Galagodaatte Gnanasara leads a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist group and is a close ally of ousted former president Rajapaksa A hardline Sri Lankan monk who ... related to hate speech against ...

Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks, but this marks the second time ... Gnanasara was jailed last year for a similar charge related to hate speech against the country's Muslim minority ...

Galagodaatte Gnanasara was convicted on Thursday for the remarks, which date back to 2016. Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks, but this marks the second time that Gnanasara, who has repeatedly ...