Tamil political prisoners begin death fast

Several areas in and around Colombo declared as High Security Zones

Several areas in and around Colombo have been declared as High Security Zones by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Accordingly, areas around the Parliament Complex, Supreme Court Complex, High Court Complex in Colombo, Magistrate Court Complex in Colombo and Attorney General?s Department, Presidential Secretariat, President’s House, Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters and Police Headquarters have been declared as High Security Zones. Areas around the Ministry of Defence and Sri Lanka Army Headquarters i

23 Sep, 2022

FR challenging pardoning of murder convict gets go ahead

The Supreme Court has granted leave to proceed?with the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition challenging the decision to grant a presidential pardon to Royal Park murder convict Jude Jayamaha. Royal Park murder convict Jude Shramantha Anthony Jayamaha was given a Presidential pardon by then President Maithripala Sirisena in November 2019. Sharmantha Jayamaha was sentenced to death in the 2005 murder of Swedish national Yvonne Johnson at the Royal Park condominium. The decision by former President

23 Sep, 2022

Laws to regulate television, radio and new media

The Government is considering introducing laws to regulate content on television, radio and new media. Minister of Mass Media Bandula Gunawardane noted that since such laws do not exist there are issues that arise when issuing licences to such media. The Government also noted that in the recent past such media had been used to promote hate. As a result, the Minister of Mass Media Bandula Gunawardane has proposed to introduce a new Broadcasting Law to create a media culture that is accountable

23 Sep, 2022