Summary: Incidents related to repression of dissent continued to be reported under the Sirisena Presidency, despite a general feeling of having more freedom than under the Rajapakse presidency. In mid May 2015, Police obtained court orders to prevent remembrance events for Tamils killed during the war. Police also interrogated organizers, participants and media at some […]
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26 Incidents of Suppression of Dissent Recorded in October 2014
INFORM, a long standing human rights documentation centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka in has recorded 26incidents of suppression of dissent in Sri Lanka. the Summary of the report follows: INFORM Report: Repression of Dissent in Sri Lanka October 2014: Summary: As the deadline for submissions for the UN Human Rights Council appointed investigation into alleged […]
