Sri Lanka Easter blasts: ‘Anti-Muslim riots a possible trigger’
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka Easter blasts: ‘Anti-Muslim riots a possible trigger’

The Hindu  

The spate of anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka in recent years could have been a reason for more youth to turn radical and mobilise, according to a top Sri Lankan military intelligence source. Old fears Even as he strongly condemned the “cowardly and barbaric” Easter attacks, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Leader Raulff Hakeem urged citizens to be mindful of “agents of disharmony and destabilisation”, and not to fall prey to “sinister designs”. Several Christian leaders, including the Archbishop of Sri Lanka Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, who have vehemently condemned the attacks have simultaneously called for peace and calm, often explicitly making a distinction between “brothers” in the Muslim community and the attackers. The Women’s Coalition for Disaster Management in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious Batticaloa district has said: “We have to work together in order to prevent the already strained ethnic relations from growing into full blown splits between communities that have always coexisted in our region.” A statement by Jaffna-based Christians across denominations said: “We will never place any responsibility on our brothers and sisters of any community for the dastardly and cruel acts of a few.”

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Sri Lanka Reopens Probe into 2019 Easter Bombings, Ten Years Later
3 months ago

Sri Lanka Reopens Probe into 2019 Easter Bombings, Ten Years Later

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka's new government announces a probe into the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people. The previous investigations failed to identify other culprits responsible for the attack. The government wants to find out why there were irregularities in the previous investigations, take a fresh look at the incident, expose the culprits, and bring them to justice.

Opinion: The curious case of pro-ISIS movements between India and Sri Lanka
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: The curious case of pro-ISIS movements between India and Sri Lanka

India Today  

The past half a decade has been tumultuous. The Sri Lanka story The Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad arrested the four people for allegedly having links to ISIS — more specifically the Afghanistan-Pakistan-based Islamic State Khorasan — and travelling to India with intent to conduct terror attacks. Sri Lanka’s security agencies also arrested another alleged local handler, Pushparaja Osman. But ISIS as …

Sri Lanka's president will appoint a committee to probe allegations of complicity in 2019 bombings
1 year, 3 months ago

Sri Lanka's president will appoint a committee to probe allegations of complicity in 2019 bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s president said Sunday he will appoint a committee chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge to investigate allegations made in a British television report that the South Asian country’s intelligence was complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. President Ranil Wickremesinghe's decision to appoint a committee headed by a judge to investigate claims that …

Sri Lanka defends intelligence chief over Easter Sunday attacks allegations by UK channel
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka defends intelligence chief over Easter Sunday attacks allegations by UK channel

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry on Saturday defended the country's intelligence chief after he was accused by a British television channel as the plotter of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings which killed 270 people, including 11 Indians. UK’s Channel 4 television station on Tuesday aired a documentary titled ‘Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings – Dispatches’ alleging the involvement and complicity of …

Former Sri Lankan president denies that suicide bombings were staged to enable his election
1 year, 4 months ago

Former Sri Lankan president denies that suicide bombings were staged to enable his election

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday denied allegations in a British television program that Islamic State-inspired extremists were used to carry out suicide bomb attacks in 2019 to create insecurity in the country and help him win election later that year. He said the documentary on Britain’s Channel 4 television was “mostly an anti-Rajapaksa …

Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. A man interviewed in the Channel 4 videos released on Tuesday said he arranged a meeting between a local Islamic State-inspired group and a top state intelligence …

Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that officials with the South Asian country’s intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people, including 42 foreigners from 14 countries. Channel 4 interviewed a man interviewed who said he arranged a meeting between …

Sri Lanka to probe allegation of intelligence complicity in 2019 bombings
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka to probe allegation of intelligence complicity in 2019 bombings

Al Jazeera  

British TV report alleges a top Sri Lankan intelligence official hatched the deadly Easter Sunday bombings plot to help Rajapaksa win the election. Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. A man interviewed in …

Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of official complicity in 2019 Easter bombings
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of official complicity in 2019 Easter bombings

LA Times  

Six near-simultaneous suicide bombings in churches and tourist hotels in Sri Lanka in April 2019 killed 269 people. Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence was complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. A man interviewed in videos aired by Britain’s Channel …

Book Review: ‘Politics of Hate’ edited by Farahnaz Ispahani attempts to understand the tyranny of the majority
1 year, 5 months ago

Book Review: ‘Politics of Hate’ edited by Farahnaz Ispahani attempts to understand the tyranny of the majority

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 17, 2023 16:43 IST - 9 MINS READ Identity politics in a liberal democracy seeks to homogenise national identities defined by history, community, language, or ethnicity, and ratchet up emotions and intolerance for alternative or minority religions, languages, and cultures. In The Clash of Civilisations, Samuel P. Huntington spelt out this conflict: “Even more than ethnicity, religion …

Sri Lanka marks 4th anniversary of Easter Sunday terror attacks
1 year, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka marks 4th anniversary of Easter Sunday terror attacks

The Hindu  

COLOMBO Sri Lanka on April 21 marked the 4th anniversary of the Easter Sunday terror bombings that shook the island nation on April 21, 2019, even as families of victims marched, and many gathered outside churches, demanding truth and justice. Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church, especially the Archbishop of Colombo Archdiocese Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, has been raising concern over authorities’ “slow-paced” …

Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter attacks
1 year, 8 months ago

Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter attacks

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of Sri Lankans held a protest in the capital on Friday, demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed nearly 270 people. The protesters demanded that the government uncover who they said were the real conspirators behind the attacks on three churches — two Catholic and one Protestant — …

Protest in Sri Lanka on fourth anniversary of Easter bombings
1 year, 8 months ago

Protest in Sri Lanka on fourth anniversary of Easter bombings

Al Jazeera  

Thousands march to demand government uncover who the real conspirators were behind the 2019 attacks that killed nearly 270 people. Thousands of Sri Lankans have held a protest in the main city of Colombo, demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 270 people. The protesters on Friday demanded the government uncover who they …

A Damning Indictment of Sri Lanka’s Political and Security Establishment
1 year, 10 months ago

A Damning Indictment of Sri Lanka’s Political and Security Establishment

The Diplomat  

Armies in the midst of combat learn incredibly fast. The Supreme Court noted that “the want of attention on the part of the important players heading the security apparatus of this country is unpardonable… those in charge of the country’s national security worked in silos and acted with lethargy, without vision, and were mainly interested in protecting their fiefdoms.” This …

Sri Lanka's ex-President Sirisena apologises for 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
1 year, 11 months ago

Sri Lanka's ex-President Sirisena apologises for 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s former President Maithripala Sirisena on January 31 extended an apology to the country's minority Catholic community for the devastating 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 270 people, including 11 Indians. Nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat linked to ISIS carried out a series of blasts that tore through three Catholic …

Sri Lanka’s former President ordered to pay compensation for failing to prevent 2019 Easter bombings
1 year, 11 months ago

Sri Lanka’s former President ordered to pay compensation for failing to prevent 2019 Easter bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena to pay a compensation of LKR 100 million to victims of the April 2019 Easter Sunday terror blasts, while pointing to a “reckless” intelligence failure on the part of the Executive. Sri Lanka’s Catholic church has been flagging the lack of progress in the probe, and the Archbishop of …

Sri Lanka Easter attacks | Ex-President Maithripala Sirisena named suspect
2 years, 3 months ago

Sri Lanka Easter attacks | Ex-President Maithripala Sirisena named suspect

The Hindu  

A Sri Lankan court on Friday named former President Maithripala Sirisena a suspect in a case pertaining to the 2019 Easter terror bombings and directed him to appear in court this October. ‘Grand political plot’ In March, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told the UN Human Rights Council that the incident was a “grand political plot”. A parliamentary select …

Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters
2 years, 5 months ago

Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An international human rights group says Sri Lanka’s government is using emergency laws to harass and arbitrarily detain protesters who are seeking political reform and accountability amid the island country’s economic crisis. New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement Wednesday that Sri Lanka’s military sought to curtail protests through intimidation, surveillance, and arbitrary arrests …

Perpetrators of 2019 Easter Sunday attacks still engaged in politics, employed with Sri Lanka's police forces: Cardinal Ranjith
2 years, 5 months ago

Perpetrators of 2019 Easter Sunday attacks still engaged in politics, employed with Sri Lanka's police forces: Cardinal Ranjith

The Hindu  

The perpetrators of the heinous 2019 Easter Sunday attacks have either integrated with the country's political fraternity or employed with the police force, Sri Lanka's Catholic Church Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has said, as he accused the previous governments of turning a blind eye to the country’s worst act of terrorism. Referring to the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, the Cardinal …

Sri Lankan civic activists concerned over ‘witch-hunt’ by state
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lankan civic activists concerned over ‘witch-hunt’ by state

The Hindu  

Citizens’ groups and activists in Sri Lanka have expressed concern over a series of arrests last week, of prominent members of the recent anti-government protests, terming it a “witch-hunt” by the state. Human rights defenders point to both, the Emergency, and the subsequent actions of the military and police, as attempts to “stifle dissent.” According to Ambika Satkunanathan, a former …

Military raids Sri Lanka protest camps, leaders arrested
2 years, 5 months ago

Military raids Sri Lanka protest camps, leaders arrested

Al Jazeera  

Protesters say some ‘brutally assaulted’ after soldiers descend on Colombo sites in early hours of Friday morning. Colombo, Sri Lanka – The military in Sri Lanka has taken control of the presidential secretariat in Colombo, after what members of the country’s months-long protest movement described as a “brutal assault”. Sri Lanka’s military raided the main protest camp in Colombo overnight, …

Sri Lanka military assaults protesters, journalists in raid
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka military assaults protesters, journalists in raid

The Hindu  

A large military contingent, along with police, raided Galle Face in Colombo early on Friday, where protesters have peacefully agitated for over three months, resisting the ruling establishment in the wake of a crushing economic crisis. Read : ‘Occupy Galle Face’: A tent city of resistance beside Colombo’s seat of power The military attack on the main agitation site comes …

‘Supreme power of people’: Sri Lanka marks 100 days of protests
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Supreme power of people’: Sri Lanka marks 100 days of protests

Al Jazeera  

The mainly youth-led movement over the island’s worst-ever economic crisis completes 100 days, with people saying the struggle is not yet over. Colombo, Sri Lanka – A mainly youth-led mass protest movement over Sri Lanka’s worst-ever economic crisis has completed 100 days. “I am glad that Gotabaya Rajapaksa is gone but we can’t enjoy or celebrate it as long as …

In Sri Lanka, no quiet after the storm
2 years, 5 months ago

In Sri Lanka, no quiet after the storm

The Hindu  

Even after the fall of his official residence and the Presidential Secretariat into the hands of protesting citizens, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tried to defy the massive public pressure on him to resign. Abolishing Sri Lanka’s much-hated executive presidential system of government through a comprehensive package of political reforms will have to be a priority in the policy agenda …

WATCH: Sri Lankan protesters storm PM office in Colombo despite heavy security presence
2 years, 5 months ago

WATCH: Sri Lankan protesters storm PM office in Colombo despite heavy security presence

Firstpost  

PM and acting president Wickremesinghe in a televised address said he had instructed security forces to restore order, but troops were seen backing down at his office leaving gates open for protesters to stroll in New Delhi: Sri Lankan protesters on Wednesday entered the building of the Prime Minister’s office at Flower Road in Colombo despite a heavy security presence. …

Protesters camp, cook inside Sri Lanka PM's Colombo home
2 years, 5 months ago

Protesters camp, cook inside Sri Lanka PM's Colombo home

India Today  

Protesters, who have occupied 'Temple Tree', the official residence of Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, are camping there and have started cooking food inside the premises in Colombo. #WATCH | Sri Lanka: Protestors start preparing & cooking food inside the premises of the residence of the Sri Lankan PM, in Colombo, as they continue to remain there amid ongoing …

Sri Lanka: Hundreds of anti-government protesters break into President’s official residence
2 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka: Hundreds of anti-government protesters break into President’s official residence

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 09, 2022 15:26 IST Hundreds of Sri Lankan protesters, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on July 9 stormed into his official residence in central Colombo’s high-security Fort area after breaking the barricades, as people took to streets protesting against the government over the nation’s worst economic crisis in recent memory. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe …

Sri Lanka’s ‘picturesque’ protests
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka’s ‘picturesque’ protests

Al Jazeera  

Every time there is a crisis in the Global South, Western news organisations parachute their correspondents and photographers in to document the developments. This has largely been the case with the international coverage of Sri Lanka’s ongoing protests demanding that the ruling Rajapaksa family leave office. This is nothing unique to Sri Lanka – we often see similar narratives of …

Sri Lanka protests | Backstories at Colombo’s Galle Face seafront
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka protests | Backstories at Colombo’s Galle Face seafront

The Hindu  

Covering Sri Lanka’s ongoing protests at Galle Face, Colombo’s charming seafront, exposes me to a lot about this crucial moment in crisis-hit Sri Lanka — the changing dynamics of the struggle, the varied demands coming out of it, the diverse participants and their shared resolve, and the leadership’s stubbornness that is imperilling the country’s economic and political future. “They were …

How Rajapaksas, Sri Lanka's civil war heroes, became villains of its worst crisis
2 years, 7 months ago

How Rajapaksas, Sri Lanka's civil war heroes, became villains of its worst crisis

India Today  

Sri Lanka is battling its worst economic crisis and political turmoil. CIVIL WAR HEROES Mahinda was the all-powerful and charismatic leader of Sri Lanka’s ruling family. IN PICS | Sri Lanka gives emergency powers to military after violent clashes killed 8 THE OTHER RAJAPAKSAS Mahinda’s brother, Basil Rajapaksa, managed the economy under him. The Rajapaksas ruled Sri Lanka’s political scene …

Ethnic Conflict, Economic Doom: Sri Lanka’s Horrors Set To Grow Bigger?
2 years, 7 months ago

Ethnic Conflict, Economic Doom: Sri Lanka’s Horrors Set To Grow Bigger?

The Quint  

The unceremonious and unprecedentedly violent exit of Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa could not have come at a worse time, which is already reeling under the twin weight of an economic crisis and the political instability caused by it. The irony at the end of the day is that no one is talking about these two complications, focusing instead …

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Urges People Against Racial, Religious Disharmony Amid Economic Crisis
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Urges People Against Racial, Religious Disharmony Amid Economic Crisis

News 18  

Sri Lanka’s president urged people on Wednesday to reject what he called attempts to foment racial and religious disharmony, as clashes broke out in many parts of the country over the government’s handling of a devastating economic crisis. Violent street protests killed eight people this week and even the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s elder brother as prime minister and …

Death toll in Sri Lanka violence rises to eight
2 years, 7 months ago

Death toll in Sri Lanka violence rises to eight

The Hindu  

The Sri Lanka Police’s Criminal Investigation Department has been tasked with probing the concerted attack on anti-government protesters, police said on Tuesday, a day after a pro-Rajapaksa mob went on a rampage at agitation sites in capital Colombo and in central Kandy district. On Tuesday evening, amid heightened anger against the government over the violence unleashed by the ruling party’s …

Pope asks Sri Lanka to reveal identity of Easter Sunday attackers
2 years, 8 months ago

Pope asks Sri Lanka to reveal identity of Easter Sunday attackers

Al Jazeera  

Pope Francis urges the island nation to name the bombers behind series of attacks in 2019 that the Catholic Church suspects was a conspiracy. Pope Francis has urged Sri Lankan authorities to reveal who was behind the country’s 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in an attack the island’s Catholics suspect was a plot to propel President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to power. The …

‘A curse’: Three years since Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka
2 years, 8 months ago

‘A curse’: Three years since Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka

Al Jazeera  

Protesters at Colombo camp demand justice on the third anniversary of the devastating simultaneous bombings that killed nearly 270 people. Colombo, Sri Lanka – Agnes Felician wears a sombre black dress, a simple silver cross her only adornment, as she joins the tail end of a group of Catholic protesters at Colombo’s iconic seafront protest venue, now dubbed “Gota Go …

Protests intensify in Sri Lanka over killing of anti-government protester
2 years, 8 months ago

Protests intensify in Sri Lanka over killing of anti-government protester

The Hindu  

The fatal shooting of an anti-government protester by the Sri Lankan police on Tuesday has sparked wide condemnation domestically and internationally, while intensifying ongoing anti-government protests in the wake of severe food shortages and record inflation. The Bar Association of Sri Lanka, a body of lawyers, said it was “shocked and saddened at the loss of life” in the incident …

Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter bombings
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter bombings

Al Jazeera  

Protesters criticise a lack of progress in finding those responsible for the deaths of more than 260 people in bombings three years ago. Sri Lankans protesting for days near the president’s office have criticised a lack of progress in finding those responsible for the deaths of more than 260 people in Easter Sunday bombings three years ago, piling pressure on …

Voice from Sri Lanka: The Sea of Protesters is Not Going Home Until Rajapaksa Does
2 years, 8 months ago

Voice from Sri Lanka: The Sea of Protesters is Not Going Home Until Rajapaksa Does

News 18  

Sri Lanka, an island of 22 million, still deeply fractured only 13 years since the end of a civil war, has united as never before. The primary rallying cry “go home Gota” has been accompanied by “go home Rajapaksas” — a fierce rebuke of the family that has dominated Sri Lankan politics this century. Galle Face Green, a seafront public …

Pressure mounts on Sri Lanka leader to quit as crisis grows
2 years, 9 months ago

Pressure mounts on Sri Lanka leader to quit as crisis grows

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of Sri Lankans rallied in the country’s main business district and Christian clergy marched in the capital to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the debt-ridden nation’s president to resign, as anxiety and anger over shortages simmered. Jayasinghe said she voted for Rajapaksa believing he was the best candidate to restore national …

Lanka protesters defy curfew after web ban
2 years, 9 months ago

Lanka protesters defy curfew after web ban

Hindustan Times  

COLOMBO: Opposition lawmakers and thousands of people angered by the government’s handling of Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis on Sunday marched to denounce the President’s move to impose a nationwide curfew and state of emergency, as protests over food and fuel shortages swelled. Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and finance minister Basil Rajapaksa may step down soon as public …

Watch | Sri Lanka Crisis: Opposition holds protest defying curfew
2 years, 9 months ago

Watch | Sri Lanka Crisis: Opposition holds protest defying curfew

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s main opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya on Sunday held a protest at Colombo’s Independence Square, defying a curfew imposed by the government that faces sharp criticism over its response to the country’s worsening economic crisis. Over the past week, citizen’s protests have intensified across Sri Lanka, amid a persisting shortage of food supplies and fuel, soaring prices of …

Day after unrest, Sri Lanka government declares Emergency
2 years, 9 months ago

Day after unrest, Sri Lanka government declares Emergency

The Hindu  

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of Emergency in crisis-hit Sri Lanka, a day after angry citizens converged in front of his residence demanding his immediate resignation. the President has blamed “organised extremists” for staging a large protest outside his private residence on Thursday night,aspublic anger mounts over his government’s handling of the economic crisis gripping Sri Lanka. Thursday’s protest …

Lanka Crisis: Protests Near President's Residence 'Act of Terrorism', Says Govt
2 years, 9 months ago

Lanka Crisis: Protests Near President's Residence 'Act of Terrorism', Says Govt

News 18  

The Sri Lankan government on Friday termed the violent demonstration near President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence over the current economic crises as “an act of terrorism” and blamed “extremist elements” linked to opposition parties for the incident. Police fired tear gas and water cannons at the protesters after they pulled down a steel barricade placed near the president’s residence. A statement …

Sri Lanka president blames 'extremist' group for violence amid economic crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lanka president blames 'extremist' group for violence amid economic crisis

Hindustan Times  

Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office blamed an unidentified 'extremist' group for creating the violent situation during the protest near the Jubilee Post in Nugegoda, Colombo, the Colombo Page reported citing President's media division's press release. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa The mob armed with iron clubs, sickles and clubs marched towards the Sri Lankan President's residence at Mirihana Pangiriwatta, …

Sri Lanka cardinal seeks UN probe into 2019 Easter bombings
2 years, 10 months ago

Sri Lanka cardinal seeks UN probe into 2019 Easter bombings

Al Jazeera  

Head of the country’s Roman Catholic Church tells UNHCR the massacre now appears to be ‘a grand political plot’. The head of Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church has urged the United Nations to investigate the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, calling the massacre a “political plot”. “However, subsequent investigations indicate that this massacre was part of a …

Sri Lanka clears police, defence chiefs over Easter bombings
2 years, 10 months ago

Sri Lanka clears police, defence chiefs over Easter bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka's High Court on Friday acquitted two top officials accused of "crimes against humanity" for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people. The state had indicted the two men in November for failing to act on early warnings from an Indian intelligence agency that local jihadists were planning a string of suicide bombings in …

Sri Lanka: One law, many problems
3 years, 1 month ago

Sri Lanka: One law, many problems

The Hindu  

In an October 26 gazette, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared that “no citizen should be discriminated against in the eyes of the law” and hence, he was establishing a task force that would “study implementation of the concept one country, one law” and prepare a draft legislation. There already exist, within the framework of the Constitution, the law and …

Sri Lanka begins trials connected to 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
3 years, 1 month ago

Sri Lanka begins trials connected to 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

Al Jazeera  

Sri Lankan court begins the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people. A Sri Lankan court has begun the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people on the island in 2019, amidst appeals for greater accountability from victim support groups. The string of attacks carried out on Easter Sunday, April …

Sri Lanka indicts ISIL ‘mastermind’ over Easter Sunday bombings
3 years, 3 months ago

Sri Lanka indicts ISIL ‘mastermind’ over Easter Sunday bombings

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutors indict alleged mastermind of the 2019 suicide bombings along with 24 men they say are co-conspirators. Sri Lankan prosecutors have indicted the alleged mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings along with 24 men they say are co-conspirators in the island’s worst single “terror” attack. Nearly 300 people including dozens of foreign nationals were killed in the April …

Church: Talks on Sri Lankan blasts require gov’t credibility
3 years, 4 months ago

Church: Talks on Sri Lankan blasts require gov’t credibility

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan Roman Catholic leader has said the government must win back the confidence of the church before the two sides can hold talks on the church’s criticisms of inquiries into 2019 Easter Sunday bomb blasts that killed 269 people. The Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that the Vatican’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, Archbishop Brian Udaigwe, …

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