The 22 September 2026 Trial-at-Bar judgment provides a detailed account of the alleged network behind Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, tracing the prosecution’s case from ideological indoctrination and recruitment to weapons,
“A person stands a better chance of being tried and judged for killing one human being than for killing 100,000.” ~ José Ayala Lasso, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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On a stifling morning in Singapore, I approached the formidable glass-and-steel structure housing the INTERPOL Innovation Centre, located within the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation. Despite the calm of its landscaped surroundings,
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Leading executives from major European companies, including Airbus and BNP Paribas, have urged the European Union to halt its landmark Artificial Intelligence Act, according to an open letter seen by the Financial
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War is a business. So is genocide. The latest report submitted by Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, lists 48 corporations and institutions, including Palantir Technologies Inc., Lockheed Martin, Alphabet Inc.,
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When Alma Rosé, an Austrian violin virtuoso and niece of composer Gustav Mahler, was taken to a barracks at Auschwitz concentration camp known for brutal medical experiments, she feared death on the
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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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