### [2026-09-10](/feed/2026/09/10/index.md)

##### Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturns a 2019 presidential pardon granted to Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara and orders him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence for criminally intimidating human rights activist Sandya Eknelygoda. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via France 24](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260910-sri-lanka-court-revokes-monk-s-pardon-orders-return-to-prison)

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