Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter attacks
Colombo, Sri Lanka AP Thousands of Sri Lankans held a protest in the capital on Friday, demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed nearly 270 people. The protesters demanded that the government uncover who they said were the real conspirators behind the attacks on three churches – two […]
Sri Lanka’s Archbishop speaks out against activist’s arrest
Colombo, Sri Lanka AP Sri Lanka’s top Roman Catholic bishop on Tuesday spoke out against what he said was the wrongful arrest of an activist, saying that the government was targeting those who criticised its failure to properly investigate the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith likened to an “abduction” the […]
Sri Lanka probing allegations spy agency members knew Easter Sunday bombing perpetrators
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation of allegations that some members of state intelligence agencies knew and met with people who carried out Easter Sunday bombings in 2019 that killed more than 260 people, a government official said. The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka wrote to the president on […]
Sri Lankan archbishop seeks access to Easter bombings report
Colombo, Sri LankaAP A senior Sri Lankan church official has asked President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to give him access to a presidential commission’s report on Easter Sunday bomb attacks in 2019 that killed more than 260 people, including churchgoers. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, has written to Rajapaksa to make the request, […]