SRI LANKA: Supreme Court rules ‘unconstitutional’ arrest of Jehovah’s Witnesses preaching door-to-door
UCA News — Sri Lanka’sSupreme Court has ordered the state to compensate four Christians for violating their fundamental rights, ten years after police arrested them for preaching the Christian faith door-to-door. The Supreme Court, on May 22, ordered the officer-in-charge of the police station in Walasmulla town to pay 50,000 rupees (some US$165) to each of the petitioners, and the state to pay an additional 25,000 rupees to each one for breaching their fundamental rights.