The laws in the country to prevent torture is well enough Letās eradicate torture, violence and extremism! Public Meeting in Gampaha Public meeting on the theme of āLetās Eradicate Torture, Violence and Extremismā is being held in Ja-Ela, Rasanga hall, on June 22nd Wednesday as the first public event after the Press Conference organized by […]
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Misuse of ICCPR Act in Sri Lanka – Media Statement In the recent past the discourse was on filing cases using the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). If a case is filed under this act it will take at least a few months to get bail out and also the suspect could be kept in
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In a letter to the Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms, the Free Media Movement has expressed its concern that the given current context the proposed legal amendments related to false news distribution and hate speech could seriously threaten the freedom of expression and media freedom in the country. The letter follows: June 17, 2019
(Lanka-e-News, -26.April.2011, 11.45PM) Following our subsequent inquiries, it had come to light that our article captioned āAGās order to free two more suspects on the grounds there are no charges against them ignored by Magistrateā, posted in our website on the 19th of April is erroneous. The news conveying āThe Pugoda Magistrate had ignored the
It is wrong for the Attorney General (AG) to withdraw criminal charges filed against a suspect, Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice (CJ) said. The Chief Justice was referring to the recent withdrawal of charges against government politicians by the Attorney General. “The AG does not have powers to withdraw charges if there is evidence,” CJ Asoka
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On 27th February, 2011Ā Some Ā drunken police officers from the Ā Negombo police stationĀ came to the house ofĀ Marasingha Arachchige Maithree NįŗÆrada, took Maithee NaradaĀ into custody with Ā regard of Ā a cattle theft in KadiranaĀ area, and Ā took him to the police station and assaulted him inhumanly. Narada was residing temporarily in a house at
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The UN panel commissioned to advise the UN Secretary General on several issues relating to the period covering the end of the war with the LTTE has now submitted its report. The content of the report has not yet been published. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called on the UN Secretary General to
As a result of an assault made by a teacher of Matara, Gandara Madya Maha Vidyalaya, a student of the same school, had been injured and was admitted to the Matara,Thalalla rural hospital and has taken residential treatment for 5 days. Ishan Maleesha of Devrampura, Kapugama, Devinuwara, (Matara) a13 year old male student of grade
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Asantha Arvinda of Madawalamula, Baddegma road, Galle, aged 24, cook by profession was acquitted from the forged charges in the case filled against him by the Pitabeddara police station and was released. The Human Rights Commission concluding their investigation of the human rights case filled by Asanka,s father, has reached to the observations- that the
When The case was called before the Pugoda Magistratesā Courts the preliminary hearings with regard to the Murder Case of Mr.David Amarasinghe, 47 years older bachelor , whose death had been occurred on 14th August 2010, while in the custody of Kirindiwela police station , Pugoda Magistrate and the additional district Judge Mr. Aravinda Perera
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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
