The United Nations human rights office has urged Sri Lanka to substantially redraft its proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism (PSTA) Bill before enactment, warning that the legislation retains serious deficiencies
When the gavel falls in silence, tyranny often wears the robes of justice. The Supreme Court, once the bulwark of constitutionalism, has in numerous post-colonial states become an unchallengeable citadel of finality—an
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Drug use disorders represent a pressing issue across the globe and have placed a particularly heavy burden on Sri Lanka’s public health and security systems, profoundly affecting its youth and broader communities.
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The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law. ~ Nelson Mandela International law? I better call
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Google’s chances of reversing a record-breaking €4.12 billion EU antitrust fine were significantly diminished on Thursday after a top legal advisor to the European Court of Justice recommended that the penalty be
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Social movements are powerful engines for change, and they coalesce around a vast range of issues, causes, and communities. But they fall into two basic categories: inclusionary and exclusionary. Inclusionary social movements
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On May 22, 2025, Sepoy Gaykar Sandip Pandurang (32) was killed, and another two soldiers were injured during an encounter with suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists in the dense forests of Singhpora in
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Editorial This is not a mere administrative blunder or isolated misdeed. The recent exposé revealing that Anuradhapura Prison officials, under the facade of presidential clemency, deliberately released dangerous felons with forged documents,
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The ink on the European Court of Justice’s ruling was barely dry when a surreal scene unfolded in Brussels: while judges ruled that the European Commission’s refusal to disclose Ursula von der
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In a landmark development for international criminal justice, Sean McGovern, the right-hand man of notorious crime lord Daniel Kinahan, has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Ireland — a move
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Among India’s most contentious laws, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) is perhaps the most emblematic of a troubling constitutional paradox: the ostensible protection of sovereignty at the cost of civil
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A disturbing surge in kidnappings targeting cryptocurrency millionaires and their families has raised alarms across France, fueling fears of a ‘Mexicanisation’ of the country’s crime landscape. This wave of abductions, widely reported
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The brutal assassination of veteran Indian politician Baba Siddique in October 2024 has shaken Mumbai and reignited fears of gangland violence reminiscent of the city’s darker decades. As revealed in a detailed
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Hadi Matar, the man who brutally stabbed author Salman Rushdie during a public lecture in 2022, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted murder, following a high-profile trial that
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The United States has imposed sweeping sanctions on a Myanmar-based militia and its leader for their alleged role in running cyber scam networks and trafficking operations that have defrauded Americans of billions
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The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers ~VShakespeare, Henry VI (Act IV, Scene II ) Current Relevance In a characteristically incisive manner, Shakespeare—through the infamous line “The first thing
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