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A senior trade union leader has challenged the minister in charge of police to disclose any official document that authorises the arbitrary detention of the group of activists who protested in Sri Lanka’s capital against…
Civil society organizations have lodged a complaint urged the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) to intervene to put an end to all forms of torture including sexual abuse against children and women at…
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…
Today, June 26, is International Day for the Support of Victims of Torture. This day is an annual international celebration by the United Nation. It is a day to speak out against the crime of…
Today as we mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we the undersigned express grave concern about the increasing use of torture in Sri Lanka. During the last year, we witnessed the…
On the universal day for torture victims, this year, a book will be launched by The Right to Life organization working in collaboration with the AHRC on a long standing case, which is continuing in…
The CID has been accused of violating the rule of law in the country. Leading prisoner rights group says the CID has acted on "non-existent provisions of the law" in seeking a detention order for…
Police have released full CCTV footage of the death of a Colombo Port employee who was killed in a road accident. Susil Indrajith, a 49-year-old father of two, had died on the night of 17th…
Former Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, Attorney-at-Law Ramani Muththettuwegama says that, it is not possible to arrest a person just because he leave the house, as he has not committed a…
A suspect arrested by the Batticaloa Police has died in police custody yesterday (03). The deceased has been identified as Chandran Vidushan (21), a resident of Irudayampura, Batticaloa. He was arrested by the Batticaloa Police…
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