People’s Rights Group (PRG), a rights based advocacy and lobbying group based in the UK particularly dealing with human rights violations in Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka: Constitutional amendment a blow to human rights; rights groups call for a special review of the Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission
(Bangkok/Geneva, 11...
“Across the world, democracy and rule of law is on the retreat,” opined Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, Commissioner at the RTI Commission, Sri Lanka. “In...
Polling for the Presidential Election 2015 commenced at 7am. One incident of an explosion was reported during this period from Point Pedro, Jaffna. CMEV...
Presidential Election 2015: Media Communique 15
7th January
The day prior to polling witnessed the first fatality of the Presidential Election of 2015. Mr Shantha Dodagangoda who...
At the end of campaigning, CMEV documented 420 incidents of violence (20th November 2014 5 January 2015), with 237 categorised as major incidents and...
Presidential Election 2015: Media Communiqué 14
7th January 2015
Since the completion of campaigning, CMEV received several major incidents involving assault, threat and intimidation, damage to...
Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV)
A press briefing was held by CMEV today at the JAIC Hilton around the monitoring operations for the Presidential...
CMEV: Presidential Election 2015: Media Communiqué 13 /6th January 2015
The Presidential Election campaign ended at midnight with several major incidents reported. At the end...
CaFFE Election Report # 58
Campaign for Free and Fair Election (CaFFE) is dismayed by the increasing violence as election day approached and the lukewarm...
Presidential Election 2015: Media Communiqué 11 /by Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV)-
On 4th January 2015 at 1.00 pm:
02nd January, Common Candidate Maithripala’s rally was...
CaFFE Election Report # 52.
Violence increase – Underhand tactics proliferate
Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) has received 863 election related complaints by December...
Presidential Election 2015: Media Communique 10.
by Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV)
On 31st December 2014 at 10.00 pm:
Electioneering under the guise of distributing rice...
Presidential Election 2015: Media Communique 8 /by Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV).
29th December, Attack on ‘Yowun Parapura’ street concert in Gokarella, Kurunegala District
CMEV...
Presidential Election 2015: Media Communique 7/by Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV)
27th December, Public Property Misuse in Kantalai, Trincomalee District
CMEV was reported of an...
Attorney-at-law Senaka Perera says that the death of persons taken into custody by the police cannot be justified under any circumstances.
Activist Perera questioned the...
People’s Rights Group (PRG), a rights based advocacy and lobbying group based in the UK particularly dealing with human rights violations in Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka: Constitutional amendment a blow to human rights; rights groups call for a special review of the Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission
(Bangkok/Geneva, 11...
