The European Union enjoys and values the broad and multifaceted relationship it has developed with Sri Lanka over the past decades. The European Union’s...
Image: Anti-coup demonstrators in Yangon, Myanmar, April 2021.
By Thant Myint-U July/August 2021.
Myanmar is at a point of no return. The army’s February coup, meant to...
Image: Farmer Ranjith Kondadeniya, Monaragala.
Banning chemical fertilisers and pesticidesW/a/vice of his economic advisors, has ordered that Sri Lanka should stop the importation of chemical...
Image: Mass murderers Brenton Harrison Tarrant and Anders Behring Breivik.
‘’Authoritarian leaders often exercise power arbitrarily and without regard to existing bodies of law.’’
Extrajudicial killings had been...
Image: Professor Kamini Mendis and Professor Malik Peiris.
The current covid-19 situation in Sri Lanka is grave, and needs swift and strategic intervention, says Professor...
By Rajni Gamage*
Facing unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, mounting public debt and international condemnation of human rights violations, Sri Lanka’s foreign policy straddles conflicting domestic...
People’s Rights Group (PRG), a rights based advocacy and lobbying group based in the UK particularly dealing with human rights violations in Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented rise in the number of cases, with the highly infectious B.1.1.7 strain spreading rapidly across the country. The...
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The ICJ today condemned the Sri Lankan cabinet’s approval of the proposed ban on face coverings, which, if adopted by Parliament...
The recommendations by a Commission appointed by the President, recommending that a large number of criminal cases that have been filed in the Courts...
The lawyers appearing for Chilavathurai-Mannar based poet Muhammadhu Ahnaf Jazeem have been sounding the alarm on the Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division (TID) allegedly...
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Context matters
The impact of law on individuals and communities is shaped by factors such as their ethnicity, religion, privilege, socio-economic status,...
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith presided over the 21st of April commemoration with the participation of other religious leaders. Talking about the issue, he has said...
Report: Sri Lanka Briefing Note. April 2021
President Gotabhaya Rajapakse appointed a Commission of Inquiry chaired by retired Supreme Court Judge Upali Abeyratne and comprising...
Suren Fernando/@SurenFernando.
The GOSL Tabled the PortCityBill in Parliament on 8th April 2021.
1. The Bill provides for the establishment of a Commission consisting 5-7 persons appointed...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has expressed deep concern regarding the government's decision to regulate fake news on social media.
Issuing a statement...
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Puyumi Fornseka.
During the first five months of this year, more than 1,200 women dialed the 24-hour hotline: 1938 seeking...
The European Union enjoys and values the broad and multifaceted relationship it has developed with Sri Lanka over the past decades. The European Union’s...
