Sri Lankan lawyers boycotted courts yesterday in protest at government attempts to fire the country's most senior judge.
The United States, United Nations and the Commonwealth have also raised concerns that the move to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, on charges including financial irregularities and failure to declare assets, threatens the independence of Sri Lanka's courts.
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