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Photo courtesy of RUnews Subsequent to the recent release of the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Attacks and after the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva had passed a resolution highly critical of Sri Lanka’s current human rights situation, Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa, speaking in Parliament has, on behalf of his Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), articulated a clear national security and external affairs policy that offers a stinging critique of ...

Black Sunday to demand justice for victims as Cardinal Ranjith leads church protests against a presidential inquiry

Sri Lankan Church declares Black Sunday Move aims to demand justice for victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks Trending A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard at St. Anthonys Shrine in Colombo on Oct. 21, 2019, six months after a suicide bombing that killed 54 people during an Easter Sunday Mass. (Photo: Ishara Kodikara/AFP) The Sri Lankan Church has declared March 7 "Black Sunday" to demand justice for victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. Catholic leaders are unhappy wit...

Sri Lankan Catholics demand clarity on bombing report Cardinal Ranjith and protesters call for the government to publish the report on the Easter attacks in full Trending St. Sebastian’s Church, which was damaged in the Easter 2019 bombings, celebrates its first feast after the attacks on Jan. 20, 2020. (Photo: UCA News) Sri Lankan Catholics have demonstrated against the government-appointed cabinet panel studying the report compiled by the presidential commission probing the 2019 Easter ...

Sri Lankan cardinal seeks answers over sword imports Authorities asked to investigate the import of 6,000 swords before the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks Trending A woman walks past St. Anthony’s Shrine on the first anniversary of the Easter Sunday attacks in Colombo on April 21, 2020. (Photo: Ishara Kodikara/AFP) A Sri Lankan court has issued notices to high-ranking government officials in a writ petition filed by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith regarding the failure to investigate the importing of ...

(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) Sri Lanka and the US Justice Department had talks on the charges against three Sri Lankan ISIS supporters linked to the Easter Sunday attacks. The three accused, all of whom pledged allegiance to ISIS, are Mohamed Naufar, the second emir for the group of ISIS supporters that called itself ISIS in Sri Lanka, Mohamed Anwar Mohamed Riskan, who allegedly helped manufacture the IEDs used in the Easter Attacks and Ahamed Milhan Hayathu Moahmed, who allegedly executed a p...

Sri Lankan cardinal demands to see report on terror attacks Cardinal Ranjith voices dissatisfaction with the presidential commission probing the Easter 2019 atrocity Trending St. Sebastian’s Church was badly damaged in the Easter 2019 terror attacks. (Photo: UCA News) Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has asked the Sri Lankan government to provide a copy of the final report of the presidential commission that investigated the Easter 2019 terror attacks. "If the presidential commission and the govern...

Sri Lankan minorities march against oppression, injustice Church figures join nationwide march seeking justice for Tamils and Muslims Trending Sri Lankan religious leaders perform rites during the protest march from Pothuvil in the east to Polikandi, Point Pedro, in the north. (Photo: Punniyamoorthy Sasikaran) Religious leaders joined hundreds of Tamils and Muslims in a five-day Walk for Justice to raise key issues facing ethnic and religious minorities in Sri Lanka. Civil society organization...

Catholics light candles for Sri Lankas Easter bombing victims Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says no force can silence him in his fight for the victory of truth Updated: January 25, 2021 10:53 AM GMT Trending The heavily damaged interior of St. Sebastians Church after the Easter Sunday bombings in 2019. (Photo: Facebook) Renuka Malshi Nuwangi went to St. Sebastians Church in Katuwapitiya with her family on Jan. 24 and lit candles and prayed for all those who died in the 2019 Easter attacks. That even...

DOJ charges 03 Sri Lankans over 2019 April Terror Attacks DOJ charges 03 Sri Lankans over 2019 April Terror Attacks Written by Share: Colombo (News 1st); The US Justice Department announced on Friday (08) that three Sri Lankan citizens have been charged with terrorism offenses, including conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (ISIS). The men were part of a group of ISIS supporters which called itself “ISIS in Sri Lanka.” That group is respo...