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International Bar says Lanka facing crisis

The removal from office in Sri Lanka of Chief Justice Bandaranayake was unlawful, is undermining public confidence in the rule of law, and threatening to eviscerate the country?s judiciary as an independent guarantor of constitutional rights states the Executive Summary of an International Bar Association?s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) report released today. Issued ahead of the full report, the Executive Summary of A Crisis of Legitimacy: The Impeachment of Chief Justice Bandaranayake and the

28 Mar, 2013

Swamy demands Vaiko’s arrest over Lanka

India’s Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today termed MDMK chief Vaiko’s remarks against Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam as “scurrilous” and demanded his arrest, the Press Trust of India reported. “The scurrilous remarks of MDMK leader Vaiko against the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Prasad Kariyawasam is an offence under Sections 124A and 125 of the Indian Penal Code. “The Tamil Nadu Police must immediately register a suo motu FIR against Vaiko, arrest him for custodial

28 Mar, 2013

UK official sees challenges in Jaffna

British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Director for South Asia, Neil Crompton says many challenges still remain in Jaffna and the destructive force of war has made that inevitable. In a statement released by the British High Commission in Colombo today, Crompton said that he was pleased to see the physical progress made in many areas in Jaffna since the end of the conflict, such as in demining and making large amounts of land inhabitable again. Crompton made an official visit to Jaffna yesterda

28 Mar, 2013