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720,000 buildings across the country affected by Cyclone Ditwah, says UNDP report
“Yakawewata Nandikadal” A Play Calling for Compassion and Unity – Melani Manel Perera
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Independence of judiciary
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The judiciary must be totally free from executive pressure or influence and must be fiercely independent: BASL President
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16/06/2013
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Sri Lankan chief justice expresses contempt for democratic rights
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04/06/2013
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Sri Lanka says LLRC Action Plan seeks to extend the services of legal aid centres – GoSL mission
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30/05/2013
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CJ Mohan Peiris show true colours: “We don’t send nursery children to quell a siege. You’ve got to expect injuries.”
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22/05/2013
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SRI LANKA: A radical abdication of the court’s authority – a blow to the separation of powers
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15/05/2013
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All Sinhala jury frees solider from death penalty for killing 5 Muslims
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14/05/2013
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Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner tells BBC that IBAHRI is ‘absolutely welcome to come in’
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14/05/2013
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BASL urges stop to harassment of CJ43 Shirani Bandaranayake
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11/05/2013
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Judicial Accountability: The first is that the judiciary should be independent, which means that there should be no interference, by individuals or any other...
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29/04/2013
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Promotion for Appeal Court Judge to Supreme court over two senior most Judges: BASL voices concern
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27/04/2013
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Commonwealth lawyers call for suspention of Sri Lanka form the Commonwealth
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18/04/2013
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Ex-CJ’s passport IMPOUNDED
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18/04/2013
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Law Society of England and Wale supports CLA call for suspension of Sri Lanka from Commonwealth
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17/04/2013
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The human rights situation in Sri Lanka in 2012 remained of serious concern – FCO
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16/04/2013
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The JSC headed by Mohan Peiris transferred nearly 100 district judges and magistrates despite pleas..
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08/04/2013
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BASL disturbed by unusual transfers of judicial officers ( who opposed the Impeachment)
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06/04/2013
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Sri Lanka: Where are the core values? Four violations within a week!
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05/04/2013
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Attack on the Temple of Justice and on religious freedoms:The combination of the two at present is both a time-bomb waiting to go...
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30/03/2013
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BASL convocation : De jure Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayaka presides , while Mohan Peiris, the De Facto Chief Justice, was not invited.
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30/03/2013
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Sri Lanka facing constitutional crisis concludes IBAHRI report
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29/03/2013
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Written statement to UNHRC – Independence of Judicairy
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23/02/2013
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Upul Jayasuriya at the helm of Bar Association: Clear endoesement of BASL stand on Impeachment
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21/02/2013
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Anti-impeachment lawyers being hunted countrywide: Lawyers Collective
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15/02/2013
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Sri Lanka rules out entry to IBA lawyers: Fact finding mission is threat to sovereignty
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07/02/2013
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Sri Lanka: Move Commonwealth Summit; Colombo Venue Undeserved without Progress on Rights, Accountability – HRW
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07/02/2013
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Govt Debars Fact Finding Mission of International Bar Association Led by Former Indian Chief Justice Verma From Entering Sri Lanka
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01/02/2013
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Fundamental Rights Petition Challenging Integrity and Honesty of Mohan Peiris and PB Jayasundara Dismissed with Costs by Supreme Court
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01/02/2013
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U.S. to sponsor a procedural resolution (against Sri Lanka) at the March 2013 sessions of the UNHRC
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29/01/2013
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Silent Acceptance of New Chief Justice by the Legal Community Shows the Govt has Succeeded for the Time Being
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28/01/2013
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Three year limit on the term of the Chief Justice: a grave danger to independence of judiciary
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27/01/2013
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