– 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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A conversation with Right to Life Executive Director Philip Dissanayake..! I would like to explore the history of how you, who were with the new socio-political movement, and moved towards non-governmental organizations… In fact, we realized that the project was a failure because of politics. So it was a time when we were thinking about
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The launch of the 50th edition of Freedom in the World, which has been tracking global trends in political rights and civil liberties annually since 1973. The event will feature researchers presenting key findings from the 2023 report, followed by a panel discussion on the implications of those findings and the state of democracy worldwide
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On the occasion of 20 years of our Right to Life human rights organization, a function was organized on 25th February at BMICH Mihilaka Medura. Here, the challenges faced by civil organizations in the current political economy were discussed. Dr. Indi Akurugoda, Dr. Jehan Perera, Dr. Nimalka Fernando, Chairperson Harman Kumara, Social Activist Suresh Nadesan,
