The proposed anti-hate speech Bill currently on hold would be reintroduced with amendments, Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media Karunarathna Paranawithana said.
"The...
( President meeting IDPs in Jaffna)
President Maithripala Sirisena Sunday (20) assured the displaced people in the North languishing in the welfare camps that they...
Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen lodged a complaint at Cinnamon Garden Police on Saturday against the National Sanga Council for making false accusations...
Three persons involved in the murder of ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen have been identified after analyzing CCTV footage. Among these are two persons attached to...
(Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe delivered the Sujata Jayawardena memorial oration 2015 at the BMICH on December 11.)
Here are excerpts:
“Let me first thank the Alumni...
( J.R. Jayawardena, Colvin R.De Silva and Ranil Wickremesinghe)
by Rajan Philips.
Time will tell if Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Lecture, on December...
By C. A. Chandraprema.
Speaking during the committee stage debate on the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Mass Media and Parliamentary Affairs, Prime Minister...
In the wake of general elections earlier this year, Sri Lanka has emerged with a renewed emphasis on economic reforms and fiscal consolidation, which...
T. Ramakrishnan.
The Sri Lankan government has decided to establish a secretariat to coordinate activities of various players engaged in reconciliation.
The proposed secretariat will develop...
In a rather disturbing development well-known human rights lawyer J.C. Weliamuna has come forward to defend the government’s proposed hate speech law in the...
( Joseph Pararajasingham funeral procession )
Former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathirai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan was today re-remanded after being produced in Court in connection...
by T. Ramakrishnan.
Even as the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government at the Centre is about to launch the process of drafting a fresh Constitution with devolution...
(Symbol of anti-Muslim hate speech in Sri Lanka: BBS Gnanasara)
We the under signed organizations and individuals are deeply concerned about two Bills tabled in...
( Muslim politician Asath Salley was arrested and detained under Section 2(1)(h) , now included in the bill)
The Tamil National Alliance is deeply concerned...
A planned island-wide strike by a collective of government, semi-government and private sector trade unions scheduled for tomorrow have been called off after talks...
Ruki Fernando, A prominent human rights defender has written to Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka on imminent violation of his rights guaranteed under...
Two Bills to introduce anti-hate speech laws and criminalizing the instigation of communal violence and disharmony that were presented in Parliament on 11th December has...
( US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Thomas Shannon)
The Foreign Ministry says that the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs,...
The owner of the Uthayan newspaper, Tamil National Alliance member and parliamentarian E Saravanbavan queried as to why the Government was only investigating the...
Image: Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights making concluding remarks at the ID on Sri Lanka report.
Making interventions at the interactive dialogue at...
Many reports of the United Nations and International Human Rights organisations such as Human Rights Watch have documented human rights violations by LTTE for...
Image: Every leader commencing from Anagarika Dharmapala up to Gotabhaya who had led the country along this path have disrupted the country and carried...
Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Madam President,
This is a key juncture for the Council’s engagement with Sri Lanka. As my...
