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  • Sri Lankan minister backtracks on probe into sexual harassment in media institutions

    Jun 24

    The Sri Lankan Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella backtracked his decision to carry out an investigation into sexual harrasment operating in media institutions. 

  • CPJ and CJA calls for accountability over attacks against journalists in Sri Lanka

    The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) alongside Centre for Justice and Accountability (CJA) has issued a report calling calls on the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold Sri Lanka accountable for crimes committed against journalists.

  • Rajapaksa sends letter to his 'close friend,' Chinese President

    President Gotabaya Rajapaksa sent a letter to ‘close friend’, Chinese president Xi Jinping. 

    Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China, Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona, gave the Director General of the Department of Protocol Hong Lei at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China a special gift and personal message from Rajapaksa. 

  • Sri Lankan government denies involvement in Mullivaikkal monument destruction

    The Sri Lankan government has denied its involvement in the destruction of the memorial at Jaffna University honouring the tens of thousands of lives lost in the Mullivaikkal massacre in 2009. 

  • Muslims forcibly cremated by government - The Economist
    <p>Muslim coronavirus victims are being forcibly cremated by the Sri Lankan government, reports the Economist on January 2, following new rules issued by the health ministry making cremations compulsory, upsetting Muslims who blame Islamophobia.&nbsp;</p>
  • Sri Lanka requests recognition of human rights achievements from the UNHRC

    During the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN, Dayani Mendis, requested the UNHRC recognise the achievements Sri Lanka has made towards reconciliation, development and the promotion and protection of human rights within the span of four years.

  • Travel ban temporarily lifted on key witness in abduction and murder of 11 youth case
    <p>The travel ban imposed on Lieutenant Commander G.Laksiri, a key witness in the case of the abduction and murder of 11 youth&nbsp;between 2008 and 2009,&nbsp;was temporarily lifted on July 17. The order was issued by Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanyake.&nbsp;</p> <p>Meanwhile, the case filed against Sri Lanka’s Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, was also postponed until October 9.</p>
  • UN expert visiting SL to assess rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
    <p>UN Special Rapporteur Clément Nyalestsossi Voule is visiting Sri Lanka from 18 to 26 July 2019 to assess rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the country.</p> <p>Voule will assess issues related to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, including their intersection with the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.</p>
  • Sri Lanka PM promises a permanent solution to national question in next two years
    <p>Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s prime minster said he will do his utmost to find a permanent solution to the national question in the next two years.</p> <p>“I would like to say that we have reached a political settlement. The issue will be resolved in the next two years. It will create an environment in which Sri Lankans can live with pride. I like the fact that we are Sri Lankans irrespective of our nationality. Everyone here should think that way,” he said.</p>
  • Sirisena claims drug gangs responsible for Easter Sunday bombings
    <p>President Maithripala Sirisena has claimed that international drug syndicates orchestrated Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter Sunday bombings, although previously blaming the attacks on Islamist terrorists.</p> <p>In a statement released on Monday, Sirisena said the attacks “were the work of international drug dealers.”</p> <p>“Drug barons carried out this attack to discredit me and discourage my anti-narcotics drive. I will not be deterred,” he said.</p>
  • Sri Lankan court remands Muslim doctor following monks protest
    <p>Kurunegala Magistrate's Court&nbsp;remanded a Muslim doctor who was falsely charged of sterilising Sinhala women after protests by Buddhist monks and lawyers.&nbsp;</p> <p>Buddhist monks and lawyers claimed that releasing the doctor, Mohamed Shafi,&nbsp; could lead to violence in Kurunegala.</p> <p>Despite the State saying it had no objections to bail, the court ordered that Shafi be remanded for another two weeks.&nbsp;</p>
  • EU and Sri Lanka engage in counter-terrorism dialogue
    <p>The EU and Sri Lanka held an informal counter-terrorism dialogue today, chaired by Gilles de Kerchove, the EU Counter Terrorism Coordinator. .</p>
  • President Sirisena rejects appeal by UN chief over death penalty
    <p>Sri Lankan President, Maithripala Sirisena, said he rejected an appeal by United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to reconsider his restoration of the death penalty after 43 years.</p> <p>“I told the Secretary-General that I want to save my country from drugs,” Sirisena said in a meeting in Colombo.</p>
  • Attacks on religious minorities continued says US State Department
    <p>Religious minorities in Sri Lanka continue to be attacked, said the US Department in its 2018 report on International Religious Freedom.</p>
  • Prominent Sri Lankan monk calls for boycott of Muslim shops and stoning of doctor
    <p>A prominent Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka has accused Muslims of destroying the island’s majority Sinhalese community and called for a boycott of Muslim- run shops and businesses.</p> <p>Monk Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana, the chief prelate of the Asgiriya Chapter of Buddhism&nbsp;said, “Don’t eat from those (Muslim) shops. Those who ate from those shops will not have children in the future. In another 10 to 15 years, we will know the consequence.”</p>
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