The Election Commission (EC) has decided not to register political parties whose names have a reference to ethnicity or religion as, accoding to it,...
The Statement made by Sri Lanka at the interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Assembly and of Association.
Mr. Vice...
Executive Summary.
(INFORM) There were 72 incidents reported during this month of May, reporting more than two incidents per a day. This was a significant increase...
Executive Summary.
This report records 95 incidents that had been reported during the 90 days period. The average number of incidents per day reported...
The Government has begun a crackdown on non-governmental organisations, both foreign and local, by urging them to cut down on programmes they are now...
Cartoon by Kishan Rajapaksa.
Co Cabinet Spokesman minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena said today (6th Feb 2020) that a separate area has been allocated outside the...
The normal operations of the office of the Consortium of Non-Governmental Organisations in Ampaa'rai district has been thoroughly disrupted by the frequent-inspections and questionings...
Image: Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Peaceful Assembly and Association, delivers his End of Mission statement at the Media...
(HRW)The images are vivid. Soldiers standing over the body of the brutal leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) separatist insurgency, who...
US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017: Sri Lanka .
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sri Lanka is a constitutional, multiparty republic with a freely elected government....
Image: Minister Mano Ganesan's explanations for presenting the draft bill are shallow.
(NPC/Press release/ 30.30.18) The National Peace Council welcomes the decision of Minister of...
Neville de Silva.
How times have changed! Three years ago in December the Common Candidate contesting the presidential election and political leaders of various hues...
Motoo Noguchi is a Prosecutor at the Supreme Prosecutors Office of Japan; Chair of the Board of Directors, the Trust Fund for Victims, International...
Freedom of Expression.
FACTS.
Only a few investigations in to killings, abductions and assaults of journalists during the decade ending in 2015 have been initiated. No...
Image: Indian businessmen Ajay Gupta and younger brother Atul Gupta in 2011. The family of Indian-born tycoons are close to president Jacob Zuma. Photograph: Gallo...
Image: UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, at a media briefing at the conclusion of his mission to Sri Lanka.
Preliminary findings...
Image: Minister Ganesan too organised a NGO to help victims of Rajapaksa era white van disappearances.
Speaking to media Minister Mano Ganesan who is in...
Shrinking space for human rights voices and dissent, and concerns over the terms of engagement between government and civil society
A statement by concerned...
Convener of the movement against Meethotamulla garbage dump Keerthiratne Perera and its organizer Attorney at law Nuwan Bopage have been arrested last night (10)...
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...
President Maithripala Sirisena has announced his intention to seek the passage of the 20th Amendment to the constitution as a priority. The reforms envisage...
( President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe)
(AFP) - Sri Lanka's parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to curb the power of the presidency, restoring a two-term...
Making a statement at the on going 27th session of the UNHRC, Dr. Nimalka Fernando called for ''international solidarity and protection for all human...
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...
