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Easter Sunday trial postponed to March

12 Jan 2022

  • Time needed for indictments to be translated
The case against 25 accused of involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks will be taken up again before the Colombo High Court on 3 March, after being adjourned yesterday (12) to allow time for the indictments to be translated. The 25 accused – among whom is Naufer Moulavi, alleged to be the one of the masterminds behind the attacks – face more than 23,000 charges, including conspiracy to murder, collecting arms and ammunition, as well as aiding and abetting the attacks. Lawyers initially refused to appear for nine of the defendants, including Moulavi. Accordingly, the judiciary was requested to appoint public defenders conversant in Tamil to represent them. Thus, when the case was taken up yesterday before a special three-judge bench of the High Court comprising Judges Damith Thotawatta, Amal Ranaraja, and Nawarathna Marasinghe, Tamil-speaking lawyers were named for this purpose.  Additionally, they had earlier requested that the court provide a copy of the indictments in the Tamil language. Additional Solicitor General Haripriya Jayasundara, who appeared on behalf of the complainant, told the court that these translations were being prepared, and would be provided by the next court date.  Accordingly, the case was adjourned until 3 March to allow time for this process.

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