Press freedom is under attack in every corner of the world, the United Nations chief said Tuesday (2), denouncing the targeting of journalists and the spread of disinformation
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Sri Lanka’s opposition parties as well as the minority Tamil and Muslim parties on Monday (24) decided to put up a joint front against the new anti-terrorism bill that would replace a draconian counter-terrorism law, the main opposition…
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Sri Lanka’s local government elections that were due to be held on April 25 has been postponed once again and a new date will be decided depending on a pending court verdict or on the availability of funds, an official said
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The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has requested President Ranil Wickremesinghe to have an expert committee review a proposed anti-terrorism bill that has drawn criticism over its definition of terrorism among other concerns
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The ATA comes at a time when a new label – fascist – has been popularized, especially by the president; a label directed at protestors in general and especially left leaning political groups and activists. Hence the clauses 3(1)(b) and (c),…
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When President Joe Biden bluntly warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he “cannot continue down this road” of overhauling his country’s judiciary, he touched off the kind of response usually expressed by America’s adversaries rather…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel responded defiantly on Wednesday (29) to sharp criticism from President Joe Biden over his government’s contentious judicial overhaul plan, declaring that Israel was “a sovereign country” that…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced Monday (27) that he was delaying his government’s contentious plans to overhaul the judiciary, setting the stage for a possible easing of one of the deepest domestic crises in the…
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Sri Lanka is still on the rotten bridge, precariously balanced between sensible economics and insensible politics. The freefall of the economy has been halted. But it can resume, and spiral into societal anarchy, if the political war of…
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The four-year term of the 340 local councils in Sri Lanka is set to end on Sunday (19) night, but the polls monitoring groups feel the local body polls fixed for April 25 are unlikely to happen
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