitrary Arrests, Torture of LGBT People
(Colombo / October 20, 2020) – Sri Lankan authorities have subjected at least seven people...
1. On 4 October Sri Lanka’s newest Covid-19 cluster spreading within the Brandix-owned factory in Minuwangoda, Gampaha came to be known by an accident....
Image: Army commander and police spokesperson brief media regularly on Covid 19 situation.
The largest cluster of corona patients in the country might not have...
Image: Activists campaign against the 20th A.
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express.
Colombo, October 11 (newsin.asia): In the determination on the 20th Constitution Amendment Bill leaked to the Sunday...
(INFORM) This report provides some general trends and details of some significant incidents related to the repression of dissent in Sri Lanka in the...
Rights activist Ms. Ermiza Tegal, Attorney-at-law, pointed out that 30 sections of the 20th amendment to the constitution are contrary to democracy while three...
With the Supreme Court’s Determination on the 20th Amendment Bill being made available in the public domain, some aspects of the ruling warrant immediate attention....
What were the main weaknesses of the 19A?
The 19A was brought to democratize the state. This was an underlying necessity because from 2005-2015, especially...
In an interview with a journalist, the Minister of Education Prof. G.L. Pieris argued that a strong executive presidency is necessary for rapid development....
Image courtesy of City News (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena).
“If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.” — Ramsay, Game of Thrones
Articles...
Sri Lanka Brief Update /04 September 2020
The government of Sri Lanka gazetted its proposed 20th amendment to the constitution on 2nd September 2020. It...
Scarcely having sufficient time to properly settle into his Chair as Sri Lanka’s Parliament opened for business this week, the Speaker faced down two...
The ideas on a progressive and pluralist populism raised by Dr Dayan Jayatilleka, have been critiqued by Mark Salter. This is an exchange of ideas that anyone with...
Himal Kotelawala.
ECONOMYNEXT – Political scientist Prof Jayadeva Uyangoda likens Sri Lanka’s powerful ruling party to a house with a very wide roof and no...
Image Courtesy fo IANS.
When globalisation was the dominant concept for looking at the world, pandemics were discussed as a global security issue. The objective...
BACKGROUND
Sri Lanka is slowly emerging from the lockdown imposed to contain the COVID-19 outbreak and heading towards the General Elections that is scheduled to...
The Rule of Law and Democratic Governance.
At the Annual National law Conference 2020 organised by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka 2020, President Gotabaya...
Sri Lanka Brief Fact Sheet: Militarisation and Securitization of Government and Governance in Sri Lanka.
June 2020.
Here is the list of military appointments made by...
Executive Summary.
This report records 95 incidents that had been reported during the 90 days period. The average number of incidents per day reported...
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President Rajapaksa dissolved the Parliament on 2nd March 2020– six months before the due date, amidst the growing danger of COVID-19 pandemic. By this...
My article, ‘Necessity: Doctrine That Destroyed Pakistani Democracy’ published in The Island on 08 May has evoked interest in the subject and I have...
Image: Pakistani-military-ditators-Gen.Ayub-Khan-Gen.Yahya-Khan-Gen.Zia-ul-Haq-Gen.Pervez-Musharraf (NewsinAsia)
The doctrine of necessity was first expounded in the 13th century by English jurist Bracton, who stated ‘that which is otherwise not...
Public Statement on the Government management of the COVID-19 response
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, that is still evolving. Despite early efforts that...
Calling of the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka to condemn the police action in the strongest possible terms, the attorney representing...
Member of Parliament, TNA MP M. Sumanthran has presented a Private Member's Bill for the enactment of the "Public Health Emergency Act".
One week earlier...
Police, Judicial Officers Should End Arbitrary Arrests, Torture of LGBT People
(Colombo / October 20, 2020) – Sri Lankan authorities have subjected at least seven people...
