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The legacy of alleged human rights abuses continued to affect Sri Lanka after the end of the war. For example, the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was held in Sri Lanka in 2013. The prime ministers of India, Canada, and Mauritius refused to attend due to concerns about Sri Lanka's human rights record, including "ongoing ...
Sri Lanka's security forces abducted men and women from the ethnic Tamil minority and tortured them in custody long after the end of a bloody civil war in the South Asian island nation, a human ...
Sri Lanka will not accept any international investigation imposed by the U.N. Human Rights Council into alleged rights abuses during the country's long civil war, an official said Monday. Foreign ...
The operation has notably drawn criticism from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, and various other human rights groups, [4] [5] who have expressed concerns over the mass arrests and potential human rights violations.
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, who came to collect accounts from the scene in the aftermath, said it was "a total violation of the fundamental rights of the people by the executive". [369] A day later, the police explained that the protestors were unwilling to vacate the premises and acted aggressively in previous occasions when the ...
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested tens of thousands of people in a monthlong crackdown on drugs, and vowed to continue despite U.N. criticism of possible human rights violations during the ...
On 1 April 2008, the organisation University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR), which is run by former teachers at the University of Jaffna—known to be openly critical both of the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka—released their "Special Report #30", [11] which exclusively deals with the massacre of ACF staff. UTHR names one member of the ...
Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Sri Lanka (1 P) Attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces (5 C, 2 P) Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (1 C, 47 P)