Cabinet to decide on Tamil political prisoners
The issue of political prisoners in the country is to be taken up by the Cabinet of Ministers shortly.
The issue of political prisoners in the country is to be taken up by the Cabinet of Ministers shortly.
Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has urged Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa and the Joint Opposition to give up the “frog in the well” thinking and study Sri Lanka’s proposed and existing bilateral agreements with foreign countries with an unbiased eye.
Issuing a statement, the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) has said it is unethical for medical practitioners to be part of the execution process fully or partially, or to check the suitability of the prisoners, even under pressure.
The political biography of Minister Mangala Samaraweera covering his political career spanning three decades will be launched at 3.00 pm on July 7 at thhe Rabindranath Tagore Auditorium at the University of Ruhuna.
The Attorney General’s Department is said to be exerting severe pressure on the Acting IGP,
All Intelligence services in Sri Lanka have confirmed that Dr Shafi Shihabdeen, a doctor from the Kurunegala Base Hospital, has no links to any local or foreign extremists or terrorist outfit.
News reports confirm the President has signed necessary documents to carry out the “death penalty”
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) during its probe on Dr. Seigu Siyabdeen Mohammed Shafi
MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thero has lodged a written complaint with Acting IGP C.D. Wickremaratne against the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
Civil Society groups against President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to execute by hanging four unnamed death row inmates has organized a protest against the move today.