By Walter Jayawardhana Protesting against the impeachment of Dr.Shirani Bandaranayaka Lawyers Rights Watch Canada said, that the international legal community has cautioned the Sri Lankan government for months that efforts to impeach the Chief Justice would be viewed as an attack on the independence of the judiciary and a derogation of the rule of law […]
By Walter Jayawardhana European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issuing a statement on behalf of the European Union said it is vital that Sri Lanka ensures that its international obligations are implemented in a protest against the impeachment of Chief Justice Dr.Shirani Bandaranayaka. […]
By Walter Jayawardhana Prime Minister Stephen Harper reiterated January 18 he will be boycotting the Commonwealth heads of meeting to be held in Sri Lanka, the OMNI TV reported. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to boycott the 2013 Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka if the island state’s government does not improve human rights, according […]
By Walter Jayawardhana The London Times said British Prime Minister David Cameron and some other unnamed Commonwealth leaders are likely to boycott the planned meeting of its heads in Sri Lanka in coming November as a protest over the impeachment of Dr.Shirani Bandaranayaka. […]
Demonstrators in Colombo protest against the execution of Rizana Nafeek. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters More than 45 foreign maids are facing execution on death row in Saudi Arabia, the Observer has learned, amid growing international outrage at the treatment of migrant workers. […]
(Reuters) – United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has accused Sri Lanka of “gross interference” in the judiciary, warning that its removal of the chief justice could jeopardise efforts to prosecute war crimes. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed a close ally as chief justice on Tuesday, two days after sacking the previous top […]
By Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Chandana Perera President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the Dikkowita Fisheries Harbour constructed at a cost of 850 million rupees this morning on 18 January. It is reportedly the largest fisheries harbour in South Asia situated about 10 kilo metres north of the Capital, Colombo. […]
By Walter Jayawardhana Commenting on the impeachment of Dr. Shirani Bandaranayaka, the Wall Street Journal warned that it gives the United Kingdom and other members of the Commonwealth a small quantity of leverage to require that the President of Sri Lanka uphold the rule of law if he wants to sit among polite company at […]
(Reuters) – An Iranian-flagged cargo ship has fled Sri Lanka’s waters after weeks of detention by its navy, acting on a court order obtained by Germany’s DVB Bank (DVBG.F), officials and a lawyer acting for the bank said on Thursday. The Sri Lankan navy last week fired warning shots to prevent the MV Amina from […]
By Shenali Waduge To sufficiently address a global and local campaign that has as its clear objective to project Buddhists in Sri Lanka as extremists, chauvinistic and even militant is not easy and impossible given that the gavel has concluded its verdict. Then there is also the notion that the Sinhala Only was the […]
By Walter Jayawardhana – Pix by University of Buckingham Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Director of the Buckingham Center for Astrobiology in the United kingdom will fly to Sri Lanka for obtaining further information of the Polonnaruwa Meteorite and meeting some Sri Lankan scientists for discussions over his team’s findings over this weekend. […]