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Stop intimidating social media users and journalists – “Journalists for Rights”

The Journalists for Rights Collective said that general public and journalists who using social media should not be arrested for an offence that can only be prevented by warning. At the same time, they urge the authorities to stop using social medias to intimidate users, journalists and the community by using the social media as

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Abduction and demands for ransom by some officers of Kuda oya Police Station

At the police station, they were severely tortured. According to the family, the family members were denied access to the suspects and the police denied having abducted or taken them into custody. Later, on information received by the family, they inquired from the Kuda oya Police and heard the both suspects shouting “Buddhu sir please do

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Murder at Pugoda Police Station- OIC has not yet been arrested

Asian Human Rights Commission has released a statement on their website regarding the death of Gayana Pushpakumara. Statement is as follow.. On October 11, a young man Gayan Pushpkumar, 21, was arrested by the officers of the Pugoda Police Station on mistaken identity. Initially, he was suspected of having robbed some money. However, later, the

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The OIC of Pugoda Police Station kicked to Gayan’s Stomach three times – Said by relatives

A youth was arrested by the pugoda police for stealing money died after being admitted to ragama hospital due to illness inside the police cell on 12th of September. 21-year-old Gayan Pushpakumara a resident in Pugoda, Madawala Kanda had died in this manner. In this area a person gives a packet of drugs in the

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Are Police officers already aware about the RTI Act?

International Information Day on September 28. To mark the occasion, the Right to Information Journalists held a ceremony at Sawsiripaya, Colombo 07 on the theme that the right to information cannot be deprived. It was revealed that under the Information Act, the police would seek information from journalists who request information. Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi of

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As a nation we have failed to Deliver Justice to the Disappeared: Visakesa Chandrasekaram

Human rights issues related to enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka still continue. The grievances and the anxieties of those loved ones of the disappeared due to the ‘88-89 insurgency and the three-decade-long separatist war exist to this day. In this context Daily Mirror spoke to human rights activist and award-winning filmmaker Dr Visakesa Chandrasekaram to

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