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
- JULY 20, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PANADURA KILLING
A.V. Ranjith Kumara, 28, was sentenced to death and 10 years jail and fined Rs. 5,000 for killing a van driver and robbing his vehicle at Kahatuduwa in Panadura, Sri Lanka, on August 21, 2001.
- MAY 25, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DOCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WIFE, CHILD MURDER
a man was sentenced to death in absentia for murdering his wife and six month old infant by Kandy Provincial High Court Judge Wimal Nambuwasam in Sri Lanka.
- APRIL 27, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: DEATH PENALTY IN SRI LANKAN MURDER CASE COMMUTED
a Doha appeals court in Qatar commuted the death penalty given to four Sri Lankans for their involvement in a compatriot’s murder to ten-year imprisonment.
- MARCH 23, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: KONESWARAM TEMPLE CHIEF PRIEST SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Chief Priest of the Sri Lankan Thirukoneswaram temple in Trincomalee, Siva Godaja Kurukkal Veeshakeshwar Assar, was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife by strangulation.
- MARCH 20, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka is still awaiting a written judgment...
Sri Lanka is still awaiting a written judgment on the ruling regarding the case involving two Sri Lankans who are facing execution in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, over having an illicit affair.
- MARCH 17, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
in considering an individual communication under the Optional Protocol...
in considering an individual communication under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Human Rights Committee said the automatic and mandatory imposition of the death penalty constituted an arbitrar
- MARCH 5, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
GOVT TO APPEAL ON BEHALF OF LANKANS ON DEATH ROW
the Sri Lankan government will appeal on behalf of two Sri Lankan nationals against whom death sentences were issued by a court in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: TWO RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY
in Sri Lanka, the Colombo High Court imposed the death penalty on P. Don Nilanka and K. Pradeep Samantha for the murder of A. Dimuthu Dilrukshana Silva of Dehigahapitiya on July 1, 1998.
- JANUARY 3, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: NAFEEK CASE POSTPONED AGAIN
the Dawadmi High Court in Saudi Arabia indefinitely postponed the case of Rizana Nafeek, the Sri Lankan maid sentenced to death in 2007 for death of an infant in her care.
- JANUARY 2, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SRI LANKANS BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
two Sri Lankans were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of armed robbery and
- JANUARY 1, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, causing an innocent person...
Capital crimes are: murder, causing an innocent person...