Sri Lanka church seeks criminal justice for Easter bombings
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church urged the country Friday to criminally prosecute its former leader for negligence, a day after the top court ordered him to pay compensation to the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed nearly 270 people. Two local Muslim groups that had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State […]
Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter attacks
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lankans protesting for days near the President’s office criticised a lack of progress in finding those responsible for the deaths of more than 260 people in Islamic State-inspired bombings on Easter Sunday three years ago, piling pressure on the government already embroiled in a deep economic crisis. The protesters demanded the government uncover […]
Talks on Sri Lankan blasts require government credibility – Catholic Church
Colombo, Sri LankaAP A Sri Lankan Roman Catholic leader has said the government must win back the confidence of the church before the two sides can hold talks on the church’s criticisms of inquiries into 2019 Easter Sunday bomb blasts that killed 269 people. Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith made the comment in response […]
With black flags, Sri Lanka Christians protest bombing probe
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lanka’s Christian community hoisted black flags at churches and homes on Saturday to express anger over the government’s investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks, which killed 269 people. Twenty-five people were charged last week in connection with the bombings. But the country’s Catholic Church says these could be “smaller fish,” and accusesthe […]
Sri Lanka arrests top Muslim leader over 2019 Easter attacks
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a prominent Muslim lawmaker and his brother over suspected connections to the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people. Rishad Bathiudeen is a former Cabinet minister who currently leads an opposition party in Sri Lanka’s Parliament. He and his brother, Reyaj Bathiudeen, were […]
Sri Lankan Catholic Church demands justice for bomb victims
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lankan Roman Catholic Church officials declared a “Black Sunday” this weekend to demand justice for the victims of 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed more than 260 people. The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, said Tuesday that the church has been given part of a presidential commission’s report into […]
Sri Lankan bishops urge government to release blast inquiry
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic bishops said on Monday that they are suspicious of the government’s motives in not sharing the report of a presidential commission of inquiry into Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks in 2019 that killed more than 260 people, and instead appointing another committee to study it. In this 21st […]
Sri Lankan Easter bombings: One year later, survivors rely on their faith to recover
AVINASH GIRI, writing for Religion Unplugged, reports on how survivors are coping a year after the devastating Easter bombings in Sri Lanka…
“They bombed our livelihoods” – Sri Lanka’s tourism firms struggle after attacks
Unwatuna/Galle, Sri LankaReuters Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka’s most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It had no customers as tourists cancelled holidays, and its manager Nuwan Harshana says he took […]