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The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) said, that there were around 8500 child abuse complaints received last year. Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority, Professor Muditha Vidanapathirana said, out of these cases, 235 complaints have been received regarding the use of children as labors. He said, ‘‘we get a lot of complaints to 1929 […]

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,

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

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

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.

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

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

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

For the past one week, the self-help organization, Sarvodaya Organization and Social Welfare Association of Kotagala has been providing free shelter to the people living in Kotagala and providing dry food items to the families in order to protect the people from coronavirus(covid -19).

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,

The implementation of Human Rights First Aid Centre’s in several districts was started long time ago. Now Right to Life Human Rights Centre taken a step forward to start new First Aid Center’s in some other districts. The first program to raise awareness of the concept was started in Kurunagala District.   This was held

A progress review meeting of Human Rights First Aid Center in Kanthale – Trincomalee district was held on 6th of March 2020. This was discussed about the last year activities, Participation of the defenders in activities and case handlings, documentation and the future works. Subsequently, a questionnaire related to human rights issues were given to