By Mytili Bala. Sri Lanka was advised to more narrowly define terrorism to safeguard freedoms of expression, association, opinion, religion or belief The most obvious change in the Bill would reduce the maximum period…
European Union (EU) indicated today that the special Generalised System of Preferences (GSP+) offered by the EU to Sri Lanka hung in the balance. GSP+ is the system of preferential trading arrangements through which the…
One of the most striking characteristics of the two years of governance of the current regime is its confusion in decision making as well as implementation of its own decisions. This has been manifest in…
Here is the full text of the Briefing Note submitted by the GoSL. At the 48th Session of the Human Rights Council in September 2021, Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris stated that Sri Lanka is…
Nearly 1,500 children recruited by Yemen's Houthi rebels died in fighting in 2020, and hundreds more the following year, the UN says. In a report to the Security Council, experts said rebels were still recruiting…
A program by the title ‘Let's not Forget’ will be held on the verge of Buddha Statue on the 31st January at 4.30 p.m. at viharamadevi park Colombo in the memory of journalists who have…
It is important for lawyers dealing with torture complaints to act promptly and efficiently against the backdrop of increasing in police and state torture. To support them, The Right Life Organization has teamed up with…
Former Pradeshiya Sabha member Premathilaka Amaraweera has died in police custody. The suspect who 62-year-old was arrested by the Hungama Police yesterday (December 18) on a charge of selling liquor on Poya Day. Police Media…
A commemoration ceremony to mark the 73rd International Human Rights Day will be held today (December 17) at 2 pm at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. The theme of the celebrations is "The deterioration…
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has been downgraded to B status by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), a United Nations Institute of National Human Rights Organisation. UN General Assembly adopted…
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