Govt. urged to introduce Constitutional Amendment Asserting that the appointments made to the Human Rights Commission by the Parliamentary Council established in terms of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution lacked transparency, the HRCSL has called for an urgent Constitutional Amendment. Issuing a media statement yesterday (15) the HRCSL said that in case a constitutional […]
India intervened yesterday (15) to prevent the disruption of diesel supply here by providing 40,000 metric tonnes. Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila and Ports and Shipping Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena accepted the stock of diesel delivered by ship at the Colombo harbour. Energy Ministry sources told The Island that Indian High Commissioner, Gopal Baglay, intervened swiftly after […]
HRC issues instructions to police on PTA cases By Shamindra Ferdinando The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has issued specific instructions to police headquarters as regards those already in custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and new arrests. The heads of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) and the Police Legal […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando Who could have imagined that the incumbent government would name wartime President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s one-time emissary for talks with the top LTTE leadership, as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Ottawa? Prominent civil society activist Harsha Kumara Navaratne, on Dec 07, 2021 presented his credentials as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the Governor […]
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