By Yoshitha Perera
Three Fundamental Rights (FR) applications filed challenging the current Emergency Regulations were granted leave to proceed by the Supreme Court.
The petitioners were Namini Panditha and Rusiru Egodage, the Conveners of the Liberal Youth Movement and Counsel Dr. Gehan Gunathilake appeared for the petitioners.
He contended that several provisions of the Emergency Regulations violated human rights, including the right to equality, the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of peaceful assembly, and the right to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
The Court further directed the state to report back to it after assessing any elements of the Emergency Regulations that were deemed to be too broad.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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