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Sri Lanka's organised crime bill faces 20 petitions in Supreme Court

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Sri Lanka's organised crime bill faces 20 petitions in Supreme Court

Colombo, Sri Lanka’s controversial Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill has faced 20 petitions in the Supreme Court challenging its constitutionality, Deputy Speaker Rizvi Salih told Parliament on Tuesday. Sri Lanka’s organised crime bill faces 20 petitions in Supreme Court Salih said the Speaker had received copies of the petitions filed under Article 121 of the … Read more

Sri Lanka’s missing persons commission handling nearly 17,000 active cases

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Sri Lanka's missing persons commission handling nearly 17,000 active cases

Colombo, Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons is handling almost 17,000 active cases of disappearances while its database contains over 23,000 cases, its chairman Mahesh Katulanda has said. Sri Lanka’s missing persons commission handling nearly 17,000 active cases Katulanda said the figures included disappearances linked to the island nation’s decades-long military conflict with the Liberation … Read more