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Sri Lankas jailed ex army chief closer to freedom

in International - Sat May 19, 2012

COLOMBO A Sri Lankan court granted jailed ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka bail on Friday, paving the way for the implementation of a presidential pardon.

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Sri Lanka s jailed former army boss loses parliament seat

in International - Fri October 08, 2010

COLOMBO  : Sri Lanka s parliament on Thursday revoked the parliamentary seat of former General Sarath Fonseka, who ran unsuccessfully against President Mahinda Rajapaks

Sri Lanka could jail former army chief for up ..

in International - Sat September 18, 2010

COLOMBO  : Sri Lanka on Friday found the former army chief who led the military victory over the Tamil Tiger separatists guilty of misappropriation of funds, which can

Sri Lanka president wins constitutional power boost

in International - Thu September 09, 2010

COLOMBO  : Sri Lanka s parliament on Wednesday passed a constitutional amendment that grants President Mahinda Rajapaksa even more unchecked power, which had prompted o

International envoys arrive as SL defends war

in International - Wed June 16, 2010

COLOMBO: A host of international figures, including a US war crimes investigator, landed in Sri Lanka on Tuesday for visits expected to focus on alleged atrocities committed

Fonseka s hanging linked to cooperation in probe into war

in International - Tue June 08, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s top defence official has threatened to hang the country s former army chief if he cooperates with any investigation into war crimes during the civil war

Fonseka vows to expose war crimes

in International - Fri May 07, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s ex-army chief on Thursday vowed to expose any war crimes committed at the end of the country s civil war, raising pressure on the government, which has

Fonseka addresses parliament

in International - Fri April 23, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s former army chief on Thursday used his first opportunity to address Parliament as a newly elected lawmaker to demand his release from detention. &n

Fonseka to be convicted next week

in International - Sat April 17, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s detained ex-army chief and opposition leader Sarath Fonseka is likely to be convicted early next week to prevent him appearing in parliament, his party

Dismal turnout mar SL polls

in International - Fri April 09, 2010

Sri Lankans faced a clear choice in parliamentary elections on Thursday between further strengthening the president s hand in deciding the nation s postwar fate or trying to

Fonseka could die in custody

in International - Tue March 30, 2010

COLOMBO: The wife of Sri Lanka s detained ex-army chief on Monday accused authorities of preventing her husband from receiving vital medical treatment and said he could die

Lankan opposition protest for Fonseka s release

in International - Wed March 24, 2010

COLOMBO: Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Sri Lankan capital Tuesday to demand the immediate release of the country s opposition leader, an ex-army chief facing a cour

Fonseka s court-martial postponed

in International - Thu March 18, 2010

COLOMBO: Judges presiding over the court-martial of Sri Lanka s defeated presidential candidate indefinitely postponed a hearing into one allegation against him on Wednesday

Family fears for missing Sri Lankan cartoonist

in International - Fri March 12, 2010

COLOMBO: Six weeks ago Sri Lankan political writer and cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda went missing, and his fate has raised further concerns about the island s culture of vi

Lawyers criticise govt over crackdown SL police

in International - Tue February 16, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police said on Monday they had raided a bank and seized more than half a million dollars allegedly belonging to relatives of the arrested former army chi

SC takes up Fonseka s arrest

in International - Sat February 13, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a challenge to the arrest of defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, as opposition parties stepped up a c

Arrested Sri Lankan leader urges calm as violent

in International - Fri February 12, 2010

COLOMBO: The United States and Norway rejected on Thursday fresh allegations that they financed the jailed Sri Lankan opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka in his bid to unsea

SL erupts in violence over Fonseka s arrest

in International - Thu February 11, 2010

COLOMBO: Tensions escalated on Wednesday over the arrest of Sri Lanka s former army chief Sarath Fonseka, with violent clashes outside the Supreme Court, where his wife peti

Fonseka treated like an animal

in International - Wed February 10, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s president Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday sacked the national parliament, clearing the way for a national election two months ahead of schedule, his spokes

Court martial looms for Fonseka

in International - Mon February 08, 2010

COLOMBO: Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka could be hauled before a court martial to answer charges of plotting a coup to topple the government, a pr

EC rejects SL rigging charges

in International - Thu February 04, 2010

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Elections Commissioner (EC) on Wednesday rejected allegations that last week s presidential vote was rigged by incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse

Sri Lanka police raid losing candidate"s office

in International - Sat January 30, 2010

COLOMBO: Police raided the office of Sri Lanka"s losing presidential candidate on Friday and arrested 15 ex-military members of his staff,

Lankans vote for president

in International - Tue January 26, 2010

Two former allies who led Sri Lanka to victory in a 25-year civil war duelled at the ballot box on Tuesday after a bitter, personal campaign for the country s first peacetim

Coup allegations raise tension ahead of SL polls

in International - Sun January 24, 2010

Tension increased on Sunday ahead of Sri Lanka s first peace-time presidential election after the opposition accused the ruling regime of preparing a state-backed coup. The

Tamils lukewarm about vote

in International - Fri January 22, 2010

COLOMBO: Less than a sixth of Sri Lanka s war-displaced civilians have applied to vote in next week s presidential elections, the top election official said on Friday. Elect