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Abortion is illegal in Sri Lanka except when it is needed to save the life of the pregnant mother. [1] [2] It is punishable by up to three years imprisonment. [3] Attempts to liberalize abortion law in 1995, 2011, and 2013 were unsuccessful. [3] One 1998 UN report estimated an abortion rate of 45 for every 1,000 women of reproductive age. [3]
Buddhism was introduced sometime between 250-210 BC, [3] and became the official religion of Sri Lanka in 1972. The 1978 constitution grants primacy to Buddhism, while also ensuring freedom of religion for all citizens. Throughout Sri Lanka's long history, Buddhism has remained an active part of the culture. Nearly 70% of the population is ...
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry Into Complaints of Abductions and Disappearances (August 2015), also known as the Paranagama Commission, after its head Maxwell Paranagama, investigating missing persons Sri Lanka, found close to 19,000 persons confirmed to have gone missing during the Sri Lankan Civil War. 23,586 complaints were received ...
Mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, Tuam, Galway View of the mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, Tuam, County Galway. The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation (officially the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters) was a judicial commission of investigation, established in 2015 by the Irish government to ...
A redress package for survivors of the institutions is among a series of proposals to be implemented by the Stormont Executive. Acceptance of mother and baby home inquiry proposals a ‘watershed ...
An independent panel has recommended a public inquiry to examine human rights abuses in the homes, Magdalene laundries and workhouses in the region. Public inquiry must address ‘great scandal ...
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Highlighted by the Dutch current affairs show Zembla in 2017, purportedly 11,000 babies were fraudulently sold for adoption in the 1980s from Sri Lanka to western countries, with the use of baby farms to meet the apparent high demand. [1] [2] [3] 1970s-1980s