{
  "id": 14105118,
  "title": "Presidential pardons: Govt. studying Justice Thurairaja’s recommendations – Minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/presidential-pardons-govt-studying-justice-thurairajas",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T00:05:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/presidential-pardons-govt-studying-justice-thurairajas-recommendations-minister/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said yesterday that the Cabinet was studying a set of recommendations made by a Committee, led by retired Supreme Court judge Sithambarampillai Thurairaja, PC, regarding a systematic, fair and transparent mechanism for granting presidential pardons to convicted prison inmates. Attorney-at-law Nanayakkara said…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}