The European Union enjoys and values the broad and multifaceted relationship it has developed with Sri Lanka over the past decades. The European Union’s...
Image: Anti-coup demonstrators in Yangon, Myanmar, April 2021.
By Thant Myint-U July/August 2021.
Myanmar is at a point of no return. The army’s February coup, meant to...
Image: Sri Lanka flag at UNHRC., Geneva.
Making a statement at the 44th session of UNHRC UK's International Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, delivered...
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...
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...
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GENEVA (3 June 2020) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed alarm at the clampdown on freedom of...
The ICJ today condemned the Presidential pardon granted to murder convict Sunil Ratnayake, Former Staff Sergeant of the Sri Lankan Army.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya...
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera asserted that Sri Lanka’s withdrawal from the co-sponsorship of the UN Human Right Council (UNHRC)...
Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the United Nations Human Rights Council, presented a report1 to the Human Rights...
In its statement to UN Human Rights Council on the High Commissioner's Report, Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka emphasises that the weakening of...
In a meeting with the Netherlands Ambassador Ms. Gonggrijp, Mr. Sampanthan Leader of the Tamil National Alliance has pointed out that “The UNHRC resolution...
Former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said that the decision to co-sponsor Geneva Resolution 30/1 was taken by the yahapalana government under the leadership...
Conclusions and recommendations:
86. Ten years after the end of the lengthy ethnic conflict, there has been no closure on a number of issues arising...
Making Joint Oral Statement at the ongoing 43rd session of the Human Rights Council today (28 February 2020.) eight International Human Rights organisations urged the...
Sri Lanka’s unilateral withdrawal from Resolution 30/1 is a clear rejection of human rights and accountability and displays total disregard for UN Member States
Sri...
Summary:
Pursuant to resolution 40/1 of the Human Rights Council, the present update assesses the progress made in implementing Human Rights Council resolution 30/1 on...
SRI LANKA TAKES STRONG OBJECTION TO THE IMPOSITION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON LT. GEN. SILVA AND HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY BY THE US
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Speaking at UN Security Council Open Debate on ‘Peacebuilding and sustaining peace: Transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict situations’ on 13 February 2020, Permanent...
Unrealized government commitments to pursue truth, justice and reparations, continued impunity for violations and abuses, compromised freedoms of religion and expression characterized 2019 for...
(OFFICE ON MISSING PERSONS/MEDIA RELEASE/15 January 2020)
Recent media reports have claimed that the government plans to review the Office on Missing Persons (Establishment, Administration...
COLOMBO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's new government will make a fresh presentation to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), explaining all...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has expressed deep concern regarding the government's decision to regulate fake news on social media.
Issuing a statement...
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Puyumi Fornseka.
During the first five months of this year, more than 1,200 women dialed the 24-hour hotline: 1938 seeking...
The European Union enjoys and values the broad and multifaceted relationship it has developed with Sri Lanka over the past decades. The European Union’s...
