March 5th, 2023    English News

A conversation with Right to Life Executive Director Philip Dissanayake..! I would like to explore the history of how you, who were with the new socio-political movement, and moved towards non-governmental organizations… In fact, we realized that the project was…

   March 4th, 2023    English News

The launch of the 50th edition of Freedom in the World, which has been tracking global trends in political rights and civil liberties annually since 1973. The event will feature researchers presenting key findings from the 2023 report, followed by…

   January 23rd, 2023    Sinhala News

මාතර තිහගොඩ ප්‍රදේශයේ වෙඩි වැදී දැනට අසාධ්‍ය තත්වයේ සිටින හර්ශක දේශාන් යන දරුවා සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඇති නඩුව පසුගිය 20 වන දා මාතර ප්‍රධාන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් උසාවියේ දී කැදවුණි. එහි දී අගතියට පත් පාර්ශවය වෙනුවෙන් පෙනීසිටි නීතීඥ ලක්ෂාන් ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා එදින ගරු මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයාගෙන්…

   January 19th, 2023    Sinhala News

  අයිතිය උදෙසා මාධ්‍යවේදියෝ මාධ්‍ය සංවිධානය සංවිධානය කළ, ” අමතක නොකරමු” යන්න තේමාව කරගනිමින්  ඝාතනයට ලක් වූ සහ අතුරුදන් වූ ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන් සැමරීම, ඊයේ (18) කොළඹ ජාතික පුස්තකාල ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. මෙම අවස්තාව සඳහා හිටපු කතානායක කරූ ජයසූරිය මහතා, කම්කරු සහ…

   February 26th, 2023    Activities

On the occasion of 20 years of our Right to Life human rights organization, a function was organized on 25th February at BMICH Mihilaka Medura. Here, the challenges faced by civil organizations in the current political economy were discussed. Dr….

   February 26th, 2023    Picture Gallery

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   March 22nd, 2022    Interviews

ධර්මසේන පතිරාජගේ ‘කඩුල්ල’ ටෙලි නාට්‍යය හෝ ප්‍රසන්න විතානගේ නිර්මාණය කළ ‘ඉර මැදියම’ සිනමාපටය නරඹනු ලැබුවෝ, පීටර් ඩි අල්මේදාගේ ප්‍රතිභා සම්පන්න රංගන ඉතිහාසය ‘කූඹියෝ’ ටෙලි නාට්‍යයේ ඩඩ්ලි මල්දෙණියගේ චරිතයට වඩා දිගු අතීතයකට විහිදෙන බව දනිති. ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම එහි සැබෑ මූලයන් කොටහේනේ…

   March 5th, 2023    Landmark Cases

A conversation with Right to Life Executive Director Philip Dissanayake..! I would like to explore the history of how you, who were with the new socio-political movement, and moved towards non-governmental organizations… In fact, we realized that the project was…

VISION:

“A pluralistic Sri Lankan society that protects and promotes the right of citizens to enjoy justice, equality, respect for life”.

MISSION:

“To be placed as an active platform in which diverse actors from national to local level engage with responsible institutions against (1) human rights violations including torture, extra judicial killings, and (2) economic and social rights violations of people ensuring effective interventions that guarantee full enjoyment of constitutional rights in Sri Lanka”

English News

March 5th, 2023

20 years of the struggle against torture..!

A conversation with Right to Life Executive Director Philip Dissanayake..! I would like to explore the history of how you, who were with the new socio-political movement, and moved towards non-governmental organizations… In fact, we realized that the project was…

March 4th, 2023

50th edition of Freedom in the World

The launch of the 50th edition of Freedom in the World, which has been tracking global trends in political rights and civil liberties annually since 1973. The event will feature researchers presenting key findings from the 2023 report, followed by…

February 26th, 2023

20th anniversary

On the occasion of 20 years of our Right to Life human rights organization, a function was organized on 25th February at BMICH Mihilaka Medura. Here, the challenges faced by civil organizations in the current political economy were discussed. Dr….

February 3rd, 2023

Implement orders of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka and ensure its independence

  We the undersigned individuals and groups welcome efforts of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) to protect and promote the equal rights of education of all students who are facing the Advanced Level (AL) examinations by ensuring…

December 20th, 2022

Thihagoda Police shot a 15 year old child

On October 28, 15-year-old Harshaka Deshan was shot in the head by a Thihagoda police officer, and now Harshaka is disabled. That is, when he and his friends were going in a three-wheeler to collect the peacock feathers needed for…

November 2nd, 2022

Awareness program about the VSSO act in Gampaha

A discussion on the amendment of the Voluntary Social Service Organizations Act and the problems faced by civil organizations today was held in Gampaha,Ekala on October 23rd.

October 17th, 2022

A citizen’s committee to Gampola

A conference was held for the social activists of Gampola area under the theme of the beginning of change was held on October 15 at the Gampola Salvation Army headquarters auditorium. Philip Dissanayake and Lakshan Fernando (AAT) joined the conference…

September 9th, 2022

SRI LANKA: UN human rights experts condemn repeated use of emergency measures to crackdown on protests

GENEVA (8 August 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the extensive, prolonged and repeated use of state of emergency measures since 2 April 2022 by Sri Lankan authorities to crackdown on peaceful protesters and prevent them from voicing their…

August 9th, 2022

Illegal arrests and illegal detentions damage the legal system

By BASIL FERNANDO Illegal arrests and illegal detentions do not only harm individuals, they also cause irreparable damage to the legal system as a whole. The recent wave of arrests of those who have participated in peaceful demonstrations has not…

July 7th, 2022

Expressing concern over the statement issued by the HRC

The  Sri  Lanka  Collective  Against  Torture  (SLCAT)  is  gravely  concerned  about  the  statement  issued by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) dated 30 June 2022 titled ‘HRCSL  condemns  the  false  media  broadcast  made  by  the  President  of  the …

June 30th, 2022

“Are You a victim of Torture?” A panel discussion

The Right to Life human rights center and the Sri Lanka Collective Against Torture held the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on the occasion of “Are You a victim of Torture?” A panel discussion was held on…

HR Commission tells AG to file criminal action about Rambukkana shooting
June 30th, 2022

HR Commission tells AG to file criminal action about Rambukkana shooting

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has advised the Attorney General to Investigate and file appropriate criminal proceedings against SSP K. B. Keerthiratne with regard to the Rambukkana Shooting. The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka also directed the…

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