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Sri Lanka: The Search for Justice is an investigative documentary about the final weeks of the Sri Lankan Civil War by Callum Macrae.The documentary is about the search for justice for thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils and supports international justice rather than a domestic process. It is being released under a slogan #LetThem Be Heard.
The leftist Sinhalese Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna drew worldwide attention when it launched an insurrection against the Bandaranayake government in April 1971. Although the insurgents were young, poorly armed, and inadequately trained, they succeeded in seizing and holding major areas in Southern and Central provinces before they were defeated by the security forces.
This is a list of justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Justices are placed in the order in which they took the judicial oath of office and thereby started their term of office. While many of the justices' positions prior to appointment are simply listed as "lawyer", many had part-time positions, such as teaching, or acted as counsel to ...
A reason to call on the British for assistance by the Kandyan King in 1762 was that after the treaty of Paris, the Dutch poured troops into Sri Lanka. They were bent on capturing Kandy from six directions (1764). Anticipating such a scenario the King sent an envoy to the English Governor of Madras to assist him in expelling the Dutch. This ...
The Battle of Gannoruwa was a battle of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War fought in 1638 between the occupying Portuguese forces and the Sinhalese King's army at Gannoruwa in the District of Kandy, Sri Lanka. The Portuguese had attempted three times without success to capture the Kingdom of Kandy, in
It is a typical Thai spa in Colombo. Massage clinics in Colombo could be part of prostitution in Sri Lanka. [10] Much of Sri Lanka's law surrounding prostitution dates back to the days of British rule. The Vagrants Ordinance was introduced in 1842. Two sections are relevant to prostitution: [1]
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