Deeply concerned by the arrest and ongoing detention of award-winning writer Shakthika Sathkumara, the world’s leading association of writers has launched a worldwide campaign for his release.
As Facebook grapples with the spread of hate speech on its platform, it is introducing changes that limit the spread of messages in two countries where it has come under fire in recent years: Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
With the name of Chamal Rajapaksa coming into the fore once again as a possible Presidential candidate, the Gotabaya faction of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is said to be vehemently opposing the possibility.
“We are all hopeful that Minister Sajith Premadasa will become the President of Sri Lanka. It will definitely happen,” Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms Thalatha Atukorala said.
Minister Kabir Hashim and Minister Abdul Haleem who stepped down from their cabinet portfolios had been sworn in yesterday (19) without the knowledge of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MP Dayasiri Jayasekara claims that if Gotabaya Rajapaksa is appointed as the President of Sri Lanka, inadvertently Mahinda Rajapaksa
Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres is launching a plan to combat hate speech and counter what he calls "a groundswell of xenophobia, racism and intolerance, violent misogyny, anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hatred" around the world.
Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has called on all Buddhists to rise against the Talibanization of Buddhist philosophy which speaks of peace and love.
