All chapters of Maha Sangha understood LGBTQI community’s issues: Activist
Sri Lanka’s LGBTQI community wore colorful attire and marched from the Vihara Maha Devi Park towards Kollupitiya in a procession on Sunday (4) to celebrate this year’s ‘Pride Month.’
Celebrations are being held in the ‘Pride Month’ in June to commemorate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride.
Countries around the world celebrate the diversity of LGBTQ+ communities this month.
Sunday’s march was held under the theme ‘Freedom Pride Parade’.
Social activist Chanu Nimesha spoke to the media before the march commenced and said, “We have to create a fair and just society and we will fight for that. Members of our community have no access to equality. They are being teased and ridiculed by society.”
“Psychiatrists all over the world have said that homosexuality is not a mental disease. Many people in our community commit suicide due to mental stress. We discussed these issues with the members of the Maha Sangha of the three Nikayas as well and they understood our issues,” she said.
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The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on Sep. 10, 1996. By the treaty, member states agreed to ban “any nuclear weapons test or other nuclear explosion” anywhere in the world. So far, 186 countries have signed the agreement and 177 countries have ratified the agreement.
Sri Lanka signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on October 24, 1996. Sri Lanka is currently cooperating with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in the areas of training, capacity development, data and information sharing. Sri Lanka’s ratification of the treaty would recognize Sri Lanka’s diplomatic role as an active proponent of international peace and security in a world free of nuclear weapons.
According to the government, ratifying the agreement will also enable the country to obtain useful data for civil and scientific purposes that will benefit many developing countries including Sri Lanka, such as tsunami warnings, climate change and geographical studies.
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Yesterday, the magistrate ordered to remand the AITC’s main female organizer in the North – East region, over the incident.
The Court of Appeal has deferred the pronouncement of the verdict on the petition filed seeking an order to annul the Parliamentary seat of State Minister Diana Gamage.
Accordingly, the verdict is expected to be pronounced on the 25th of July.
The petition was called this morning before President of the Court of Appeal Justice Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne and Justice A Marikkar.
Court heard arguments pertaining to the petition previously and was expected to announce the verdict today.
The writ petition was filed before the Court of Appeal calling for State Minister Diana Gamage to be stripped of her Parliamentary seat by activist Oshala Herath on the 15th of November 2022.
State Minister Gamage, the Immigration and Emigration Controller, the Minister of Public Security, the General Secretary of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, the National Election Commission and its members, and the General Secretary of Parliament were cited as respondents in the petition.
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