By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

By Tyler Li. The Constitutional Council of France rejected on [last] Thursday [25] substantial portions of French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed immigration law reform package. The legislation, titled “Bill to Control Immigration and Enhance Integration,” was initially comprised of 86 articles

Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

Our Reporter. This is the Part 02 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

Our Reporter This article is in three parts. First Part is published here. Part 02 will be published on Wednesday and the Part 03 on Thursday.  The case filed by poet Ahnaf Jazeem, who is a victim of Sri Lanka anti-terror law,

By Nick Beams. Those pondering why the US Federal Reserve made a sudden and dramatic turn away from its previous insistence that monetary policy would need to remain restrictive, will find some of the answers in the latest annual report of

By Margaret Rees, Patrick O’Connor. Public housing tower in Flemington, Melbourne The Victorian Supreme Court earlier this month flatly rejected a legal challenge to the state Labor government’s planned demolition of public housing towers in Melbourne, which was brought by a group

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

By Patrick Martin. The US Supreme Court heard more than two hours of oral argument Thursday over whether the state of Colorado could exclude fascist ex-president Donald Trump from the presidential ballot because of his role in the January 6, 2021

By Tom Carter. The Texas Supreme Court’s abrupt intervention to block a medically necessary abortion is not only a monstrous injustice. It is a concentrated expression of the profound rot of the whole social order in America, with fundamental human rights

By Mike Head In an as-yet unexplained partial about-face, Australia’s supreme court this week declared unconstitutional the indefinite detention, without trial, of some stateless refugees and other non-citizens. Without providing any reasons, Chief Justice Stephen Gaegler announced on Wednesday that “at least

By Mike Head On the same day this week, Australia’s highest court struck down as unconstitutional a law allowing the federal government to strip citizenship from a person purely by executive decree, but in another case upheld a similar power. The twin

Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

By Mike Head On the same day this week, Australia’s highest court struck down as unconstitutional a law allowing the federal government to strip citizenship from a person purely by executive decree, but in another case upheld a similar power. The twin

By Staff Writer Renowned Cartoonist Awantha Artigala and senior journalist Shantha Wijesooriya today (12) filed a case (SD No. 91/2023) in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka challenging the "Online Safety Bill", one of the draconian law proposals of the President 

By Sanjaya Jayasekera As part of a larger onslaught on democratic rights, Sri Lanka government of President Ranil Wickremasinghe is waging a war against free expression of the masses, specifically targeting print and digital media and online platforms. The latest of

By Staff Reporter Sri Lanka government has , on June 27, publicized a proposed law titled, the Contempt of a Court, Tribunal or Institution Bill, which outlines the procedure for dealing with contempt of court cases, including issuing a rule to

By Staff Reporter Sri Lanka government has proposed labour law reform that has the potential to significantly impact worker rights in the country. The government has been considering a series of amendments to the existing labour laws with the purported

By Tom Mackaman. The entire American legal system is founded on the concept that the individual, not the family or a kin group, is responsible for his or her own actions.

By Kevin Reed. Stephen Miller’s threat to suspend habeas corpus is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s erection of a political dictatorship.

By Mike Head. The Australian Labor government remains intent on pushing a reactionary non-citizen “removal” bill through parliament as quickly as possible despite outrage in immigrant communities and overwhelming opposition by refugee, migrant and human rights groups. That was clear at a

By Tom Carter. The US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of former Republican President Donald Trump on Monday, reversing a decision by the Colorado state Supreme Court to remove him from the ballot for the Republican Party primary

By Milo Stevens. On February 22, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted 60-36 to send a bill to the state Senate which would remove restrictions on the number of hours and types of work which can be performed by children under

By Kevin Reed. On Thursday, a federal judge blocked a recently passed Texas law that usurps federal authority over the southern border with Mexico and violates the US Constitution. Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which was approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on

By Kevin Reed. Stephen Miller’s threat to suspend habeas corpus is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s erection of a political dictatorship.

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

By Penny Smith. In a chauvinist attack on the democratic rights of all working people, the Harper Conservative and Trudeau Liberal governments have enforced a punitive ban on adoptions from Muslim countries. When Jameela Quadeer’s sister died in 2012, she and her

By Tyler Li. The Constitutional Council of France rejected on [last] Thursday [25] substantial portions of French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed immigration law reform package. The legislation, titled “Bill to Control Immigration and Enhance Integration,” was initially comprised of 86 articles

By Jacob Crosse. The Biden administration is demanding the Supreme Court grant State Department officials unchallenged power to separate mixed-immigration status families without having to offer an explanation to, or accept an appeal from, US citizens. On January 12 the US Supreme

Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

By Tom Mackaman. The entire American legal system is founded on the concept that the individual, not the family or a kin group, is responsible for his or her own actions.

By Tom Carter. The US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of former Republican President Donald Trump on Monday, reversing a decision by the Colorado state Supreme Court to remove him from the ballot for the Republican Party primary

By Kevin Reed. On Thursday, a federal judge blocked a recently passed Texas law that usurps federal authority over the southern border with Mexico and violates the US Constitution. Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which was approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

By Patrick Martin. The US Supreme Court heard more than two hours of oral argument Thursday over whether the state of Colorado could exclude fascist ex-president Donald Trump from the presidential ballot because of his role in the January 6, 2021

By Oscar Grenfell. In a brutal act of state vengeance, alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower Joshua Schulte was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment on Thursday over Espionage Act and other “national security” offenses. The 35-year-old was convicted in 2022 of transmitting documents to

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By Tom Mackaman. The entire American legal system is founded on the concept that the individual, not the family or a kin group, is responsible for his or her own actions.

By Kevin Reed. Stephen Miller’s threat to suspend habeas corpus is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s erection of a political dictatorship.

By Margaret Rees, Patrick O’Connor. Public housing tower in Flemington, Melbourne The Victorian Supreme Court earlier this month flatly rejected a legal challenge to the state Labor government’s planned demolition of public housing towers in Melbourne, which was brought by a group

By Mike Head. The Australian Labor government remains intent on pushing a reactionary non-citizen “removal” bill through parliament as quickly as possible despite outrage in immigrant communities and overwhelming opposition by refugee, migrant and human rights groups. That was clear at a

By Tom Carter. The US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of former Republican President Donald Trump on Monday, reversing a decision by the Colorado state Supreme Court to remove him from the ballot for the Republican Party primary

By Milo Stevens. On February 22, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted 60-36 to send a bill to the state Senate which would remove restrictions on the number of hours and types of work which can be performed by children under

By Kevin Reed. The hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday set a new bar for right-wing hypocrisy and grandstanding as Democrats and Republicans came together to push for censorship and government control of social media content under the guise

Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

By Nick Beams The genocide in Gaza, where bombs rain down every day killing thousands, destroying schools, hospitals and refugee centres and pulverising the facilities and resources necessary for life, leading to starvation and disease, is only the most egregious form

By Nick Beams. Those pondering why the US Federal Reserve made a sudden and dramatic turn away from its previous insistence that monetary policy would need to remain restrictive, will find some of the answers in the latest annual report of

By Nick Beams. The current edition of the Economist, one of the world’s leading financial magazines, carries an extraordinary headline. It poses the question: “Is the world’s most important asset market broken?” The article deals with significant problems in the $25 trillion US Treasury

By Michael Roberts Last week a US district court granted Sri Lanka’s request for a six-month pause on a creditor lawsuit against the country.  Hamilton Reserve Bank holds a big chunk of one of Sri Lanka’s now-defaulted bonds and had

Staff Writer  The United States Supreme Court (SC) has, on July 27, lifted an obstacle to completing the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline, dealing a blow to environmental groups opposed to the West Virginia-to-Virginia pipeline led by Equitrans Midstream. The justices granted

By Daniel de Vries The US Supreme Court on Thursday eliminated federal protections for millions of acres of wetlands across the United States. The ruling in Sackett v. EPA is the latest in a series of anti-democratic and anti-science dictates by the right-wing

By Miguel Andrde On June 30, Brazil’s Electoral Court (TSE) concluded its vote on the first of 16 indictments of fascistic former president Jair Bolsonaro, declaring him ineligible to run for office for eight years. The trial focused on a meeting

Staff Writer Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni was welcomed by President Joe Biden at the White House on July 27, 2023. This marks the first time an outright fascist has been accorded such a welcome by the US president since he

By Staff Writer Yesterday, August 3, former US President Donald Trump was arraigned on four felony charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The charges stem from his efforts to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to

By Andy Hartmann On Saturday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted on 16 impeachment counts by the Texas State Senate. The remaining four counts were dismissed by a vote of the Senate. Each article was voted on separately. All but two of the

By Johannes Stern Wednesday’s warmongering anti-Russian diatribe at the United Nations by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has made clear that German imperialism, guilty of the most horrific crimes in human history, is again on the warpath. Hitler and his gang of

By REDRESS Today (02), a coalition of international and Egyptian NGOs has submitted a detailed legal analysis to the UN Committee against Torture concluding that the Egyptian authorities’ use of torture is so widespread and systematic as to amount to a

By Oscar Grenfell. The Labor government has pledged to rush laws through the federal parliament that would ban “doxxing,” where the private details of individuals are published online. The details of the legislation have not been released, but the context makes

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

By Patrick Martin. The US Supreme Court heard more than two hours of oral argument Thursday over whether the state of Colorado could exclude fascist ex-president Donald Trump from the presidential ballot because of his role in the January 6, 2021

By Oscar Grenfell. In a brutal act of state vengeance, alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower Joshua Schulte was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment on Thursday over Espionage Act and other “national security” offenses. The 35-year-old was convicted in 2022 of transmitting documents to

By Kevin Reed. The hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday set a new bar for right-wing hypocrisy and grandstanding as Democrats and Republicans came together to push for censorship and government control of social media content under the guise

Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

By Nick Beams The genocide in Gaza, where bombs rain down every day killing thousands, destroying schools, hospitals and refugee centres and pulverising the facilities and resources necessary for life, leading to starvation and disease, is only the most egregious form

By Nick Beams. Those pondering why the US Federal Reserve made a sudden and dramatic turn away from its previous insistence that monetary policy would need to remain restrictive, will find some of the answers in the latest annual report of

By Nick Beams. The current edition of the Economist, one of the world’s leading financial magazines, carries an extraordinary headline. It poses the question: “Is the world’s most important asset market broken?” The article deals with significant problems in the $25 trillion US Treasury

By Nick Beams The headline financial news this week, announced on Wednesday afternoon, was the US Federal Reserve decision to maintain interest rates on hold for the second meeting in a row. But a more significant decision came that morning with

By Nick Beams Interest rate payments on US debt will grow as yields rise and budget deficit increases. The US Federal Reserve has paused its interest rate hikes for the second meeting in a row and sent out some mixed signals about

By Nick Beams One of the key features of the present situation is the increasing domination of the global economy by giant corporations and finance capital which has led to the reduction of the labour share of income from 57 percent

This column profiles the significant events that took place, particularly in Sri Lanka, during this week from July 10 -16, 5, 10, 15 and 20 years ago today.  July 10 - 16, 2018 (5 Years Ago) No-Confidence motion against PM Wickremesinghe On July

This article by J.M.Sudharmawathei has been published in Humanities and Social Science Review in 2017. The article is reproduced here because of the academic and historical significance of the proposition it highlights - that ancient Ceylon was not an isolated

By Justus Leicht Use of the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is now being prosecuted in Germany as a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment of up to three years or a fine. Munich Chief Prosecutor

By Sanjaya Jayasekera The Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE), a Kathmandu based think-tank has joined the bandwagon of lies and slanders in rationalizing the Zionist genocide in Gaza against Palestinian people, and is sponsoring war mongers in its

This column profiles the significant events that took place, particularly in Sri Lanka, during this week from July 10 -16, 5, 10, 15 and 20 years ago today.  July 10 - 16, 2018 (5 Years Ago) No-Confidence motion against PM Wickremesinghe On July

By Cara Anna France’s highest court has rejected a request by three groups seeking reparations for slavery in a case that originated on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. The court’s decision on Wednesday said that no one produced evidence showing

This article by J.M.Sudharmawathei has been published in Humanities and Social Science Review in 2017. The article is reproduced here because of the academic and historical significance of the proposition it highlights - that ancient Ceylon was not an isolated

Special Commodity Act No.48 of 2007 Download Special Commodity Act No.48 of 2007 is an act to provide for the imposition of a composite levy on certain specified commodity items in lieu of the amount chargeable on such commodity items as

REVENUE PROTECTION ACT NO.19 OF 1962  Download pdf AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC REVENUE OF SRI LANKA. Act Nos, 19 of 1962  [26th May 1962 ] Short title. This Act may be cited as the Revenue Protection Act. Power

Download the Lists of Customs Procedure Codes and National Procedure Codes here. Sri Lanka Customs has laid down these codes. Mentioning the correct procedure codes in the CusDec is essential for the calculation of exact duty and other levies. Customs Procedure Codes  National

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By Staff Writer The Supreme Court in India today (17) refused to grant legal recognition for queer marriages, in a landmark judgement, denying equal rights to tens of millions of people. A five-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI)

By Kranti Kumara India’s Narendra Modi-led, far-right government is targeting internationally acclaimed author Arundhati Roy and former Central University of Kashmir international law professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain for criminal prosecution for remarks that they made at a conference held 13 years

By Staff Writer. India Supreme Court seven judge bench revisited a 1998 verdict of the same court last Wednesday and Thursday. This is the first time after six years a seven judge bench was constituted. It was also the first time in

By Kranti Kumara In a move befitting a fascist regime, India’s Narendra Modi-led government is wantonly trampling on basic democratic rights to intimidate and silence the left-wing news website NewsClick. Following police raids Tuesday on its offices and the homes of

By Martina Inessa, Kranti Kumara The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the north Indian state of Haryana went on a rampage from August 3 to 6, ordering the bulldozing of more than 1,200 Muslim homes and shops. While the demolitions occurred

By Staff Writer  The Supreme Court of India (SC) today (21) held that forcing a rape victims to child birth is against "constitutional philosophy", and allowed the plea of an Adivasi woman to terminate pregnancy after 27 weeks of the foetus.  The

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

Our Reporter. This is the Part 02 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

Our Reporter This article is in three parts. First Part is published here. Part 02 will be published on Wednesday and the Part 03 on Thursday.  The case filed by poet Ahnaf Jazeem, who is a victim of Sri Lanka anti-terror law,

By John Burton On Monday, the US Supreme Court overruled a lower court injunction that was preventing US Border Patrol agents from removing sections of razor wire laid along the banks of the Rio Grande by Texas officials at the direction

By Nick Beams The genocide in Gaza, where bombs rain down every day killing thousands, destroying schools, hospitals and refugee centres and pulverising the facilities and resources necessary for life, leading to starvation and disease, is only the most egregious form

By Staff Writer. The United Nations International Court of Justice delivered its judgement in the Ukraine v. Russian Federation Case on the matters of jurisdiction and preliminary objections on February 2 in Hague.  On February 26, 2022, Ukraine filed in the Court

By Tom Carter On Friday, the International Court of Justice issued an 86-paragraph written decision on the request for “provisional measures” in the pending case by the government of South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza in violation of the 1948

By Tom Carter. On Thursday, lawyers representing the government of South Africa gave extraordinary arguments before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, arguing that Israel is guilty of perpetrating genocide in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention. The factual material

By Staff Writer  Last December (29) South Africa filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, concerning alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Convention

By Nick Beams The genocide in Gaza, where bombs rain down every day killing thousands, destroying schools, hospitals and refugee centres and pulverising the facilities and resources necessary for life, leading to starvation and disease, is only the most egregious form

By Nick Beams. The current edition of the Economist, one of the world’s leading financial magazines, carries an extraordinary headline. It poses the question: “Is the world’s most important asset market broken?” The article deals with significant problems in the $25 trillion US Treasury

By Mike Head. The Australian Labor government remains intent on pushing a reactionary non-citizen “removal” bill through parliament as quickly as possible despite outrage in immigrant communities and overwhelming opposition by refugee, migrant and human rights groups. That was clear at a

By Staff Writer. The United Nations International Court of Justice delivered its judgement in the Ukraine v. Russian Federation Case on the matters of jurisdiction and preliminary objections on February 2 in Hague.  On February 26, 2022, Ukraine filed in the Court

By Jacob Crosse. The Biden administration is demanding the Supreme Court grant State Department officials unchallenged power to separate mixed-immigration status families without having to offer an explanation to, or accept an appeal from, US citizens. On January 12 the US Supreme

By Tom Carter On Friday, the International Court of Justice issued an 86-paragraph written decision on the request for “provisional measures” in the pending case by the government of South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza in violation of the 1948

By Tom Carter. On Thursday, lawyers representing the government of South Africa gave extraordinary arguments before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, arguing that Israel is guilty of perpetrating genocide in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention. The factual material

By Staff Writer  Last December (29) South Africa filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, concerning alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Convention

By Margaret Rees, Patrick O’Connor. Public housing tower in Flemington, Melbourne The Victorian Supreme Court earlier this month flatly rejected a legal challenge to the state Labor government’s planned demolition of public housing towers in Melbourne, which was brought by a group

Web links to important articles explaining general concepts in international trade are listed below. The list is added to frequently.  Methods of Payment in international trade:   Documents against Acceptance How reliable the terms of payment in exports Is DP terms of

International Commercial Terms of International Chamber of Commerce INCOTERMS INCOTERMS — International Commercial Terms — are three-letter trade terms developed by International Chamber of Commerce and widely used in international and domestic contracts for the sale of goods. They're accepted by governments and shippers worldwide,

By Kevin Reed. Stephen Miller’s threat to suspend habeas corpus is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s erection of a political dictatorship.

By Margaret Rees, Patrick O’Connor. Public housing tower in Flemington, Melbourne The Victorian Supreme Court earlier this month flatly rejected a legal challenge to the state Labor government’s planned demolition of public housing towers in Melbourne, which was brought by a group

By Tom Carter. The US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of former Republican President Donald Trump on Monday, reversing a decision by the Colorado state Supreme Court to remove him from the ballot for the Republican Party primary

By Kevin Reed. On Thursday, a federal judge blocked a recently passed Texas law that usurps federal authority over the southern border with Mexico and violates the US Constitution. Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which was approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

By Patrick Martin. The US Supreme Court heard more than two hours of oral argument Thursday over whether the state of Colorado could exclude fascist ex-president Donald Trump from the presidential ballot because of his role in the January 6, 2021

By Tom Mackaman. The entire American legal system is founded on the concept that the individual, not the family or a kin group, is responsible for his or her own actions.

By Margaret Rees, Patrick O’Connor. Public housing tower in Flemington, Melbourne The Victorian Supreme Court earlier this month flatly rejected a legal challenge to the state Labor government’s planned demolition of public housing towers in Melbourne, which was brought by a group

By Kevin Reed. On Thursday, a federal judge blocked a recently passed Texas law that usurps federal authority over the southern border with Mexico and violates the US Constitution. Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which was approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

By Oscar Grenfell. In a brutal act of state vengeance, alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower Joshua Schulte was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment on Thursday over Espionage Act and other “national security” offenses. The 35-year-old was convicted in 2022 of transmitting documents to

Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

By Milo Stevens. On February 22, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted 60-36 to send a bill to the state Senate which would remove restrictions on the number of hours and types of work which can be performed by children under

By Mike Head In an as-yet unexplained partial about-face, Australia’s supreme court this week declared unconstitutional the indefinite detention, without trial, of some stateless refugees and other non-citizens. Without providing any reasons, Chief Justice Stephen Gaegler announced on Wednesday that “at least

Sathosa Employees' compulsory retirement case By Staff Writer The Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka dismissed and refused to issue notice in a case brought by several employees of the "Sathosa" against government compulsory retirement scheme (CRS). The order (in C. A.

By Martin Scott On Monday, Federal Minister for Workplace Relations Tony Burke introduced the Labor government’s latest tranche of proposed industrial relations reform. Entitled “Closing Loopholes,” the bill is ostensibly aimed at improving the wages and conditions of Australia’s most vulnerable

By John Vassilopoulos Greece’s right-wing New Democracy government (ND) has unveiled a new labour bill attacking workers’ rights and conditions. It was submitted on August 25 for public consultation by the Greek Ministry of Labour. The consultation is set to run

By Staff Reporter Sri Lanka government has proposed labour law reform that has the potential to significantly impact worker rights in the country. The government has been considering a series of amendments to the existing labour laws with the purported

By Kevin Reed. Stephen Miller’s threat to suspend habeas corpus is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s erection of a political dictatorship.

By Mike Head. The Australian Labor government remains intent on pushing a reactionary non-citizen “removal” bill through parliament as quickly as possible despite outrage in immigrant communities and overwhelming opposition by refugee, migrant and human rights groups. That was clear at a

By Milo Stevens. On February 22, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted 60-36 to send a bill to the state Senate which would remove restrictions on the number of hours and types of work which can be performed by children under

By Kevin Reed. On Thursday, a federal judge blocked a recently passed Texas law that usurps federal authority over the southern border with Mexico and violates the US Constitution. Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which was approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on

By Oscar Grenfell. The Labor government has pledged to rush laws through the federal parliament that would ban “doxxing,” where the private details of individuals are published online. The details of the legislation have not been released, but the context makes

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

By Kevin Reed. Stephen Miller’s threat to suspend habeas corpus is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s erection of a political dictatorship.

By Oscar Grenfell. The Labor government has pledged to rush laws through the federal parliament that would ban “doxxing,” where the private details of individuals are published online. The details of the legislation have not been released, but the context makes

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

By Oscar Grenfell. In a brutal act of state vengeance, alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower Joshua Schulte was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment on Thursday over Espionage Act and other “national security” offenses. The 35-year-old was convicted in 2022 of transmitting documents to

By Penny Smith. In a chauvinist attack on the democratic rights of all working people, the Harper Conservative and Trudeau Liberal governments have enforced a punitive ban on adoptions from Muslim countries. When Jameela Quadeer’s sister died in 2012, she and her

By Michael Anders. On January 25, a panel of judges for Michigan’s Court of Appeals ruled that Christopher Schurr can stand trial for killing Patrick Lyoya. The decision comes nearly two years after then-Grand Rapids Police Officer Schurr shot Lyoya in

By Nick Beams The genocide in Gaza, where bombs rain down every day killing thousands, destroying schools, hospitals and refugee centres and pulverising the facilities and resources necessary for life, leading to starvation and disease, is only the most egregious form

By Nick Beams. Those pondering why the US Federal Reserve made a sudden and dramatic turn away from its previous insistence that monetary policy would need to remain restrictive, will find some of the answers in the latest annual report of

By Nick Beams. The current edition of the Economist, one of the world’s leading financial magazines, carries an extraordinary headline. It poses the question: “Is the world’s most important asset market broken?” The article deals with significant problems in the $25 trillion US Treasury

By Michael Roberts Last week a US district court granted Sri Lanka’s request for a six-month pause on a creditor lawsuit against the country.  Hamilton Reserve Bank holds a big chunk of one of Sri Lanka’s now-defaulted bonds and had

By Nick Beams The headline financial news this week, announced on Wednesday afternoon, was the US Federal Reserve decision to maintain interest rates on hold for the second meeting in a row. But a more significant decision came that morning with

By Nick Beams Interest rate payments on US debt will grow as yields rise and budget deficit increases. The US Federal Reserve has paused its interest rate hikes for the second meeting in a row and sent out some mixed signals about

By Mike Head. The Australian Labor government remains intent on pushing a reactionary non-citizen “removal” bill through parliament as quickly as possible despite outrage in immigrant communities and overwhelming opposition by refugee, migrant and human rights groups. That was clear at a

By Tom Carter. The US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of former Republican President Donald Trump on Monday, reversing a decision by the Colorado state Supreme Court to remove him from the ballot for the Republican Party primary

By Milo Stevens. On February 22, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted 60-36 to send a bill to the state Senate which would remove restrictions on the number of hours and types of work which can be performed by children under

By Kevin Reed. On Thursday, a federal judge blocked a recently passed Texas law that usurps federal authority over the southern border with Mexico and violates the US Constitution. Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which was approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on

By Oscar Grenfell. The Labor government has pledged to rush laws through the federal parliament that would ban “doxxing,” where the private details of individuals are published online. The details of the legislation have not been released, but the context makes

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

By Michael Anders. On January 25, a panel of judges for Michigan’s Court of Appeals ruled that Christopher Schurr can stand trial for killing Patrick Lyoya. The decision comes nearly two years after then-Grand Rapids Police Officer Schurr shot Lyoya in

Our Reporter. This is the Part 02 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

Our Reporter This article is in three parts. First Part is published here. Part 02 will be published on Wednesday and the Part 03 on Thursday.  The case filed by poet Ahnaf Jazeem, who is a victim of Sri Lanka anti-terror law,

By Milo Stevens. A Kentucky bill introduced in the legislature January 9 aims to criminalize homeless encampments across the state. House Bill 5, called the “Safer Kentucky Act,” would allow police to arrest people camping in public areas, sleeping in their

By Jacob Crosse Nearly a decade after popular protests broke in Ferguson, Missouri, following the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, MappingPoliceViolence.us (MPV) has found that police killed at least 1,213 people this year in the US, slightly more than the 1,202 deaths

By Sanjaya Jayasekera The High Court of Puttalam last Tuesday (12) acquitted poet and teacher Ahnaf Jazeem of the charge against him framed under draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), three and half years after his wrongful arrest. The acquittal is 

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

By Nick Beams The genocide in Gaza, where bombs rain down every day killing thousands, destroying schools, hospitals and refugee centres and pulverising the facilities and resources necessary for life, leading to starvation and disease, is only the most egregious form

By Michael Roberts Last week a US district court granted Sri Lanka’s request for a six-month pause on a creditor lawsuit against the country.  Hamilton Reserve Bank holds a big chunk of one of Sri Lanka’s now-defaulted bonds and had

By Nick Beams Interest rate payments on US debt will grow as yields rise and budget deficit increases. The US Federal Reserve has paused its interest rate hikes for the second meeting in a row and sent out some mixed signals about

By Andrea Lobo As Argentina faces mass poverty, its worst economic crisis in two decades and triple-digit inflation, one of the main officials responsible, Economy Minister Sergio Massa, placed first in Sunday’s presidential elections with 36.7 percent of the vote. In

By Kevin Reed. Stephen Miller’s threat to suspend habeas corpus is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s erection of a political dictatorship.

By Mike Head. The Australian Labor government remains intent on pushing a reactionary non-citizen “removal” bill through parliament as quickly as possible despite outrage in immigrant communities and overwhelming opposition by refugee, migrant and human rights groups. That was clear at a

By Tom Carter. The US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of former Republican President Donald Trump on Monday, reversing a decision by the Colorado state Supreme Court to remove him from the ballot for the Republican Party primary

By Milo Stevens. On February 22, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted 60-36 to send a bill to the state Senate which would remove restrictions on the number of hours and types of work which can be performed by children under

By Kevin Reed. On Thursday, a federal judge blocked a recently passed Texas law that usurps federal authority over the southern border with Mexico and violates the US Constitution. Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which was approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on

By Oscar Grenfell. The Labor government has pledged to rush laws through the federal parliament that would ban “doxxing,” where the private details of individuals are published online. The details of the legislation have not been released, but the context makes

By Tom Mackaman. The entire American legal system is founded on the concept that the individual, not the family or a kin group, is responsible for his or her own actions.

By Penny Smith. In a chauvinist attack on the democratic rights of all working people, the Harper Conservative and Trudeau Liberal governments have enforced a punitive ban on adoptions from Muslim countries. When Jameela Quadeer’s sister died in 2012, she and her

Our Reporter. This is the Part 02 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

Our Reporter This article is in three parts. First Part is published here. Part 02 will be published on Wednesday and the Part 03 on Thursday.  The case filed by poet Ahnaf Jazeem, who is a victim of Sri Lanka anti-terror law,

By Tom Carter On Friday, the International Court of Justice issued an 86-paragraph written decision on the request for “provisional measures” in the pending case by the government of South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza in violation of the 1948

By Milo Stevens. A Kentucky bill introduced in the legislature January 9 aims to criminalize homeless encampments across the state. House Bill 5, called the “Safer Kentucky Act,” would allow police to arrest people camping in public areas, sleeping in their

By Kevin Reed. The hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday set a new bar for right-wing hypocrisy and grandstanding as Democrats and Republicans came together to push for censorship and government control of social media content under the guise

Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

By Staff Writer In a communique to the President of Sri Lanka, three Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council have expressed their dissatisfaction with the proposed social media regulation law, the Online Safety Bill (OSB) and another media

By Robert Stevens The proposed definition is deeply authoritarian, providing a pretext for the suppression of virtually any form of political opposition and eviscerating the rights to free speech and political association. The British government is broadening its definition of “extremism”. On

By Mike Head In an as-yet unexplained partial about-face, Australia’s supreme court this week declared unconstitutional the indefinite detention, without trial, of some stateless refugees and other non-citizens. Without providing any reasons, Chief Justice Stephen Gaegler announced on Wednesday that “at least

By virtue of the powers vested in the Minister of Finance, Economic and Policy Development under Section 10A of the Customs Ordinance as amended by Act No.83 of 1988, the Minister has ordered a surcharge to be levied on the

Kandawalage Don Samantha Perera Vs. Officer In Charge, Police Station, (SC FR No.296/2014, decided on 16.06.2020) Download Decided by S. Thurairaja PC. J with Priyantha Jayawardena PC J, L.T.B.Dehideniya J agreeing.  Articles 11, 12(1), 13(1), 13(2) and 13(3) of the Constitution; theft

Dona Chathurika Silva Vs. Hettiarachchi, Secretary – Ministry of Education & Others [Case No: SC/FR/222/2018 & 223/18 Decided on 18.06.2020] Download By Priyantha Jayawardena, PC, J, with Vijith K. Malalgoda, PC, J & E.A.G.R. Amarasekera, J agreeing.  Admission of Children of Judicial

Dr. P. B. Weerasooriya Vs. J.P.Wijeweera, Director General of Customs & Others [Case No. C.A. (Writ) 2S9/2014, Decided On: 22.06.2020] Download Judgement by Janak De Silva J, N. Bandula Karunarathna J agreeing. Article 10 of CO; Subsequent approval by the Cabinet, whether

GAC Marine Services (Pvt.) Limited Vs. Sarath Jayatilake, Director General of Customs and Saman de Silva [C.A.(Writ)Application No. 703/2007 decided on 22.06.2020] Download Judgement by Achala Wengappuli J,  Sections 16, 125 of the CO; time of importation;  seizure notices; res judicata; prima

This article by J.M.Sudharmawathei has been published in Humanities and Social Science Review in 2017. The article is reproduced here because of the academic and historical significance of the proposition it highlights - that ancient Ceylon was not an isolated

By virtue of the powers vested in the Minister of Finance, Economic and Policy Development under Section 10A of the Customs Ordinance as amended by Act No.83 of 1988, the Minister has ordered a surcharge to be levied on the

By Sanjaya Jayasekera.   Sri Lanka Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last Thursday (01) signed into law the Online Safety Act (No 09 of 2024) (OSA), a piece of legislation long prepared by the ruling class to crack down upon freedom of dissent

Our Reporter. This is the Part 03 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

Our Reporter. This is the Part 02 of the article we commenced posting on Tuesday (30), detailing the submissions made to Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Anti-Terrorism Bill, challenged by PTA victim poet Ahnaf Jazeem. Read Part 01. Read

Our Reporter This article is in three parts. First Part is published here. Part 02 will be published on Wednesday and the Part 03 on Thursday.  The case filed by poet Ahnaf Jazeem, who is a victim of Sri Lanka anti-terror law,

By Sanjaya Jayasekera The High Court of Puttalam last Tuesday (12) acquitted poet and teacher Ahnaf Jazeem of the charge against him framed under draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), three and half years after his wrongful arrest. The acquittal is 

By Staff Writer In a communique to the President of Sri Lanka, three Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council have expressed their dissatisfaction with the proposed social media regulation law, the Online Safety Bill (OSB) and another media

By Barry Grey On Monday [20], the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that effectively turns the landmark Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 into a dead letter. In a 2 to 1 ruling, the appeals

By Sanjaya Jayasekera As part of a larger onslaught on democratic rights, Sri Lanka government of President Ranil Wickremasinghe is waging a war against free expression of the masses, specifically targeting print and digital media and online platforms. The latest of

Sathosa Employees' compulsory retirement case By Staff Writer The Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka dismissed and refused to issue notice in a case brought by several employees of the "Sathosa" against government compulsory retirement scheme (CRS). The order (in C. A.

Staff Writer  The United States Supreme Court (SC) has, on July 27, lifted an obstacle to completing the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline, dealing a blow to environmental groups opposed to the West Virginia-to-Virginia pipeline led by Equitrans Midstream. The justices granted

This column profiles the significant events that took place, particularly in Sri Lanka, during this week from July 10 -16, 5, 10, 15 and 20 years ago today.  July 10 - 16, 2018 (5 Years Ago) No-Confidence motion against PM Wickremesinghe On July

By Kevin Reed. Stephen Miller’s threat to suspend habeas corpus is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s erection of a political dictatorship.

By Tom Carter. The US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of former Republican President Donald Trump on Monday, reversing a decision by the Colorado state Supreme Court to remove him from the ballot for the Republican Party primary

By Patrick Martin. The US Supreme Court heard more than two hours of oral argument Thursday over whether the state of Colorado could exclude fascist ex-president Donald Trump from the presidential ballot because of his role in the January 6, 2021

By John Burton. On Tuesday, a panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected former president Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for attempting to overthrow the 2020 election by lying about supposed voter