“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: The current controversy over Muslim burial issue has become handy to deflect the growing anti-regime anger. Saner minds from all communities are appealing...
Tamil nationalistic politics which have been overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic and related politics seems #to be gaining momentum with the next session of...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has recently said that the Provincial Council (PC) elections will be held when the ground situation is conducive. Minister Sarath...
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) conducted the first national study on the treatment and conditions of prisoners from February 2018 to January...
Ahnaf Jazeem, a 25-year-old Sri Lankan poet, remains in jail without charge after being falsely accused, by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) on May...
Local environmental experts stress that conservation is crucial to sustain
the ecological services provided by forests in Sri Lanka.
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By Devana Senanayake and Janik...
GR’s strategy of containing the political damage caused by his failure to win the economic war by winning the parallel war fought against minorities...
Image: Steep slopes cut on the sides of the road, increasing risk of landslides.
The Neluwa-Lankagama-Deniyaya Road that is being built via the Sinharaja Forest...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his Minister of Justice who went charging into Parliament this week to pontificate or plead for judges to be protected...
Image: Recently the public was shocked to see a man being caught by villagers, swathed in polythene.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for...
Image courtesy of Voice of America.
Issuing observations and recommendations on the disposal of dead bodies in
the context of COVID-19 Human Rights Commission of Sri...
Image: There is widespread concern about the militarisation of the COVID response and broader militarisation under the cover of COVID. Yet, militarisation too is...
The President delivered his one year in office statement yesterday.
He urged the Sinhalese that their existential fears should not be a matter of concern...
Guilt by Association
In the immediate aftermath of the Easter Sunday Attacks of 21stApril, 2019, hundreds of
Muslims were rounded up and arrested under the PTA...
Government MP Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa says that he will complain to Sri Lanka’s IGP against threats made to him by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (16),...
Fishers of the Mannar district were brutally attacked and humiliated by Sri-Lankan navy personnel in the mid-sea for three hours. This cruel incident occurred...