Sri Lanka
Monday 5.11.2018 Sri Lanka - Latest Developments -
Activists fear Rajapaksa’s return to power
Human rights groups have raised fears about a return to past abusive practices in the country after Mahinda Rajapaksa was appointed as President . Rajapaksa’s previous administration was implicated in serious human rights violations during the final stages of Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war and in suppression of freedoms of the media, expression, and association
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Tuesday 7.8.2018 Sri Lanka - Latest Developments -
Activists threatened and attacked while families of the disappeared protest hearings
Activists working on cases of enforced disappearances are being threatened and attacked . Families of the disappeared are protesting against meetings with the Office for Missing Persons (OMP), saying they had no faith in the body to ensure justice
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Tuesday 10.4.2018 Sri Lanka - Latest Developments -
Government backs down on restrictive NGO law amendments
In late March 2018, the government agreed to withdraw proposed restrictive amendments to the NGO law. Social media was blocked in the wake of anti-Muslim riots. The government committed to protecting HRDs during the adoption of the UPR at the Human Rights Council Read more
Wednesday 26.10.2016 Sri Lanka - Latest Developments -
Killing of jaffna students prompts unrest in northern Sri Lanka
The recent killing of two students from the University of Jaffna for failing to stop at a police barricade on 10th October has sparked protests across the island. Read more
Monday 25.7.2016 Sri Lanka - Latest Developments -
Torture, abduction and ethnic violence continue in Sri Lanka
In early June Velauthapillai Renukaruban a British-Sri Lankan visiting his family home in Jaffna, Northern Sri Lanka, was abducted by security forces. Sinhalese and Tamil students clashed at Jaffna University, in Northern Sri Lanka leaving 10 people injured and forcing the campus to close for two weeks. Police, military intelligence services and troops from the military special task force were all reported to have been deployed, sparking fears of further harassment by the state forces of Tamil student activists. Read more