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Feb 27 2023 8:18pm
Sri Lanka: One person killed and dozens injured after police attack peaceful protesters
Responding to the news that one protester was killed and dozens injure...
Oct 4 2022 1:01am
Sri Lanka: Economic crisis has had 'devastating consequences' on healthcare and food supplies - new report
Life-threatening shortages of medicine and essential equipment  Chi...
Jul 20 2022 5:15pm
Sri Lanka: 'Chilling' emergency regulations must not lead to further human rights violations
Authorities have carried out arrests of largely peaceful demonstrators...
Jul 14 2022 9:05pm
Sri Lanka: Amnesty urges authorities to not use military to police protests
Amnesty International today issued an urgent plea the Sri Lankan autho...
Oct 18 2021 12:01am
Sri Lanka: Alarming rise in state-sanctioned violence and discrimination against Muslims - new report
Sri Lanka’s Muslim community has suffered consistent discrimination, h...
Feb 26 2021 2:32pm
Sri Lanka: End of forced cremations for coronavirus victims restores dignity for Muslim burials
Responding to the Sri Lankan authorities’ decision to end the practice...
Feb 18 2021 10:00am
Sri Lanka: Government obstructing justice for historic crimes – new report
The Sri Lankan Government has launched a renewed crackdown that is obs...
Jan 27 2021 9:08pm
Sri Lanka: UK must spearhead international push for justice following damning UN report
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) must take urgent steps to address ...
Apr 3 2020 12:49pm
Sri Lanka: Muslim COVID-19 victims cremated against families' wishes
Concern that religious tensions could be inflamed if Muslim families n...
Dec 17 2019 12:34pm
Outcome: Family seeking asylum returns home voluntarily
A Pakistani Catholic family, who arrived in Colombo, the capital of Sr...