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Recently, there was a dialogue arose in the European Union that the GSP + concession given to Sri Lanka should not be granted. It focuses on human rights violations in the country. With this decision…
On the May 7, 2014 Sandun Malinga, a 17 year old boy and four others with him were beaten by police officers, arrested and detained at the Kandaketiya police in the Badulla district. The next…
The Sri Lankan Collective Against Torture says that when government authorities abuse power with arbitrary enforcement of the law against marginalised people in the society and In refusing to provide security to those people caused…
A leading organization fighting against forced disappearances warns that the recent abduction of a social activist, carried out by a group clad in plain clothes during the night, could be the beginning of a new…
The Forum of Women Parliamentarians has focused on making proposals to increase the representation of women in the existing electoral structure in Sri Lanka. The Forum has decided to submit a proposal in writing to…
The President of the Ceylon Teachers' Union S. Priyantha Fernando has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) alleging that the authorities have not taken steps to ensure online education…
Mrs. Chamila Thushari, head coordinator, Dabindu Collective, says that trade zone workers are suffering due to sexual harassment in the workplace. She says free trade zone workers are the most persecuted and are being harassed…
Suspects under the Prevention of Terrorism Act are more likely to be tortured and that prison officials have come to the conclusion that the government is not complying with the law, then they would not…
Father Nandana Manatunga, Director of the Kandy Human Rights Office says that the government is currently prosecuting cases against torture in a very weak manner and therefore urges the Attorney General to file cases against…
Sri Lanka is a criminal state. This story proves it. But we have to change this situation somehow. We have to fight continously... The person who is responsible for this murder is fugitive and is…
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