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Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara

The Sri Lankan monk’s organisation, court cases and political appointments, as reported by news outlets and rights groups between 2014 and 2026.

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People (14)

• Ashin Wirathu
  • Buddhist monk
• Azath Salley
  • Former Member of Parliament
• Balangoda Kassapa TheroOn bail
  • Buddhist monk
• Dilantha Vithanage
  • Chief executive of Bodu Bala Sena
• Galagoda Aththe GnanasaraConvictedIn custody
  • Buddhist monk; General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena
• Gotabaya Rajapaksa
  • President of Sri Lanka, elected November 2019; Defence Secretary until 2015
• Kirama Wimalajothi
  • Buddhist monk; co-founder of Bodu Bala Sena
• Maithripala Sirisena
  • President of Sri Lanka in 2019
• Mujibur Rahman
  • Former Member of Parliament
• Nandika Sanath Kumanayake
  • Presidential Secretary
• Prageeth Eknaligoda
• Ranil WickremesingheOn bail
  • President of Sri Lanka, 2022 to 2024; six-time prime minister; leader of the United National Party
• Sandya Eknaligoda
• Udaya Gammanpila
  • Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya; former Member of Parliament; lawyer

Organisations (3)

• 969 movement
  • Buddhist nationalist movement
• Bodu Bala Sena
  • Buddhist nationalist organisation
• Presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law
  • Presidential task force

Cases and events (7)

• Aluthgama violence, June 2014
• Contempt of court conviction, August 2018
• Conviction for insulting Islam, January 2025
• Conviction over remarks on Islam, March 2024
• Foot march for Gnanasara’s release, October 2026
• Intimidation conviction, June 2018
• Petitions over prison attire, October 2026
  • A prison authorities’ decision requiring him to wear prison attire, reported as the removal of his robe