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...
(DN/ 05 Oct 2017)Human Rights Commission Chairperson Dr. Deepika Udagama advocating on the revision of abortion laws in the country stressed that the public...
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In a letter Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, regarding the...
The Human Rights Commission welcomes the Directives issued by His Excellenry President Maithripala Sirisena on the arrest and detention of persons under the Prevention...
In a letter addressed to Commissioner General of Prison, HRCSL has said that "the health and security of all prisoners including remandees, remain the...
1. Senior Superintendent of Police and former Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Director Shani Abeysekara was arrested on 31 July 2020, by the Colombo Crime...
The daughter of murdered journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge and four other family members of missing persons have requested the Attorney General to provide urgent medical...
