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Law and Order

October 4, 2026
Judiciary/Sri Lanka

CID’s Friday Motion Over Sallay Hospitalisation Raises Procedural Fairness Concerns

by A Special Correspondent in Colombo On Friday, 2 October 2026, investigators attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed a motion before the Court and informed Court that retired Major General

News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Organised Crime Shootings Rise to 38 as Gang Violence Intensifies

Sri Lanka has recorded 38 shootings connected to organised crime so far this year, with the attacks claiming 25 lives and injuring 15 people, according to figures cited in the latest reporting on the country’s continuing gun violence. The incidents

September 30, 2026

Sri Lanka Bar Association Seeks Full Video of Presidential Meeting

Judiciary/Sri Lanka

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has asked the government to provide the complete and unedited video recording of a meeting held between President

UN Warns Russian Law Could Impose ‘Civic Death’ on Critics Abroad

Human Rights/Russia/World

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, has warned that a new Russian law imposing

CID’s Friday Motion Over Sallay Hospitalisation Raises Procedural Fairness Concerns

October 4, 2026
Judiciary/Sri Lanka

by A Special Correspondent in Colombo On Friday, 2 October 2026, investigators attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed a motion before the Court and informed Court that retired Major General

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Sri Lanka’s Organised Crime Shootings Rise to 38 as Gang Violence Intensifies

September 30, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has recorded 38 shootings connected to organised crime so far this year, with the attacks claiming 25 lives and injuring 15 people, according to figures cited in the latest reporting

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Sri Lanka Bar Association Seeks Full Video of Presidential Meeting

August 15, 2026
Judiciary/Sri Lanka

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has asked the government to provide the complete and unedited video recording of a meeting held between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and representatives of the association

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UN Warns Russian Law Could Impose ‘Civic Death’ on Critics Abroad

August 14, 2026
Human Rights/Russia/World

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, has warned that a new Russian law imposing sweeping restrictions on Russians living abroad represents an

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The World Cup Soccer Finals and Canadian Forest Fires — A Legal Issue?

July 19, 2026
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest.” — Lady Bird Johnson The Final Match and the Blot Sunday 19th July will be the most awaited and

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The Strait Is No Longer Neutral: Who Owns Hormuz?

May 27, 2026
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

For a long period, maritime navigation through the Strait of Hormuz did not proceed on the basis of exercising an asserted right, but rather within the framework of an interaction founded upon

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Deliberation and the Bulwark of Liberty

February 23, 2026
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The Supreme Court’s decision in Learning Resources v. Trump was, in Chief Justice John Roberts’ telling, a straightforward example of statutory interpretation. Roberts framed the case as an interpretation of the 1977

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When Law Failed, Conscience Ruled

January 19, 2026
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. — Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail Rationality Martin Luther King Jr. Day – A Federal holiday in the United States – is observed

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Public Centric Police: How to Get There?

September 4, 2022
Defence/Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

In every civilised society, a police system exists for the common good of the community. World over, the primary duty of any Police Force is the prevention and the detection of crime

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