Tag: SRILANKA

Catholic bishops have warned that suppression of human rights will exacerbate mass unrest and damage country’s image Christian priests walk through the tents installed by the demonstrators near Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on July 24, 2022. (Photo: Arun Sankar/ AFP) By UCA News reporter, Colombo Published: July 25, 2022 10:20 AM GMT Sri Lankan bishops have… Read More

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People blockading the sea-front Presidential Secretariat in Colombo were removed in a pre-dawn assault A demonstrator confronts special task force personnel while blocking a road during a protest march against Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo on July 22. (Photo: AFP) By AFP Published: July 23, 2022 05:39 AM GMT Sri Lankan security forces demolished… Read More

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Sri Lankan Cardinal Again Presses for Justice 07/02/2022 Sri Lanka (International Christian Concern) – Cardinal Malcom Ranjith, a prominent Christian figure in Sri Lanka, took legal action on Thursday to pursue accountability for the Easter Sunday attacks of 2019. The attacks shook the nation’s Christian community three years ago, with suicide bombers killing 269 and injuring… Read More

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Leading Buddhist clerics also urge electoral reform as country faces worst economic crisis in decades Motorists queue along a street to buy fuel at a petrol station in Pugoda, some 50 kilometers from Colombo, on June 23 amid Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis in decades. (Photo: AFP) By UCA News reporter, Colombo Published: June 24,… Read More

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Timely intervention averted a likely clash between Sinhalese and Muslims in the Catholic stronghold of Negombo A vehicle belonging to security personnel and a bus are set alight near outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s official residence in Colombo on May 9. (Photo: AFP) By UCA News reporter, Colombo Published: May 11, 2022 10:51 AM GMT… Read More

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Clashes erupt between ruling party and anti-government protesters even after a legislator died and the PM resigned Sri Lankan government supporters attack peaceful protesters outside the president’s office in Colombo on May 9. (Photo: AFP) By UCA News reporter, Colombo Published: May 10, 2022 06:35 AM GMT Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has appealed for… Read More

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Former cricketer stages a 24-hour hunger strike for the 269 people who died in the bombings Christian priests, nuns and laypeople at a street protest demanding justice for the 2019 Easter attack victims in Sri Lanka. (Photo: UCA News) By UCA News reporter, Colombo Published: April 18, 2022 06:27 AM GMT Sri Lankans of all… Read More

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Sri Lanka is in the grip of an unprecedented shortage of food, fuel and other essentials Priests, nuns and laypeople march with banners and shout slogans in Negombo on April 2. (Photo: UCA News) By UCA News reporter, Negombo Published: April 04, 2022 08:12 AM GMT Christian priests and nuns joined the public to protest the… Read More

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Catholic Church has urged the government not to legalize abortion under any circumstances Pregnant women wait to get a dose of coronavirus vaccine in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: AFP) By UCA News reporter, Colombo Updated: March 11, 2022 10:55 AM GMT A global rights organization has called for reforming the abortion law in Sri Lanka and urged… Read More

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03/10/2022 Sri Lanka (International Christian Concern) Last Sunday, a mob of around 600 people broke into the Mercy Gate Chapel in Sri Lanka and demanded all religious activities cease and the church be closed. The mob threatened the pastor with death if the worship did not stop. One of the believers was assaulted and ultimately hospitalized… Read More

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