Constitutional Council to meet tonight on new CJ

US officials in Jaffna

A US delegation is in Jaffna for talks on the ground situation and to assess the latest?developments. US Embassy staff are in Jaffna meeting with civil society as part of its normal bilateral engagement with the people of Sri Lanka, a US Embassy spokesman told the Colombo Gazette. The visit comes just days after the annual human rights report released by the US State Department had claimed that in the east and the north, military intelligence and other security personnel, sometimes allegedly wor

24 Apr, 2013

US policy on Lanka asymmetrical

The government says it is now becoming increasingly clear that U.S. (and European) policies towards Sri Lanka are asymmetrical. Writing in the prestigious Forbes magazine, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal says the U.S. is applying heavy pressure toward the Sri Lanka Government to accelerate the reconciliation process with the minority Tamil population while ignoring the major strides that have been made towards this goal by the Sri Lankan government and people. At the same time, he say

24 Apr, 2013

UK Bar passes resolution on Lanka

A full meeting of the UK Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has resolved to support the right of Sri Lankan judges and lawyers to adjudicate and practise law freely, fairly and independently. The resolution comes following the impeachment of Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice, Shirani Bandaranayake. “The Bar Council of England and Wales is extremely concerned about the impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake, which we believe constitutes a grave threat to the independence of the

24 Apr, 2013