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LSU calls on authorities to probe swiftly brutal police assault on final year law student

The Law Students’ Union has called on authorities to hold a thorough investigation into the alleged assault on a Final Year Student of Sri Lanka Law College, Migara Gunaratne, by a group of Peliyagoda police personnel.
A statement signed by President of the LSU, Samadhi Gamalath and General Secretary, Vimukthi Karunaratne says: The Law Students’ Union joins with many across the nation in deploring the latest incident of police brutality committed against Migara Gunaratne and in calling out for justice. We stand with the victim of this recent violence and we grieve for his family, the community, and our nation. It is our firm belief that unnecessary brute force by sworn-in, law-enforcement officers were committed against him, who was unarmed or posed no threat at the time of incident.
It may be noted that this incident is added to a very long list of police brutality in our nation over many decades and it is rapidly increasing each day. It is clearly imperative at this point to state that these incidents are the product of improperly trained law-enforcement officers, who lack education, training or experience dealing with citizens or lack basic human discipline. Indeed, law enforcement is part of the very fabric of life, and it undoubtedly impacts on virtually every institution and sphere of activity. Therefore, we are of the collective opinion that this particular incident must be dealt with swiftly and necessary action should be taken to prevent repetition of the same.
A thorough investigation must be conducted in regard to this case where law-enforcement officers have inflicted severe physical harm, leading to serious injury, and any of the law-enforcement officers involved, who have committed such wrongful acts of police brutality, must be held accountable. We are of the collective opinion that this particular incident must be dealt with swiftly and necessary action should be taken to prevent repetition of the same.
Furthermore, we call on the State Leaders, Bar Association of Sri Lanka and all other relevant authorities to commit or recommit themselves to changing this system and the attitudes and practices that perpetuate it. We must speak out when the essential human dignity of anyone is denied. As the Law Students Union of Sri Lanka, we unequivocally condemn this unlawful act of violence that in many ways impacts on the values that we are taught to and intend to uphold as Law Students and detrimentally affects the dignity of the noble profession that we aspire to step into, one day.
Every individual has the right to liberty and security. All persons have dignity. The police brutality must stop!
Fiat justitia ruat caelum – Let justice be done though the heavens fall!
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Stay on course and don’t go back to the past – Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy

Former Governor of the Central Bank delivering the keynote address at a high profile Webinar hosted by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka today (24) said that Sri Lanka must implement the structural reforms proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) without relaxing like in the past or else we will be in a deeper economic mess.
The webinar was titled ‘What is next for Sri Lanka in the wake of the IMF programme’
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Sustainable economic development goals cannot be achieved unless attention is paid to mitigating climate change – Sagala Ratnayake

President’s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayake said sustainable economic development goals cannot be accomplished without taking steps to mitigate climate change.
He said this while participating in the 10,000 sapling planting program organized by the LEO Youth Vision 2048 Club and the LEO Club at the Royal College, Colombo on Thursday (23rd).
This program was organized in view of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s birthday, which is today (24), and the required plants were distributed to the main schools of the Colombo District.
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SF claims thousands of police and military personnel leaving

By Saman Indrajith
Thousands of police and military personnel had left the services recently as they did not want to carry out illegal orders, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament yesterday. According to the war-winning army commander 200 policemen have resigned during the past two months and 25,000 soldiers have left the army during the last two years.
“We urged the law enforcement and military officials not to follow illegal orders. We will reinstate them with back pay,” he said.
Fonseka also urged the President and the government MPs not to take people for fools.
“Sri Lanka owes 55 billion dollars to the world. Ranil’s plan is to borrow another seven billion during the next four years. So, in four years we will owe 62 billion to the world.
Ranil and his ministers ask us what the alternative to borrowing is. These are the people who destroyed the economy and society. They must leave. Then, we will find an alternative and develop the country,” he said, adding that the IMF loans had made crises in other nations worse.
“Ranil says that by 2025, we will have a budget surplus as in Japan, Germany and South Korea. These countries are economic power houses, and this comparison is ludicrous.”
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