Rights

By Basil Fernando Sri Lanka has entered into a period of crisis that is worse than it has ever faced in recent history. The economic and financial crises will last for a long time even if genuine effort is made to rescue the country even…
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By Richard C. Paddock YANGON - Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was convicted Monday (10) and sentenced to four years in prison for possessing walkie-talkies in her home and for violating COVID-19 protocols.…
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By Vivian Wang and Austin Ramzy HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court Monday (13) sentenced former media mogul Jimmy Lai and seven other prominent pro-democracy activists to prison for their roles last year in trying to commemorate China’s June 4,…
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By Diane Taylor LONDON - The Home Office has U-turned on plans to deport a leading scientist carrying out ground-breaking research into affordable forms of solar energy and allowed him and his family to remain in the UK. Initially, the…
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By Ambika Satkunanathan In the name of counter-terrorism countries enact repressive laws that restrict human rights. They claim these laws will make us safer. Yet, contrary to claims of increasing national security, the tendency of many…
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Albert Camus (1913 –1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth…
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By Bhavani Fonseka The recent appointment of a task force mandated with law reform headed by a controversial Buddhist monk has raised concerns from multiple fronts. Yet, considering recent trends in Sri Lanka, this should not come as a…
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COLOMBO – The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has come out strongly against the appointment of the Presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law, saying no useful purpose would be served by the creation and appointment of the Task…
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By Carol Rosenberg GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — In a stark rebuke of the torture carried out by the CIA after 9/11, seven senior military officers who heard graphic descriptions last week of the brutal treatment of a terrorist while in the…
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By Basil Fernando President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s appointment of Presidential Task Force mandated to implement the One Country, One Law concept, headed by radical monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, is a clear indication that another…
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