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Author Archives: Kris Thomas

Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan bombers unmasked amid ‘intel fiasco’

by Saikat Datta and Kris Thomas April 24, 2019February 18, 2020

Three days after the bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed more than 350 people, investigators have come up with names of at least three suicide bombers – and a plot that stretches from Afghanistan to India and Bangladesh. The attack has been claimed the Islamic State (ISIS), which posted videos of the suicide bombers […]

Map of Sri Lanka: iStock
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka mass grave excavation halted

by Kris Thomas March 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Beating of inmates caught on Sri Lankan jail cameras

by Kris Thomas January 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Top military officer Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne arrives at the Magistrate's Court in Colombo on Wednesday. Wijegunaratne was remanded in custody after weeks evading arrest for allegedly protecting the chief suspect in the murder of 11 people during the civil war. Photo: AFP/ Ishara S Kodikara
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Sri Lanka’s top military officer shifted to safer prison

by Kris Thomas November 30, 2018February 18, 2020
Sri Lankan MPs attend a meeting with parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya at the Parliament Building in Colombo. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Rajapakse loses no confidence motion in Sri Lanka

by Kris Thomas November 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Sri Lankan MPs attend a meeting with parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya at the Parliament Building in Colombo. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Supreme Court move challenges dissolution of Sri Lankan parliament

by Kris Thomas November 12, 2018February 18, 2020
總理維克勒馬辛哈被免去斯里蘭卡總理一職數日後於11月2日現身。相片:AFP / Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

維克勒馬辛哈發力 斯里蘭卡危機遠未結束

by Kris Thomas November 9, 2018February 18, 2020
Ranil Wickremesinghe is seen on November 2, days after he was ousted as prime minister in Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP / Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inIndia, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan crisis far from over as Wickremesinghe digs in

by Kris Thomas November 7, 2018February 18, 2020

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