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
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA DEATH PENALTY FOR THREE IN MURDER CASE
in Sri Lanka, the Colombo High Court Judge Upali Abeyratne sentenced three people to death over the murder of Arokayam Nickson. Nickson was killed opposite the Sathosa shop at Maligawatta on August 29, 1995.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR DOUBLE MURDER ACCUSED
Colombo High Court Judge W.T.M.P.B. Warawewa sentenced Sahul Hameed Rajainudeen of Colombo 2 to death for the murders of Cader Mohideen alias Galle Face Nana of Java Lane...
- AUGUST 5, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MATALE MAN
in Sri Lanka, H.M. Susil Samarakoon Herath of Ovilikanda, Matale...
- JULY 22, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SRI LANKAN MAID WINS REPRIEVE FROM DEATH PENALTY
lawyers of Rizana Nafeek, a 19 year old migrant worker from Sri Lanka,
- JULY 7, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
the death sentence of a Sri Lankan army major caught spying for the Tamil Tiger rebels was commuted to life imprisonment by the country's president.
- JUNE 25, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SRI LANKAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
the Tiruvannamalai district sessions court in India awarded the death penalty to R Rajan...
- JUNE 20, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN MAID SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF INFANT
a Sri Lankan housemaid, who murdered a four-month-old infant two years ago, was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia by a court in Dawadmi, 242 km from Riyadh.
- JUNE 15, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
THREE FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA
media reported that two Sri Lankans and an Indian were convicted...
- APRIL 26, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA APPEAL COURT SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE
the Appeal Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka...
- MARCH 23, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA DEATH SENTENCES FOR WELIKADA MURDER
two Sri Lankans were sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court after being convicted of murder.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
ACTIVISTS BLAST SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADINGS
Human Rights Watch said Saudi Arabia violated international law when it beheaded four Sri Lankan
- FEBRUARY 21, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA ORDERS PUBLIC DISPLAY OF EXECUTED FOREIGNERS
a Saudi court ordered the bodies of four Sri Lankans to be displayed in a public square after being