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According to Mr. Premadasa, the blame for resolution 30/1 ultimately lies with the people who were in power in 2009 and now that they are back in power they cannot arbitrarily withdraw from the …

What is crucial is that, the bombings not be permitted to become a pretext for the Government to join the U.S.’s ‘War on Terror.’ For the past four years, the U.S. and India (the U.S.’s new ally in Asia) have …

It has happened as was to have been foreseen. A morally, intellectually and financially bankrupt Government has played its last hand to try and stay in power beyond 2020. I have argued in previous articles that, the JVP with 4 …

DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA, Attorney-at-Law

I read with amusement an article in The Island of 12^th July 2018 titled, ‘Dons condemn incendiary statements against HRCSL.’ It’s about a letter written by 50 academics condemning the conduct of a number of ex-military …

DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW

I read with interest an article in The Island of 1^st April 2017 titled, ‘Full Implementation of Geneva Resolution 2015 reaffirmed – GTF.’ The article quotes the GTF as saying inter alia:

‘The GTF cautiously …

DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA

‘- What dost thou take me for?

‘- A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave;  a lily-livered, action-taking whoreson;  glass-glazing, superserviceable, finical rogue’ (King …

“So, in all likelihood, what we can expect in the coming weeks and months is a steady barrage of attacks, insinuations and innuendoes about the ‘lack of independence and impartiality’ of the Sri Lankan justice system, which in turn purportedly …

It’s been over a week since the report  of the OHCHR investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) was released to the public, but, to the best of my knowledge, not even a single evaluation of the report, in terms of whether …

The report of the OHCHR- investigation is to be discussed by the Human Rights Council on 30th September, and also to be released to the public before that.  It is possible to predict what will be in it, because of …

There are huge problems with the proposed 19^th Amendment to the Constitution.  In this article I’ll focus on just the first and foremost of those, which has to do with the proposed changes to the Executive.  (I am using …