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The party said the EU resolution is yet another foreign policy failure of the Sri Lanka government.
The EU expressed deep concern over Sri Lanka's "alarming path towards the recurrence of grave human rights violations"
Almost all prisons in Sri Lanka are overcrowded making it impossible for the authorities to control an outbreak within.
The Free Media Movement (FMM) is calling on the Media Community to take concerted action to prevent the enactment of law...
The sanctions come Sri Lanka repeatedly rejecting Western demand to address past rights abuses as per UN resolution
Several Western nations have warned of targeted sanctions on Rajapaksas for past HR abuses
Sri Lanka’s Muslim community is continuing to question the country’s insistence on cremating the remains of COVID 19...
The Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) is calling on all political parties, civil society activists and the general...
Sri Lanka’s judicial system is poised to release thousands of remand prisoners accused of minor narcotic offences in a...
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has handed over prepositioned maternity and dignity kits worth more than 3 mi...
Across the districts designated as the most affected by the COVID 19 threat, the fear of the disease is tinged by the co...
The government is warning the media and those posting on social media that creating a negative opinion about those infec...
Sri Lanka’s authorities are being slammed by Amnesty International for not respecting the rights of religious minoriti...
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem is condemning the fact that the remains of a Muslim man, the second person...
Former Sri Lanka Army Staff Sergeant R M Sunil Rathnayake who was sentenced to death in 2015 was granted a presidential ...
Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) must be allowed to provide “soft skills” to Sri Lankans unhindered the Nationa...
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Citing 15 Sri Lankan human rights activists working in different parts of the country, Human Rights Watch raised concern...
Sri Lanka rejected today what it called inaccurate assertions and inadequate assessments made by the UN Special Rapporte...
Sri Lanka will undertake a review of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) with a view to proposing necessary ...
Calling into question the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to internally investigate alleged human rights vi...
The majority of people with disabilities are being marginalized when it comes to sexual and reproductive health services...
A group of political parties representing minority communities are coming together to safeguard themselves from anti-dem...
A Parliamentary Oversight Committee is calling for an immediate ban on the wearing of the Burka and a “phasing out” ...
Sri Lanka’s delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission’s 43rd session in Geneva has a tough task – i...
MP Mangala Samaraweera said that it was the UNHRC 30/1 resolution that stopped international investigations against the ...
The cabinet has approved a proposal to withdraw from cosponsoring United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution...
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