The Gampaha Human Rights Center reports that a prisoner in the Pallansena rehabilitation camp, has fallen from a coconut tree and died. The officers of the rehabilitation center said that this man climbed the coconut tree out of anger with his wife and after he fell from the coconut tree and had an accident, he […]
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Four years have passed since the fateful Easter in 2019 which plunged the entire country into shock and terror. The synchronized attack by a team of 10 suicide bombers took the lives of 272 persons and injured another 500 or more in a total of six simultaneous attacks- on three churches and three luxury hotels.
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On April 19, 2022, a civilian was killed in a firing by the police during a public demonstration in Rambukkana. In this regard, the final recommendations of the investigations conducted by the Human Rights Commission has been forwarded to the Inspector General of Police on April 18. HRCSL final recommendations
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A year has passed since the Rambukkana police opened fire on a public demonstration, killing one person and injuring another.But still the law does not seem to be implemented against the police officer who ordered this killing or the lower police officers who carried out this shooting. On April 19, 2022, there was a peaceful
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The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka states that the Government is advised to reconsider the definition of terrorism mentioned in section 3 (1) of the Anti Terrorism Bill and recommend specific amendments to clarify and narrow the acts falling within the definition. In a statement on Thursday (6), HRCSL said that the definition of
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Professor Emeritus Jayadeva Uyangoda warned that the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill paves the way to label common citizens and terrorists. Addressing an online forum, he said that in order to implement the IMF program to solve the country’s economic crisis, the government has placed the burden on the poor and vulnerable, working class, and the middle
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– By Ambika Satkunanathan The good The Anti-Terrorism Bill gazetted on 22 March reproduces large parts of the draft counter-terrorism law formulated by the Yahapalana Government. The seeming protections include the affirmation of basic due process rights, i.e. being issued a document notifying arrest, women being searched by women Police officers, access to translations, and
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The launch of the research report prepared by lawyer Mr. Dulan Dasanayake on the inappropriate use of the ICCPR Act in Sri Lanka was held on the 23rd of March at BMICH. For this, President counsel Saliya Peiris, lawyer Namal Rajapaksa, lawyer Lakshan Dias and social activist Ramzi Razik participated in giving comments.
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