Sri Lanka
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 16, 1978, amended in December 2001
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- a combination of common law, Roman-Germanic law, Kandyan systems, and Jaffna Tamil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court and Court of Appeal (judges appointed by the President)
RELIGIONS
69.1% Buddhists, 7.6% Muslims, 15% Hindus, 8% Christians, 10% unspecified
From the country
FEBRUARY 25, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR FATHER AND TWO SONS IN AKURESSA
The Matara High Court sentenced a father and his two sons of Dediyagala in Akuressa to death.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
the Trincomalee High Court sentenced Thangarajah Sivakantharajah to death for a bomb blast that had
the Trincomalee High Court sentenced Thangarajah Sivakantharajah to death for a bomb blast that had
- FEBRUARY 2, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW MAY BE FREED
A committee has been appointed in Sri Lanka to make recommendations to free prisoners who have been
JANUARY 22, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYUAE: SRI LANKAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
A Sri Lankan man has been executed by firing squad in the UAE emirate of Sharjah for murdering an
- JANUARY 1, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, causing an innocent person
Capital crimes are: murder, causing an innocent person
- OCTOBER 29, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
the Kegalle Provincial High Court, in Sri Lanka
the Kegalle Provincial High Court, in Sri Lanka
- OCTOBER 22, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE AFFIRMED IN ROYAL PARK MURDER
In Sri Lanka, the appeal against the conviction of death sentence on Shramantha Jayamaha
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Sri Lanka, a man was sentenced to death by the Panadura Magistrate for murdering his
JULY 28, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PRESIDENT TO PARDON ELDERLY CONDEMNED PRISONERS
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the Minister of Prisons Rehabilitation
- JUNE 5, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
the Mawanella PS Chairman K.G Piyathissa was sentenced to death
the Mawanella PS Chairman K.G Piyathissa was sentenced to death
APRIL 25, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: CALL TO RESOLVE FATE OF 461 SRI LANKA DEATH ROW INMATES
New Sri Lankan prisons chief C Pallegama said he wants to resolve the status of 461 death
- APRIL 4, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: MAN OWNED 2.4 G HEROIN SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Court in Sri Lanka issued death sentence against suspect owned 2.4 g heroin with