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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 ...
Home for Human Rights (HHR) is one of the oldest human rights organisations in Sri Lanka.Founded by the late Francis Xavier (LL.B., 1976, Called to the Bars of Sri Lanka and Ontario, Canada) (July 25 1933-June 10 2016), HHR has sought to address human rights violations against the marginalized and the oppressed population of Sri Lanka since 1977.
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)
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 ...
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 ...
When the United Nations Human Rights Council investigated war crimes in Sri Lanka in 2013, the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation began censoring Tamil-language BBC broadcasts. JDS spoke out assertively against the government's move.
Sunila was born on 4 September 1952, to Turin and Charles Abeysekera, a public servant and a leader of civil society in Sri Lanka. [2] She first became involved in politics in the 1970s as a member of the Civil Rights Movement (CRM), which campaigned for political prisoners who had been involved in the 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) youth insurrection.
Human rights abuses in Sri Lanka (11 C, 19 P) A. Sri Lankan human rights activists (3 C, 30 P) H. Human rights organisations based in Sri Lanka (7 P) L.