The project of President Gotabaya seems to be the conversion of Sri Lanka from an uninterrupted, long-standing democracy and open society, into a second...
In Sri Lanka families of Tamil political prisoners, civil society organizations, civilians, clergy, and Tamil politicians today (5th January 2021) jointly launched a campaign...
Image:Journalist Bismillah Adil Aimaq. Credit: The Bharat Express.
Bismillah Adil Aimaq, an Afghan journalist and human rights activist was killed by unidentified gunmen in Dara-e-Taimoor...
The government must heed the advice of eminent Sri Lankan medical professionals and enable burial of COVID-19 dead – civil society statement.
(4 January 2021)...
The Free Media Movement (FMM) expresses their grave concern over the tendency to indiscriminately block and impede the right to freedom of expression on...
Image: Covid dead are being buried in NewYork' (Photo courtesy of AP tweeter)
The expert committee appointed by the Health Ministry to study the issue...
The National Movement for a Just Society, over the past few months, held regular press briefings to present various issues. By having regular briefings,...
“The dignity of the dead, their cultural and religious traditions, and their families should be respected and protected throughout.” —World Health Organization, Infection prevention...
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...
