First to the full text of the motion: “The Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious & Cultural Affairs and Minister...
A media organisation in Sri Lanka has shared a claim that UNESCO denied any damage to the country's Sinharaja forest, following reports of deforestation. But...
Five Tamils, including one former LTTE cadre, were arrested by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) on Saturday morning.
Four people in Jaffna were arrested...
Image: Political Victimization was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 08th December afternoon.
Issuing a statement BASl says that it will firmly resist any...
Image: LNW.
The Colombo Port Economic Commission Bill was presented in Parliament on 08 April 2021, while the country was getting ready to celebrate the...
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...
An extraordinary gazette notification has been issued banning 11 Muslim organisations in Sri Lanka, including the Islamic State (ISIS) and Al Qaeda.
The text of...
(12 April 2021)- State Minister Dilum Amunugama said today that the people voted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to power expecting him to play the part...
Ambika Satkunanathan, former commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has filed a Fundamental Rights petition before the Supreme Court yesterday...
Image: Activist and journalist Malika Abeykoon.
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the arrest and assault of Malika
Abeykoon, a freelance journalist and photographer, considering it...
The Mayor of Jaffna, Viswalingam Manivannan was arrested by Sri Lanka's Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) at around 2.30am on Friday morning.
Manivannan, who is also...
Image: SriLankan policeman jumping on a lorry driver after assaulting him in broad daylight.
“Police officer” refers mostly to persons working for the Sri Lanka...
Image: Protest in front of Maradana police station calling for the release of journalist Malika Abeykoon ( LankaViews)
On 2 April 2021 Sri Lanka Health...
Image: Journalists; protest in Batticaloa (JDS)
Sri Lanka has increased its crackdown and intimidation of the Tamil media soon after the UN Human Rights Council...
Under a directive from the Presidential Secretariat, the government has decided to suspend all state advertisements on 'Sirasa' media network with immediate effect.
President Rajapaksa...
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The government is making arrangements to appoint 18 high ranking military officers of the tri forces who have retired...
The University of Colombo (UoC) has issued guidelines for students to follow when using social media platforms, including forbidding students from criticising the university.
These...
Image: Managala Samaraweera at UNHRC .2016.
Sri Lanka has voluntarily become a signatory to all human rights conventions passed at the UN over the years...
Member of parliament of Northern province Mannar district, Rishad Bathiudeen has complained to president Gotabaya Rajapaksa that his 100,000 job programme is being politicised....
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...
