Majority in Brazil’s top court to make homophobia and transphobia crimes
(UTV|COLOMBO) – A majority in Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted in favour of making homophobia and transphobia crimes. Six out of 11 judges voted to consider...
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Catalan ex-leader Puigdemont can run in EU elections – court
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The pro-independence former leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, can run for election to the European Parliament this month, a Madrid court has ruled. The...
‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Saudi women activists due back in court
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights activists are due to appear in court in Riyadh. The women were arrested last May and charged with...
Trump: Court defeat on asylum policy ‘unfair to US’
(UTV|COLOMBO) – US President Donald Trump has lashed out at a judge for blocking his policy of sending asylum seekers to Mexico to await court hearings...
Najib trial: Malaysia ex-PM faces court in global financial scandal
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak is set to stand trial for his role in a financial scandal that has sent shockwaves around the...
Geoffrey Aloysius and others produced at court
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Geoffrey Aloysius, former Central Bank Deputy Governor P. Samarasiri and the three directors of the Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL), who were arrested by the...
Heavy traffic in Peliyagoda, police obtain court order against IUSF protest
UTV | COLOMBO – Police say heavy traffic is prevailing in the Peliyagoda area due to a protest march organized by Inter-University Student Front. The...
Court takes a decision on Victor’s wife
UTV | COLOMBO – Victor Rathnayake’s wife granted bail Tangalle Magistrate Mahil Wijeweera has ordered to grant bail to the wife of veteran singer Victor...
Commodore D.K.P. Dassanayake Makes A Request From Court
UTV | US – The lawyer appearing on behalf of Commodore, D. K. P. Dassanayake requested the court today (Feb. 08) to remove the...
Sri Lankan accused of keeping a man captive and beating him to death in UK
(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – A jealous husband whose wife was planning to divorce him ‘kidnapped’ the new man in her life and beat him to death,...