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...
Two Maulavis who have been arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), have informed court through their lawyer that they are under pressure...
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...
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...
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The country is facing difficult challenges due to internal and external pressures which is increasing the level of frustration within society. ...
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The findings of the National Study of Prisons undertaken by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka have been discussed...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday informed Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court that it had obtained a detention order from the Defence Ministry to interrogate...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today informed Colombo Fort Magistrate that the Ministry of Defence had approved the detention and interrogation of Attorney-at-Law Hejaz...
18 young people from Kattankudy, Eastern province, Sri Lanka have been arrested and detained under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act according to reports...
Ramani Muttettuwegama, the commissioner in charge of Investigations & Inquiries at the HRCSL has requested C. D.C. Wickremaratne, Acting Inspector General of Police to...
Even as petitions are collected and hands are rightfully wrung for redress regarding the arrest and detention of attorney Hejaaz Hisbullah, it is timely...
Image: FMM convener C.Dodawatta at the press conference on 18 March 2019.
MARCH 18, 2019/ Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Media rights activists on Monday urged the Sri...
Amidst the political turmoil that took place in late October 2018, it was wholly predictable that Sri Lanka’s Counter-Terrorism Bill approved by the Cabinet...
Gajalakshmi Paramasivam.
As per news reports , Kamer Nizamdeen has declared “I’m now a free man,” . This confirms that Freedom to him is physical and not as...
September 18th, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) notes the improved version of the Counter Terrorism Bill to repeal and replace...
Jaffna journalist Uthayarasa Shalin and five other residents of a Jaffna suburb have been summoned to Colombo by the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID).
They have...
The violation of the language rights following the enactment of Official Languages Act No. 33 of 1956, started the process of human rights violations of...
Image: They were kept under PTA, the draconian anti-anti Terror law in Sri Lanka.
The charges were filed by former Attorney General Eva Wanasundara, who...
(Geneva) – The Sri Lankan government has failed to fulfill its pledge to abolish the abusive Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), Human Rights Watch said in a...
Image: This year, the mood of the visiting European delegation is certainly more irritable. ( photo credit: FT)
There appears to be a brisk uptick in...
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...
