Inés M. Pousadela is CIVICUS Senior Research Specialist, co-director and writer for CIVICUS Lens and co-author of the State of Civil Society Report.
Fifteen of the 24 defendants tried over Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday bombings were found guilty on Tuesday, while the remaining nine were acquitted and ordered to be released, according to a
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved the award of a major aviation fuel infrastructure contract to China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company Limited, covering the construction of facilities to transport aviation fuel from Muthurajawela to Bandaranaike International Airport. The contract, valued at
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ruling clearing the 22nd Amendment to proceed without a referendum has done more than settle a constitutional question. It has
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has determined that the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution is not inconsistent with the Constitution and does not require approval
When Bangladesh’s streets erupted in protest in mid-2024, few could have predicted how swiftly Sheikh Hasina’s regime would crumble. The ousting of the prime minister last August, after years of mounting authoritarianism and growing
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