A Wikileaks cable shows that the discussion between Millennium Challenge Corporation and the Government of Sri Lanka begun as early as 2006. Although the...
People’s Rights Group (PRG) Calls on the Government of Sri Lanka to Investigate and Prosecute Mr.Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan a.k.a Karuna Amman for war crimes and other...
Image: On the memorial wall, International day for the disappeared 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
In a televised statement issued on 28 June 2020 Prime Minister...
Image: To combat this, a critical mass of civil society must mount an apolitical challenge to the political establishment .
Governance in Sri Lanka today...
They are not only crimes punishable under Penal Code of this country but also universal crimes against humanity.
Murders of monks and surrendered policemen are...
GENEVA (26 June 2020) – UN independent experts have repeatedly communicated with the Government of the People’s Republic of China their alarm regarding the...
Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayaka said in open court that officers of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had attempted to show photographs of Hejaaz Hizbullah...
Executive Summary.
(INFORM) There were 72 incidents reported during this month of May, reporting more than two incidents per a day. This was a significant increase...
The Court of Appeal today issued an interim injunction order preventing the Permanent High Court Trial- at- Bar from hearing the case against Former...
In an open letter the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, the Liberation Movement calls on Government authorities to uphold detained social media activist...
Sri Lanka: End Persecution of Journalist: Dharisha Bastians Targeted for Reports, Defense of Human Rights
(New York) – The Sri Lankan authorities should stop targeting,...
Image: Under repair: The St. Anthony’s church, one of the churches attacked last year on Easter. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Meera Srinivasan.
Lawyers and activists have...
The increasing irrelevance of a constitution for Sri Lanka.
If President Gotabaya Rajapaksa can be so bold as to set up institutions running parallel to...
Image: Relatives and friends of Ramalingham protested against his killing, staging a sit-in protest blocking the Kandy-Jaffna A9 Highway.
A 24-year-old man has died after being...
A. Conclusions
90. While Sri Lanka has made valuable democratic strides in the last five years, a prevailing apprehension exists among civil society, who fear...
The voyage from Serendib to Sri Lanka through Ceylon continues to be an uninterrupted tale of opportunities lost, scorned and spurned. The brutal end to the...
Image: A Presidential Task Force appointed for Archaeological Heritage Management in the Eastern Province, and focusing on Pottuvil in Ampara District, has more to...
Sri Lankan authorities seize reporter Dharisha Bastians’ laptop in home raid/ June 18, 2020 .
New York, June 18, 2020 – Sri Lankan authorities should immediately...
Ahimsa Wickrematunge, the daughter of late journalist and Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, has appealed to the Police Commission to block the appointment of SSP A.R.P.J....
Image@ At the second meeting of the Buddhist Advisory Council, Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed the Task Force led by Secretary Defense .
In a letter to...
The Criminal Investigations Department seized the laptop computer belonging to former Sunday Observer Editor Dharisha Bastians last week, a statement from the journalist said.
Bastians...
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‘So it seems to me that despite so many decisions, torture at police stations continues unabated, in utter contempt of fundamental rights...
Public Statement on the Government management of the COVID-19 response
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, that is still evolving. Despite early efforts that...
Calling of the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka to condemn the police action in the strongest possible terms, the attorney representing...
Member of Parliament, TNA MP M. Sumanthran has presented a Private Member's Bill for the enactment of the "Public Health Emergency Act".
One week earlier...
