Human Rights News Web
Former Prime Minister and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (14) issued a special statement saying that the government should negotiate with the International Monetary Fund to overcome the foreign exchange and economic crisis. Sri Lanka's…
Police have interfered with a protest in the North based on several demands, including the release of political prisoners and a reduction of commodity prices. The new-democratic Marxist-Leninist party launched a campaign last weekend respecting…
The UN has been urged to intervene to save Sri Lanka from the dangerous situation it is in as a consequence of intensifying human rights violations committed by the growing military control in the country.…
The Supreme Court today (14) has been ordered to pay one million rupees as compensation for violating fundamental rights to the petitioner Chadik Shaman (42), a resident of Ihala Bomriya, Kaduwela, who died of a…
The Yugadanavi Power Plant at Kerawalapitiya, Wattala is the second largest power plant in Sri Lanka. Construction of the power plant with a capacity of 300 MW commenced in November 2007 and was carried out…
A key eyewitness in the Welikada prison massacre, which took place when the current president was serving as the defence secretary, has received death threats once again, says the leading prisoners rights group in the…
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) and the National Police Commission (NHRC) have launched an investigation into the brutal assault by the Hambantota Port Police. Weerasekera Kamkanamge Tharuka Lakshan, a married and father…
The World Bank has downgraded Sri Lanka from an upper middle income country to a lower middle income country. This is due to factors such as the sharp fall in flexible exchange rates or the…
The National Peace Council said in a media statement that peaceful public protest is a fundamental right. The full statement as follows. Several protests by different political parties and civil society groups on grievances facing…
The current Chairman of the Urban Development Authority (UDA) under the State Ministry of Urban Development is Architect U.D. Harshan de Silva. A plan is underway to dismiss him from the post and appoint Major…
©️ www.aithiya.lk If any complaint is made that someone is prejudiced by something published on our website, we are obliged to publish the answers submitted by that person revealing his/her identity on our website. | Design & develop by AmpleThemes