2019 Easter bombings and national security response (2019-2021)

1. Indian intelligence issues pre-attack warnings

   Apr 4, 2019Labels: Indian intelligence, Sri Lanka

   • Guardian
   • Colombo Telegraph

2. Easter Sunday suicide bombings hit churches and hotels

   Apr 21, 2019Labels: Easter bombings, Islamic State

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

3. State of emergency declared after the attacks

   Apr 22, 2019Labels: State of, President Sirisena

   • Al Jazeera
   • Wikipedia

4. Security raid triggers Sainthamaruthu blast and standoff

   Apr 26, 2019Labels: Sainthamaruthu raid, Militant clash

   • Wikipedia
   • Washington Post

5. Government bans public face coverings under emergency rules

   Apr 29, 2019Labels: Face covering, Emergency rule

   • Time
   • Axios

6. Anti-Muslim riots prompt curfews and expanded policing

   May 13, 2019Labels: Anti-Muslim riots, Curfews

   • Guardian
   • Al Jazeera

7. Emergency rule ends, but security debate continues

   Aug 23, 2019Labels: End of, Security debate

   • Al Jazeera
   • DW

8. Presidential commission of inquiry is appointed

   Sep 22, 2019Labels: Presidential commission, President Sirisena

   • President lk
   • SATP

9. Parliamentary probe highlights intelligence and leadership failures

   Oct 24, 2019Labels: Parliamentary probe, Intelligence failures

   • Guardian
   • Colombo Telegraph

10. Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins presidency on security platform

    Nov 18, 2019Labels: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Presidential election

    • UN Sri Lanka
    • Wikipedia

11. Rajapaksa alliance wins parliamentary supermajority

    Aug 5, 2020Labels: Rajapaksa alliance, Parliamentary majority

    • IPU Parline
    • DW

12. 20th Amendment expands executive authority

    Oct 22, 2020Labels: 20th Amendment, Executive authority

    • ICJ
    • Wikipedia

13. Easter attacks commission submits final report to president

    Feb 1, 2021Labels: Commission report, President Gotabaya

    • President lk