death dismissed the petition with the reasoning that Nimalaruban was a terrorist (even
though this had not been proved in court and he was only detained on suspicion). The
reasoning that because of Nimalaruban being a Tamil who was in custody it must be
presumed that he was a terrorist is very disturbing and created much controversy. The
fact that the Chief Justice himself stated that he had personal knowledge about the fact
and therefore dismissed the case shows that the Supreme Court is little different from
a ‘Kangaroo Court’ where decisions are made on personal knowledge and not on what
the law lays down.
The U.S. Department of State in 2012 published a detailed report on all the human
rights violations committed by the government of Sri Lanka after the war ended.
Among the