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Murder in the Mahara Prison…

The wattala Magistrate has ordered to Ragama Police to take actions to protect Bandula Liyanarachchi, who is the  eyewitnesses of the assassination of Isuru kavinda, at the Mahara Prison. Isuru Kavinda, who lived in Kadawatha died on May 3rd at the Mahara Prison. Prison officials informed Public  that he died when he tried to escape […]

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Civil Society Media Statement of Presidential Task Force…

Civil society organizations and activists have issued a press release stating that the functioning of the Presidential Task Force established in the recent past should be closely monitored. They show here specifically, that the all the Presidential Task Forces have a compliment of military personnel while the Presidential Task Force to build a Secure Country,

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Sri Lanka warned about rising anti – Muslim Hatred

Angered by the rise of anti-Muslim hatred following the COVID-19 outbreak, a group of powerful Islamic countries have urged Sri Lanka to ensure the safety of Muslims in the country. In a strongly worded statement, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has also expressed its opposition to cremating bodies of Coronavirus victims. “General Secretariat of the

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The lives of people in the North who have been tortured by the governments military rule.

Gotabhaya Rajapakse, who served as defense secretary during his brother Mahinda Rajapakses regime, has been accused of disappearances, abductions and war crimes and now launched an attack on journalists since he became president. Ten years after the end of the communal war, the military is still occupying the North and East. Armed forces have been

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Statement released by SLCAT on COVID – 19 and Torture, Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading treatment

Statement released by SLCAT on COVID – 19 and Torture, Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading treatment Sri Lankan Committee Against torture has released a statement regarding the Torture, Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading treatment done by the Sri Lankan police during the Covid – 19 lock down. Th statement is as follow.

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A fundamental rights petition to the Supreme Court demanding the nullification of the General Election Gazette.

Attorney-at-Law Charitha Gunaratne has filed a fundamental rights petition in the Supreme Court demanding that the Election Commissions gazette notification which is to be postponed to June 20, be violated by the Constitution. The respondents are Mahinda Deshapriya, the Chairman of the Election Commission and its members NJ Jayasinghe. Abeysekera, Prof. Ratnajeevan Hoole, Secretary to

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Investigations into six policemen’s as a result of drunk and hitting a person

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka started an investigation into a group of police officers accused of inhumanly attacking a house in Jaffna during the curfew. The Human Rights Commission has asked the police headquarters in Jaffna to act against six police officers attached to Vaddukukoddai Police Station who are accused of attacking a

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Worldwide class rivalry emerges in the wake of the corona pandemic

Corona is currently spreading around the world, virus race, gender, nationality or sexual orientation do not feel that different. However, infection prevention and survivors the opportunity to improve is undoubtedly one of the important points is that wealth. Like very natural occurrence of epidemics, coronavirus is intersecting with the reality of a society riven by

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COVID-19: Measures needed to protect people deprived of liberty, UN torture prevention body says

GENEVA (30 March 2020) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has issued detailed advices on a range of actions governments and independent monitoring bodies should take to protect people deprived of their liberty during the COVID-19 pandemic. The public advice provides measures for authorities concerning all places of deprivation of liberty, including prisons, immigration detention facilities,

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