Sri Lanka is holding 1,454 prisoners who cannot afford to pay their fines, the country’s Minister of Justice and National Integration, Harshana Nanayakkara, told parliament on 21 October, adding that the government
A recent ruling by the Chhattisgarh High Court has reignited debate over India’s lack of marital rape laws after it acquitted a man convicted of raping his wife, stating that forced sexual
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A new report has highlighted a disturbing rise in hate speech incidents targeting religious minorities in India, with a 74.4% increase in 2024 compared to the previous year. According to the India
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In a courtroom in Chautauqua County, New York, Sir Salman Rushdie gave a poignant and harrowing testimony, recounting the brutal attack that left him with severe injuries, including the loss of vision
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Around 80 countries have issued a joint statement reaffirming their support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to newly imposed U.S. sanctions. The sanctions—authorized by President Donald Trump—target ICC officials
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Israel’s 15-month genocidal aggression on Gaza has left deep scars, both physical and emotional, on thousands of Palestinians. Among them is 18-year-old Iyad al-Aklou, whose love for football remains unshaken despite the
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An alleged Russian spy broke down in tears as she told a UK court she was “manipulated” into a honeytrap plot that included plans to film pornography targeting an investigative journalist. Vanya
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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has issued a powerful statement warning the government against reviewing the Attorney General’s (AG) decisions, stating that such political interference threatens the independence of the
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Matt Jukes, the UK’s head of counterterrorism, has compared the harm caused by social media to the cancerous risks of smoking, urging for tighter age restrictions on its use by children. Speaking
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on a video message issued by the author, where she describes the bitter politicisation surrounding the most brutal terrorist attack in post-war Sri Lanka—the Easter
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Romance scams have become a growing epidemic in the UK, particularly targeting vulnerable individuals like Poppy, an 84-year-old woman from Oldham, Manchester, who found herself ensnared by online fraudsters after a tragic
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The gruesome spectacle of a dog being hanged in Oddusuddan, Mullaitivu, is not merely an isolated incident—it is a grotesque symptom of a society mired in the psychosis of cruelty, retribution, and
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The Gray Zone has reported that Julia Sebutinde, a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and now its president, has stood alone in rejecting South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.
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A harrowing investigation by Times UK has revealed the chilling depths of modern slavery in Britain, uncovering a criminal enterprise that exploited vulnerable individuals for nearly a decade. Between 2012 and 2019,
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Editorial President Dissanayake is set to visit Jaffna in a few days, an event that carries immense symbolic weight for the nation. To truly grasp the significance of this visit, one must
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The Justice S. Rajeswaran Commission of Inquiry, established by the Tamil Nadu government in 2017, has found that the police’s actions during the violent 2017 Jallikattu protests were justified. The commission’s report,
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