Rights of persons with disabilities (PwDs)
FACTS
Although Sri Lanka boasts of a diverse populace, there is virtually no recognition of PwDs as a part of...
Up-country Tamil Plantation Community (Estate sector)
FACTS
Estate sector workers are predominately Tamil, of Indian origin and Sri Lankan citizens. They have been working in Tea...
Militarisation of the North in Sri Lanka
FACTS
Government has not implemented any promised security sector reforms in order to pave the way for de-militarisation of...
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...
At Sri Lanka’s last UPR, the Government accepted recommendations from South Africa and Iran (numbers 127.68 and 127.69). These recommendations called on Sri Lanka...
Image: (c)Shehan Gunasekara/Daily FT
On 15 October, the Sri Lankan authorities imposed a curfew in parts of Katunayake Free Trade Zone (KFTZ) after hundreds of...
Brigadier K. K. S. Parakum of Mechanized Infantry Regiment has entered the Sampathnuwara District Hospital a few days ago and threatened the medical staff...
