As part of pre-election pact with pro-LTTE political party TNA and Ranil/Sirisena another 20 LTTE Tamil terrorists will be released next week. Prisons Reforms Minister, a Tamil widely known as pro-LTTE separatism  D. M. Swaminathan has told he had finalised …

President Maithripala Sirisena has effectively violated all norms of good governance, gone back on several key election pledges including a vow to end nepotism and cronyism, and severely dented investor confidence in moves associated with a deal between the troubled …

Jayantha Liyanage,

General Secretary,

Sinhala Janatha Peramuna

The present hybrid Government appears to be determined to abolish the executive Presidency that was incorporated into the 1978 Constitution.

Rohana Wijeweera contested the Presidential election held in 1982 and received around 2.5 …

By Chitra Weerarathne

President’s Counsel, Prasantha Lal de Alwis has filed a fundamental rights violation petition, in the Supreme Court, complaining that political parties with religious and racial identity, should amend their registration identities, or they should be taken off …

By Neville Ladduwahetty

Evidence of derogation of Human Rights prevails in most countries because of threats from terrorism. For instance, the introduction of the Patriot Act of the US following the 2001 terrorist attack in New York curtails many civil …

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The wives of two army officers who are in detention in connection with the abduction/killing of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda have filed two Habeas Corpus petitions in the Court of Appeal.

R. Wasantha Padmaseeli and E. Nirmala Sudashin filed plaint on …

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It has been reported that some Northern Provincial Council (NPC) members have initiated moves to change the name of Nagadeepa to Nainathivu, triggering polarization of opinion back to the feverish days of …

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The terrorist slaughter in Paris has once again brought into sharp relief the storm clouds gathering over the 21st century, dimming the bright promise for Europe and the west that the fall of communism opened up. Given …