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Not issuing National IDs to Buddhist nuns are discriminatory and violation of FR rights. - SC • Sri Lanka Brief

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(Sri Lanka Brief/17 June 2025) The Supreme Court has ordered the Department of Registration of Persons to grant Buddhist nuns the status of Bhikshuni (බෞද්ධ භික්ෂුණීන්)  instead of Sil Mata (සිල් මාතා) and issue them national identity cards. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Commissioner General of the Department of Registration of Persons has violated fundamental human rights by refusing to issue a National Identity Card to a nun named Welim…
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srilankabrief.org broke the news in on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
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