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Sri Lanka Urged to Prevent Torture and Uphold Human Rights on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Right to Life, a prominent human rights advocacy organization, has issued a strong statement on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, calling for urgent action to prevent torture and promote a civilized society. The …

June 26, 2023

Being a torture victim in the late 80s

Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe I have been a torture victim. It was not for hours or days. Not for months too. It can even be counted in years. It started in May 1989, worsened by the end of the year, and …

June 25, 2023

A prevailing uncivilized system in Sri Lanka

By Dulan Dasanayaka, Attorney at Law “The term ‘torture’ means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information …

June 25, 2023

Mass Graves and Failed Exhumations: HR Activist’s Report

We are standing on a ground filled with skeletal remains and a country the UN rated second in the world for unsolved enforced disappearances, an HR activist opined yesterday at the release of report based on a lengthy probe on …

June 23, 2023

Police Shoot and Injure Individual During Vehicle Inspection in Akmeemana

An individual was injured in a shooting by Akmeemana traffic police on Saturday (10). The police say that the incident had occurred following a routine inspection where a motorcycle with two individuals was told to halt on a side road …

June 11, 2023

Supreme Court Petition Alleges Violation of Rights in Shooting of Minor by Police in Thihagoda

A petition has been filed with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, highlighting the alleged violation of fundamental rights in the shooting of a fifteen-year-old minor by police officers in Thihagoda. The petitioner, Dhammika Malkanthi, seeks justice for her son, …

June 2, 2023

Rambukkana Shooting Victims’ FR Applications Progress in Court

In a significant development regarding the Rambukkana shooting incident, multiple Fundamental Rights (FR) applications have been filed on behalf of the victims. The cases were brought before the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, seeking justice and accountability for the tragic …

May 31, 2023

Where is the action against Teldeniya police?

According to the sources of the National Police Commission, a complaint has been received that a 31-year-old resident of Rajawella, Kandy, was arrested and taken to the house of a Teldeniya police officer, beaten and sprayed with hot peppers on …

May 22, 2023

The Wattala police, who tortured a person in custody on a false charge, also ignored the court’s order to hospitalise him.

On August 16th, 31-year-old Udesh Madhushanka, a resident of the Ja-Ela Tudella area, was falsely arrested by the Ja-Ela Police. The arrest was made in connection with an incident that occurred on August 14th, when Udesh was taken to a …

IGP and Police Commission Found Guilty of Failing to Enforce Anti-Torture Directives

To protect individuals in police custody from being subjected to torture, the court had previously issued several directives. However, these measures have not produced the intended results, as stated by Justice S. Thurai Raja, Chairman of the three-judge Supreme Court …

Principal of Debokkawa Maha Vidyalaya Accused of Assaulting 7th Grade Student

A serious allegation has emerged from the Hambantota district as the principal of Debokkawa Maha Vidyalaya faces accusations of assaulting a 7th-grade student. The complaint, lodged with local police and supported by the Hambantota Human Rights First Aid Center, claims …

A 16-year-old student was allegedly brutally attacked by police officers after being stopped for not wearing a helmet

On August 7th , Tarut Dinal, a 16-year-old school student, was riding his father’s motorcycle after visiting a shop with his brother. Upon returning, Payagala traffic officers noticed that his brother was not wearing a helmet. The officers stopped the …

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Sri Lanka Urged to Prevent Torture and Uphold Human Rights on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Being a torture victim in the late 80s

A prevailing uncivilized system in Sri Lanka

Mass Graves and Failed Exhumations: HR Activist’s Report

Police Shoot and Injure Individual During Vehicle Inspection in Akmeemana

Supreme Court Petition Alleges Violation of Rights in Shooting of Minor by Police in Thihagoda

Rambukkana Shooting Victims’ FR Applications Progress in Court

Where is the action against Teldeniya police?

A victim of such violence sandhya eknaligoda wife of prageeth eknaligoda

The police have undue power over the emergency regulations by attorny armisa teagle

Under the nail claws of violence short film | A different view point of violence against women

Tharik ahamed story about the police torture in darga town

Jayasanka’s story | based on a true story

documentary on Police torture Victims in Sri Lanka

The Wattala police, who tortured a person in custody on a false charge, also ignored the court’s order to hospitalise him.

IGP and Police Commission Found Guilty of Failing to Enforce Anti-Torture Directives

Principal of Debokkawa Maha Vidyalaya Accused of Assaulting 7th Grade Student

A 16-year-old student was allegedly brutally attacked by police officers after being stopped for not wearing a helmet

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