Category: English

The Young Lawyers Association strongly condemn the brutal attack launched against civilians in Rabukkana (19.04.2022). The role and conduct of the law enforcement authorities in opening fire at civilians is most degrading and calls for an immediate investigation and action. It is our strong belief that the law should take its course against those responsible regardless of the colour or standing of office.  The Young Lawyers Association would like to remind that violence beckons violence. Economic violence which is being unleashed on the people today will turn to physical violence.…

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Eric Toussaint interviewed by Sushovan Dhar 15 April by Eric Toussaint , Sushovan Dhar Originally From: http://cadtm.org/Sri-Lanka-No-agreement-with-the-IMF A Sri Lankan delegation will travel to Washington next week to try to secure up to $4 billion from the International Monetary Fund and other lenders to help the island nation pay for food and fuel imports as well as stem defaults on its debt. The last time the IMF provided loan to Sri Lanka in 2016, the loan was capped at $1.5 billion and the program ended prematurely after disbursing $1.3 billion. This was at a…

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An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: A simple way out of the constitutional trap Two crises overlap in Sri Lanka. One is the economic crisis which preoccupies everyone at the moment. However, in seeking a solution to the economic crisis, another crisis stands against any real solution. That is the constitutional crisis. However, this aspect has not received very much attention during the discussions which are taking place, in the media as well as throughout the country, particularly in places where public protests are taking place…

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Sri Lanka is in middle of an unprecedented economic crisis. Colombo has no money, no food, no essential medicines or fuel. Food prices have gone up by at least 30%. Who is to be blamed for this? Gotabaya Rajapaksa or China? Palki Sharma tells you.

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Case Study | Sri Lanka Economic Crisis

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Interview Originally From: http://ssalanka.org/ecological-agriculture-political-question/ The government’s overnight ban on the import of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and weedicides, to make Sri Lanka’s agriculture “100 percent organic”, of 06 May 2021, caught everyone by surprise. No preparation had been made. Local production and supply of organic inputs was nowhere near the level needed for substitution. There had been no prior restoration of land long contaminated by chemicals. Neither had there been consultation with large and small-scale producers of food and cash crops, their suppliers and buyers, nor public officials and experts, on the…

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17th March, 2022 Sri Lankan Parliament Concludes Second Reading on Bill to Dispossess Farmers of Farming Land The Land Development (LDO) (Amendment) Bill got through the second reading in Parliament last Friday. Ignorance and indifference exhibited by Members of Parliament on the issue of farmers’ indebtedness is outrageous. Many of them seem to believe that enabling farmers to mortgage their land to banks is a one-stop solution to all farmer’s problems. The Bill was hurriedly rushed through without creating an environment to deliberate on crucial clauses in the Bill.  The…

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