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
- DECEMBER 30, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
the Justice Ministry, in Sri Lanka, is firmly against
the Justice Ministry, in Sri Lanka, is firmly against
- DECEMBER 3, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ASIAN GANG MEMBERS GET DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
Qayan, Isk and Parshan were sentenced to death by a three-judge panel of the Jeddah General Court for the murder and robbery of a real estate agent in Jeddah in 2007.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: 357 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
there were 357 prisoners on death row at the moment with some having served over 15 years while waiting for their sentences to be carried out, Commissioner General of Prisons P. W. Kodippili said.
AUGUST 25, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR FOUR POLICEMEN
former OIC Angulana Police Station Inspector D. Newton, Police Constables G. I. Kumarasiri
AUGUST 19, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: FIVE CHINESE SENTENCED TO DEATH
five Chinese nationals were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka, two in absentia, for murdering
- AUGUST 14, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: HOUSEMAID SENTENCED TO DEATH RETURNS HOME
Sri Lankan housemaid Abdul Kareem Kanzul Maharifa
- AUGUST 1, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE ON PREGNANT WOMAN ON HOLD
Judge Padman Surasena of the Colombo High Court in Sri Lanka suspended a death sentence about to be handed to Pichchi Iresha Kumudini, 35, for possessing 142.04 grams of heroin after she informed Courts that she was pregnant.
- JULY 26, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH PENALTY FOR SELLING HEROIN
in Sri Lanka, D.L. Pathmasiri was sentenced to death by Colombo High Court Judge Padman Surasena for peddling and selling 523 grams of heroin on September 28, 2003.
- JULY 20, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH ON HIS 52ND B’DAY
karate instructor Abeysiri Guruge, alias Karate Guruge...
- JUNE 29, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
brothers Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Karunaratne and Dissanayake Mudiyanseslage Piyasena were sentenced to death by Badulla High Court judge Paiyaseeli Wickramasinghe in Sri Lanka for murdering Aththanayake Mudiyanselage Appuhamy at Madugastalawa, Passara,
- JUNE 27, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN WOMAN FACES 'DEATH BY BEHEADING' IN SAUDI ARABIA
Sri Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek is poised to be executed in Saudi Arabia by beheading in front of a crowd of people for allegedly killing a four-month-old baby in her care in May 2005.
MAY 19, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH ROW PRISONERS COMMENCE A FAST UNTO DEATH
death row prisoners started a fast unto death campaign at the Welikada prison in Colombo