A hardline Sri Lankan monk who is a close ally of ousted former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been sentenced to nine months in prison for insulting Islam and inciting religious hatred.
Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks, but this marks the second time ... On Thursday, the court said that all citizens, regardless of religion, are entitled to the freedom of belief under ...
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court jailed a politically influential, firebrand Buddhist monk on Thursday, putting him behind bars for a second time for insulting Islam and stoking religious hatred in the ...