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SAUDI ARABIA/ SRI LANKA: UK Foreign Office and France condemn killing of...
SAUDI ARABIA/ SRI LANKA: UK Foreign Office and France condemn killing of Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia January 11, 2013 Both the United Kingdom Foreign Office and France issued statements condemning...
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MOHAN PEIRIS THE NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE?
MOHAN PEIRIS THE NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE? January 12, 2013 Former Attorney General Mohan Peiris is tipped to be appointed as the next Chief Justice of Sri Lanka if Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake is removed from...
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An Open Letter To Indian Decision Makers!
An Open Letter To Indian Decision Makers! By S. V. Kirubaharan -January 10, 2013 S. V. Kirubaharan First of all let me give a brief introduction about myself. In the 1980s I was one of the people who...
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Response to “Racing tanks with Bicycles: A parable of ‘Reconciliation’ in Sri...
Response to “Racing tanks with Bicycles: A parable of ‘Reconciliation’ in Sri Lanka” Image via Facebook photo set by Akiy Photography.-Sri Lanka Unites-11 Jan, 2013 Groundviews In the wake of a...
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Weak, weak, weak
Weak, weak, weak Siobhain McDonagh MP | Posted on 10 January 2013 Web Exclusive Comments: 1 In 2009, Sri Lanka’s government herded hundreds of thousands of the minority ethnic Tamil community onto a...
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Irida Lankadeepa Is lying – Chief Justice’s Lawyers
Irida Lankadeepa Is lying – Chief Justice’s Lawyers By Colombo Telegraph -January 12, 2013 Certain Media ( Irida Lankadeepa January 13, 2013 which is released today) have stated that the Lawyers for...
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Sri Lankan parliament votes to impeach chief justice
Sri Lankan parliament votes to impeach chief justice By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO | Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:52pm IST (Reuters) – Sri Lanka faced a possible constitutional crisis on Friday...
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Did The CJ Show Any Such Impartiality, I’m Reminded Of Pastor Niemoller
Did The CJ Show Any Such Impartiality, I’m Reminded Of Pastor Niemoller By RMB Senanayake -January 12, 2013 RMB Senanayake Why Business should protect the Rule of Law An elective despotism was not...
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CJ asking three months time is a Newspaper canard: SC judges threatened...
CJ asking three months time is a Newspaper canard: SC judges threatened endlessly (Lanka-e-News -12.Jan.2013, 10.30PM ) The news report in the Lanka deepa newspaper which is more popular as a trash...
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When Democracy Came To An End?
When Democracy Came To An End? By Sumanasiri Liyanage -January 11, 2013 Sumanasiri Liyanage Many legal luminaries have expressed their views on the controversial decision of the Supreme Court of the...
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Impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
Impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka by CENTRE FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES on Jan 11, 2013 11 January 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) vehemently...
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Parliamentary Debate On The CJ: There Wouldn’t Be Time For Me To Speak –...
Parliamentary Debate On The CJ: There Wouldn’t Be Time For Me To Speak – Undelivered Speech By Rajiva Wijesinha -January 12, 2013 Prof Rajiva Wijesinha This was not delivered as there wouldn’t be time...
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Chief’s Justice Denied!
Chief’s Justice Denied! Speaker dispatches signed impeachment Resolution to President last night Opposition mounts eleventh hour bid to prevent vote Parliament passes motion to impeach CJ; 155 for, 49...
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U.S. Embassy On Impeachment Process
U.S. Embassy On Impeachment Process January 12, 2013 Read this press release in Sinhala (pdf, 40 kb) Read this press release in Tamil (pdf, 20 kb) The United States Embassy remains deeply concerned by...
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Justice Not Mourning Or Doles, Is What The Victims Want
Justice Not Mourning Or Doles, Is What The Victims Want By Paul Newman -January 12, 2013 Dr Paul Newman As the dust settles down over the fortnight long protests against the barbaric gang rape of a 23...
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FUTA Statement on Impeachment of Chief Justice
FUTA Statement on Impeachment of Chief Justice (Lanka-e-News- 12.Jan.2013, 6.00PM) FUTA’s recent 100 day trade union action on education sought to draw attention to the link between the role of...
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UK deeply concerned by move to impeach Sri Lankan Chief Justice
UK deeply concerned by move to impeach Sri Lankan Chief Justice United Kingdom calls on Sri Lankan government to respect democratic principles and safeguard Chief Justice and legal profession. 11...
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Making Sense Of The UNP’s Double Game: Is Ranil Mahinda’s Agent In The...
Making Sense Of The UNP’s Double Game: Is Ranil Mahinda’s Agent In The Opposition? By Kumar David -January 12, 2013 Prof Kumar David From early September last year, I have been saying that the...
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Impeachment: Goofy MaRa and his gang of Parliament goons make a hash of it
Impeachment: Goofy MaRa and his gang of Parliament goons make a hash of it (Lanka-e-News -12.Jan.2013, 10.30PM) MaRa’s buffoonery coupled with his Speaker brother’s tomfoolery governing their unlawful...
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Rizana Nafik, Shirani Bandaranayake And The Lankan Reality
Rizana Nafik, Shirani Bandaranayake And The Lankan Reality By Tisaranee Gunasekara -January 12, 2013 “Why couldn’t you at least get my child’s body down?” Rizana’s mother queries the government (BBC –...
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