Influences on Sri Lankan peacekeepers!
The release of a UN report condemning Sri Lanka's human rights record has put pressure on the United Nations to crack down on peacekeepers. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' latest report, released on…
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Riot control training to prison intelligence officers…
Cabinet approval has been granted to reorganize the prison intelligence unit for "special duties" including riot control. The government says it has identified the need to reorganize the prison's intelligence unit, which is not limited…
There is a possibility of this Government going for repression of media again- Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe
Now the people who created Black January are in power right now, Ajith Parakum states that they are taking action against journalists violating the rules of the ICCPR Act. He was speaking at a media…
Immediately stop the covid policy targeting minorities in Sri Lanka – UN
The United Nations has condemned the practice of compulsory cremation of people infected with the covid 19 virus as a human rights violation against minorities. UN human rights experts Ahmed Shaheed, Fernand de Virennes,…
Committee to look human rights…
The 44th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is scheduled to take place this year. At the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council last year, the present government announced that it…
Mahara detainees not released on bail – Prisoner Rights Protection Committee
Sudesh Nandimal de Silva, General Secretary of the Committee to Protect the Rights of Prisoners says that the detainees who were ordered to be released on bail by the court are being kept in the…