Capacity-building programmes implemented over the past few months to improve human resources and technical facilities at the Government Analyst’s Department have significantly reduced severe congestion in remand prisons. According to the Ministry of Justice, the department issued 17,506 reports in August and September alone. The majority of these reports relate to cases backlogged since 2025, […]
Today We premiered our latest documentary ’54’ at Sandhara Colombo, from 3:00 PM onwards. The documentary explores Dulanjali Abeyratne’s harrowing 390-day experience in remand custody and sheds light on the misuse of Section 54 of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (PODDO). Following the screening, an insightful panel discussion featuring Professor Rohan Samarajeeva, Danushka
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On July 30, 2026, the Right to Life Human Rights Centre convened a high-level consultation with Human Rights First Aid Centre (HRFAC) coordinators to guide the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the management of torture cases. Moderated by Attorney-at-Law Dulan Dassanayake, the session provided a vital platform for first responders across Sri Lanka
We, the undersigned civil society collective, express our profound concern and unequivocally condemn the tragic incidents that occurred at Negombo Prison between 5 and 7 July 2026. These clashes resulted in the loss of at least 31 lives, including 10 prison officers, and left over 100 individuals injured. Moreover, we are deeply alarmed by verified
Although eradicating drugs from a country is an essential matter, destroying the lives of innocent citizens by imprisoning them on fabricated charges in the name of drug suppression can in no way be condoned. One of the most serious tragedies we see today is the misuse of the law by certain corrupt police officers to
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA On July 2, 2026, the Right to Life (R2L) Human Rights Centre, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Collective Against Torture (SLCAT), hosted a vital stakeholder consultation and policy dialogue at Hotel Ramada, Colombo. Held under the theme “The Urgency of Torture Eradication and Our Collective Responsibility,” the event brought together a
On June 26, 2026, human rights defenders, legal experts, and citizens gathered to observe the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The event brought together voices from the Human Rights First Aid Centre (HRFAC) in Anuradhapura, the Anuradhapura District Citizens’ Committee, and Right to Life (R2L) to shed light on the urgent need
වධහිංසාවට එරෙහි ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය එකමුතුව විසින් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් කරමින් කියා සිටින්නේ වසංගත තත්වයක් තුළ වුවද ලංකාවේ පොලිසිය ඇතුතුව රාජ්‍ය යාන්ත්‍රණය තුළ වධහිංසාවන් වැඩි ඇතැයි කියාය. මෙම මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය තුලින් හිංසාවට පාත්‍රවන කොට්ඨාශයන් හා මූලික මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් කඩ කරමින් අනපනත් භාවිතා කරන් ආකාරය පිළිබඳව වැඩි දුර විස්තර සඳහන් කර ඇත. එම මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශය සිංහල හා
වසංගත තත්වයක් තුළත් හිංසාවන්වල වැඩි වීමක්. Read More »
