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Activists concerned about counter-terror laws while impunity for past crimes persists
Published at
13.03.2019
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law

Misuse of ICCPR Act and judicial system to stifle freedom of expression in Sri Lanka
Published at
05.07.2019
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- minority groups
- censorship
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
Torture, abduction and ethnic violence continue in Sri Lanka
Published at
25.07.2016
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- positive CS development
- access to info. law

Killing of jaffna students prompts unrest in northern Sri Lanka
Published at
26.10.2016
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- religious groups
- minority groups
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest

Authorities continue to crack down on protests and detain online critics in Sri Lanka, despite UN human rights review
Published at
17.02.2023
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- criminal defamation

Government backs down on restrictive NGO law amendments
Published at
10.04.2018
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- women
- positive CS development
- restrictive law
- internet restriction

Activists threatened and attacked while families of the disappeared protest hearings
Published at
07.08.2018
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD threatened

Journalists and activists targeted as many fear regression of rights following Sri Lankan elections
Published at
15.12.2019
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD threatened
- protest

Pardon for war criminal creates chilling effect in Sri Lanka as threats to activists increase
Published at
13.04.2020
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD threatened
- restrictive law
- intimidation

Ahead of Sri Lanka elections, lawyers, journalists and activists arrested, threatened and harassed
Published at
17.07.2020
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- harassment
- surveillance
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained

Civic freedom violations persist in Sri Lanka as the President expands his powers
Published at
31.10.2020
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protest

Ahead of new Sri Lanka resolution, civil society and UN highlight ongoing rights concerns
Published at
16.03.2021
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- intimidation
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- surveillance

Despite UN concerns Sri Lanka continues to detain critics, arrest protesters and entrench impunity
Published at
13.07.2021
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Sri Lanka authorities crack down on protests, stifle critics and accused of torturing detainees
Published at
05.10.2021
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Protesters in Sri Lanka face excessive force, arbitrary arrests and attacks with impunity
Published at
31.05.2022
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained

Assault on civic freedoms continue in Sri Lanka as an economic crisis hits the country
Published at
29.03.2022
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- positive court ruling
- time,place restrictions
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- torture/ill-treatment
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law

Protest movement pushes Sri Lankan president to resign despite harassment, arrests and attacks
Published at
13.07.2022
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- killing of protestors
- intimidation
- excessive force

Sri Lankan President continues crackdown on activists and protesters, including use of anti-terror law
Published at
25.08.2022
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- youth
- protest disruption
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- protestor(s) detained

Protesters continue to face arrest, excessive force in Sri Lanka as new UN resolution maintains international scrutiny
Published at
09.10.2022
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- harassment
- excessive force
- time,place restrictions
- youth
- protestor(s) detained

Sri Lanka: Despite UN calls to protect civic freedoms, government targets activists and critics and stifles dissent
Published at
07.07.2023
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained

Sri Lanka: Journalists and activists targeted, protests stifled and new restrictive laws proposed
Published at
13.10.2023
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- surveillance

Sri Lanka: Authorities continue to stifle protests, harass activists and push repressive laws
Published at
07.03.2024
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained

Sri Lanka: Authorities continue to target activists, stifle protests and silence journalists, as elections draw near
Published at
31.07.2024
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- place restrictions
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- surveillance

Sri Lanka: Civic space restrictions and targeting of activists persist as new government takes power
Published at
13.01.2025
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained