Three Asian women rights defenders have received a prestigious international award for a documentary made about their respective struggles, which was shown as part of a major film festival in the Netherlands during March. The jury at the Movies that Matter Festival, which was held in The Hague from March 24 to 31, awarded Suciwati […]
A petition has been forwarded to His Excellency President by the people requesting to hold the investigations and conduct the judicial proceedings quickly and impartially on the murder case of E.K. Saman Thilakasiri who lived in Hatharawana Palama, Moragahapallama, Inginiyagala. He was arrested by three officers of Inginiyagala police station ,on 21st February 2010 and
These days there is considerable discussion about investigations into some NGOs in Sri Lanka. The president himself is talking in public about this issue and already implying that there is some kind of wrong doing on the part of some NGOs. This has also been followed by several media channels. Therefore some simple reflections on
SRI LANKA: Persecuting of NGOS under the pretext of prosecutions – AHRC Statement Read More »
Nihal De Silva is working as a broker in the sales field of vehicles, houses and land other than his farming. He has been taken into custody on an alleged cash theft which had happened with regard to a three wheeler deal, and had been hanged and assaulted. On 2nd January 2011 when, he
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Inquiry and Investigation Division of HRCSL has released a summary report of complaints, which were received during the year 2010. According to sources HRCSL received 9901 complaints this year. The head office received 4205 complaints and ten regional offices received 5696 complaints. Compared to the previous year the statistics indicate a reduction of 21 percent.
Human Rights Commission SL received 9901 complaints in the year 2010 Read More »
Upul went to his home on 3 February 2011, to participate in an alms giving held for the anniversary of his father’s death. Then his mother told him that a police officer was asking about a person called ‘Japana’. He went out from the house and asked the police officer who he was looking for.
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Considering the cases in court s, postponing of Elections by the Election Commissioner in all Local Government Institutions which are under legal actions , is considered unfair and undemocratic. It is a bad example. This action can be followed by a person or a party in any further election in Sri Lanka, by purposely working
