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Nov 13 2019 12:09pm
Sri Lanka: Human rights must be 'at the heart' of the next presidency
Ahead of Sri Lanka’s presidential election this weekend, Amnesty Inter...
Oct 31 2019 6:01pm
Sri Lanka: Six months on, still no accountability for attacks on refugees - new report
There has still been no police investigations into the threats and vio...
Aug 15 2019 3:10pm
Urgent Action good news: Supreme court suspends all execution warrants
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court, while hearing the petitions to halt exec...
Aug 8 2019 4:04pm
Urgent Action: Writer faces up to 10 years jail for story
Shakthika Sathkumara, an award-winning Sri Lankan writer, was arrested...
Jul 5 2019 1:50pm
Sri Lanka: today's reprieve for death row prisoners should be made permanent
Four people due to be hanged for drug-related offences have received a...
Jun 28 2019 3:21pm
Urgent Action update: Grave fears for prisoners on death row
Amnesty International has received reports indicating that the Preside...
Jun 26 2019 10:02am
Sri Lanka: Outrage as President signs death warrants for four prisoners
Amnesty International is shocked by Sri Lankan President Maithripala S...
Jun 25 2019 11:08am
Sri Lanka: President must halt 13 imminent executions for drug-related crimes
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena must immediately halt plans ...
Jun 5 2019 4:15pm
Urgent Action: Pakistani Christian family at risk of deportation
A Pakistani Catholic family – ages ranging from 11 to 57 - have been a...
May 16 2019 12:01pm
Sri Lanka: Refugees living in fear following Easter Sunday attacks
The Sri Lankan government must ensure that the more than 1,100 refugee...