By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 3, 2023More than 17 immigrants have been detained in Islamabad, according to a statement from the Afghan Immigrant Council in Pakistan. Even though they had visas and passports, some immigrants said Pakistani police arbitrarily detained them. “I’ve been told seventeen people were arrested, and then the number rose. They frighten and threaten people in vehicles dangerously. Both those with passports and those without were detained till morning,”…
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by Sumudu Chamara in The Morning, Aug 2, 2023The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which has not been enforced in full, despite having remained a part of the country’s Constitution for decades, has become what is referred to in the famous Sinhala saying as being “like the beggar’s wound”, an issue that does not seem to ever get resolved. Similar to almost all past Heads of State, following his appointment as the President, Ranil Wickremesinghe…
by Kishaki Pinto Jayawardene in The Sunday Times, July 30, 2023The ‘arrest’ of a young journalist, Tharindu Uduwaragedera recorded by onlookers this Friday being forcibly dragged out of a three wheeler, grabbed by his hair and roughly manhandled by a posse of police officers before being whisked away in a police vehicle, is a chilling warning to Sri Lanka’s dissenters. Savages in uniform violating the law The question here is not whether one agrees with…
AFP report, July 30, 2023DHAKA: Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse stone-throwing crowds blockading major roads in the capital Dhaka on Saturday in the latest protest demanding the prime minister’s resignation. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies have staged a series of protests since last year demanding Sheikh Hasina step down and allow a caretaker government to oversee elections due next January. Clashes erupted in several locations when…
report on The Daily Star online, July 29, 2023 at 05.59pmIt was almost like a “joint operation” in Uttara in the capital today when police and ruling party leaders and activists attacked BNP supporters, leaving several injured. Witnesses said the BNP men were mostly unarmed at that time. According to witnesses, the AL men first took position in sector-8 area near Abdullahpur around 10:30am where a large number of law enforcers were already in place.…
by Yohan Perera in Daily Mirror, July 28, 2023 at 09:34 pmTamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) Leader Mano Ganesan today proposed setting up a community police service and vesting it with the provincial councils. “Setting up of a community police service under provincial councils is one way of resolving one of the main issues arisen with regard to implementation of the 13th Amendment,” MP Ganesan told journalists. “Many have expressed fears about devolving police powers to…
by Ahmadul Hassan in Prothom Alo, July 28, 2023The Special Branch (SB) of police began gathering data of voters in every constituency ahead of the twelfth parliamentary election. The intelligence unit of police is also collecting data on whether any polling centres are risky, how is the infrastructure of the polling centres, how many voters belong to minority communities or support Jamaat-e-Islami. Sources said SB headquarters on 24 July asked field level officials and district…
report in The Morning, July 20, 2023The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) of the Parliamentary Opposition on Tuesday (18) “categorically rejected” President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s offer to implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution sans Police powers, terming his proposal for development and power devolution “another hollow promise”. The 13th Amendment is an over 30-year old piece of legislation on the devolution of power from Colombo to the nine Provinces, but has never been fully implemented. “If…
by Ruwani Fonseka in The Morning, July 19, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe has stated that the 13th Amendment will be implemented with full powers, except Police Powers, subject to agreement among political parties in parliament.Outlining his plans for the devolution of power, President Wickremesinghe said that the 13th Amendment with full powers, except Police Powers, as outlined under List 1, will be implemented including specified functions in List 3 in the provincial councils list.Meanwhile, a draft…
report in Khaama Press online, July 15, 2023Poppy cultivation had been eradicated from 40,000 acres of land in the northern province of Badakhshan, Afghanistan, in the past three months. Shafiqullah Hafizi, the director of the counter-narcotics police department in the province of Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan, reported that during the past three months, poppy had been eradicated from 40,000 acres of land. “The poppy eradication campaign started three months ago, and so far, we have…
report in The News, July 15, 2023PESHAWAR: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed an attack on the Matani Police Station early Friday. Police officials said the midnight attack on Matani Police Station was carried out by eight to 10 attackers that was successfully repulsed. They said hand grenades were lobbed inside the police station that went off with loud explosions. However, there was no report of any casualty. A number of police stations and police posts have come…