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Former President Rajapaksa Admitted to ICU; Wife and Eldest Son Detained Over Financial Charges
According to The Hindu, 80-year-old former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was admitted to the ICU on October 12 due to an emergency condition and is currently under observation. His wife Hiranya and his eldest son, opposition MP Namal, are being detained separately on suspicion of financial irregularities and misappropriation of public funds, with case details not yet made public.
Truth Era Newsroom · 3 viewsA Small Nation Between Great Power Rivalries: Sri Lanka Publicly Rejects Military Requests from Both the U.S. and Iran
Sri Lankan President Dissanayake publicly reaffirmed his non-aligned stance in the northwestern province, clearly rejecting U.S. aircraft landing requests and Iranian requests to send warships, while pledging that humanitarian assistance would not be absent; after a U.S. submarine attack on an Iranian vessel in March this year, Sri Lanka provided medical care to injured crew members.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsSaudi Arabia executes 175 people this year, majority foreign nationals: Sri Lanka files urgent appeal to Supreme Court for migrant engineer
A senior Sri Lankan legal team arrived in Riyadh on October 9 to file an appeal with the Saudi Supreme Court on behalf of migrant engineer Sivarahasa Annoahan, whose sentence has been altered to capital punishment. According to Amnesty International data, as of October 5 Saudi Arabia had executed at least 175 people this year, the majority of them foreign nationals, including at least 94 foreign nationals from more than 20 countries. The sentence has once again exposed the fragile protections af
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsFormer Sri Lankan First Lady Arrested for Allegedly Misappropriating Children's Hospital Funds
According to Al Jazeera, Hirunika Rajapaksa, wife of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been arrested in a case involving the alleged misappropriation of charitable donations designated for a government children's hospital. She has denied any wrongdoing.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsSri Lanka Supreme Court Overturns Presidential Pardon for Hardline Buddhist Monk
According to The Hindu's international edition, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court ruled that former President Maithripala Sirisena's pardon of anti-Muslim monk Gnanasara was arbitrary and null and void. A seven-year challenge brought by the widow of a disappeared cartoonist and a civil-society group has ended executive protection for an inciter of hatred.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsAmnesty International Report: Russia Lures Citizens of Multiple Countries to Fight in Ukraine with Fake Job Promises, Constituting Human Trafficking
Amnesty International released a report on Thursday accusing Russia of luring citizens from countries including Brazil, Colombia, Sri Lanka, and South Africa to Russia through fraudulent recruitment advertisements, seizing their passports upon arrival, forcing them to sign military contracts, and sending them to the battlefield in Ukraine. The organization's Secretary General Agnès Callamard characterized this conduct as human trafficking under the United Nations definition and called on the cou
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