Tag: Easter Sunday bombing
Sri Lankan Church seeks full truth after Easter bombing convictions
Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church welcomed the convictions but said investigators must still establish who facilitated the deadly 2019 attacks
Sri Lanka gives 220-year terms to 15 convicted over Easter bombings
Landmark convictions bring first accountability for Easter Sunday bombings as separate probe examines alleged links to state actors
Easter bombing verdict comes amid scrutiny of alleged state links
The case has exposed unresolved questions over intelligence failures, extremist networks and accountability for the 2019 Easter bombings
Vatican recognizes 167 Sri Lankan Catholics killed in 2019 bombings as...
The victims will be listed as part of the Jubilee Year celebrations, which will highlight Christian martyrs of the modern era
Five years later: Sri Lanka still seeks justice for victims of...
Probes, including the Malalgoda report and findings from various commissions, which have failed to bring about substantial resolutions
Church in Sri Lanka to begin canonization process for hundreds killed...
Some 216 Catholics from two different churches, St. Sebastian and St. Anthony, “were massacred in cold blood” in the attack.
Sri Lankans mark anniversary of Easter bombings with protest
The protesters reiterated calls for the government to uncover the truth behind the 2019 attacks
Sri Lankan cardinal calls for ‘human chain’ to demand truth about...
Cardinal Ranjith has questioned the government’s narrative of attacks and has consistently called for an international investigation
Catholic Church in Sri Lanka continues to seek justice for 2019...
The Catholic Church is one of the few institutions that has “the wherewithal” to take on the Sri Lankan government in pursuit of justice
Cardinal Ranjith of Colombo welcomes court ruling on Easter bombings
The court ruling was issued on January 12 following a lawsuit filed by 13 families and local Church leaders
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