Govt. committed two mistakes : Dr. Jayawickrama-by Kamanthi Wikramasinghe Source:Dailymirror “The 2021 Resolution endorses the Report of the High Commissioner, and expresses serious concern at what it describes as “trends emerging over the past year, which represent a clear warning sign of a deteriorating situation of human rights in Sri Lanka,” said Dr. Nihal Jayawickrama in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mirror. Dr. Jayawickrama represented the Government in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly while serving as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice. In his capacity as Chairperson of the International Commission of Jurists (Hong Kong), he regularly appeared before the ICCPR Human Rights Committee when reports on Hong Kong submitted by the UK Government were being considered. He also represented the ICJ before the UN Human Rights Commission and Sub-Commission when the “Tiananmen Massacre” was being examined and, together with colleagues from Hong Kong, ...
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Royal Recitals of beer stoppers and cigarettes-by Lalin Fernando Source:Island For the first time since the Bradby began there will be no matches this year due to the Corona virus. To relieve the deep disappointment of Trinity and Royal the Sunday Island (15 November 2020) carried an extraordinary article by Dr. Nihal Jayawickrama (my cousin) ‘The Tale of the Beer Stopper and the Markowich Cigarette’. In it he claims Royal that won the Bradby in 1956. No amount of contradiction, persuasion or proof offered made him relent. (Disce nothing aut never Discede) At the 1956 Bradby Royal was cut to pieces by Trinity in the first leg losing 15-0 (Colombo and in the Kandy return by 11-0. ...
