BASL Convenes Rare Full Assembly in Wake of Lawyer’s Killing

A record of the lawyers killed in the 1986–1990 JVP period • Sri Lanka Brief

Lawyers killed (courtesy of Dharman Wickremaratne) During the second JVP insurgency (1986–1990), 15 human-rights lawyers were killed—8 by government security forces and affiliated paramilitaries, and 7 by JVP insurgents. In addition, 5 lawyers in the North—A. Amirthalingam, Kandasamy Annamale, Padmanathan, T.C. Vimudas, and T. Yogeswaran—were killed by the LTTE. On 15 January 1990, following a request from the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL)…

Sri Lankan lawyers withdraw from courts after Akuregoda shooting

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has decided to withdraw from all court proceedings across the country tomorrow (February 16) as a mark of protest following the fatal shooting of a lawyer and his wife in Akuregoda. The decision was taken at a General Assembly meeting held in Colombo today (February 15). Members from across the country were summoned for the special meeting to discuss the Association’s response to the killings and to decide…

BASL Convenes Rare Full Assembly in Wake of Lawyer’s Killing

February 15, Colombo (LNW): In an extraordinary show of unity, the entire membership of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka assembled in Colombo today (15) to deliberate on a collective response to the recent killing of a fellow lawyer and his wife in Akuregoda.The meeting, held at the Association’s headquarters in Hulftsdorp — the historic heart of the country’s legal district — drew an unusually large turnout of attorneys from across the island. …