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SRI LANKA: Torture and Trauma (A Book Review)

Review of Narrative of Justice: told through stories of torture victims, 400 cases of torture from Sri Lanka, By Basil Fernando, published in 2013 by the Asian Human Rights Commission. My first impres...

SRI LANKA: Lawyers for the 12th respondent, Hon. Vijitha Herath, replies to the Attorney General’s petition relating to the impeachment case 

The lawyers for the 12th Respondent, a members of the Select Committee of Parliament appointed with regard to the charges against the Chief Justice, the Hon. Vijitha Herath, have filed their written ...

ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව : ඔප්පු කිරීමේ භාරය ජනතාවට මාරු කිරීම — Asian Human Rights Commission

ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමෙන් ප‍්‍රකාශයක් English වැලිවේරිය, රතුපස්වල ඝාත...

ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව : ඔප්පු කිරීමේ භාරය ජනතාවට මාරු කිරීම

ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමෙන් ප‍්‍රකාශයක් English වැලිවේරිය, රතුපස්වල ඝාත...

SRI LANKA: Lawyers for the 12th respondent, Hon. Vijitha Herath, replies to the Attorney General’s petition relating to the impeachment case 

The lawyers for the 12th Respondent, a members of the Select Committee of Parliament appointed with regard to the charges against the Chief Justice, the Hon. Vijitha Herath, have filed their written ...

SRI LANKA: Torture and Trauma (A Book Review) 

Review of Narrative of Justice: told through stories of torture victims, 400 cases of torture from Sri Lanka, By Basil Fernando, published in 2013 by the Asian Human Rights Commission. My first impres...

ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව : ඔප්පු කිරීමේ භාරය ජනතාවට මාරු කිරීම 

වැලිවේරිය, රතුපස්වල ඝාතන විසින් ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ නීතියේ ආධිපත්‍යය තියු...

SRI LANKA: Shifting the burden of proof on the people — Asian Human Rights Commission

Sinhalese The killings at Rathupaswela, Weliweriya have brought into sharp focus the crisis of the rule of law in Sri Lanka. The burden of proving the allegation of being killed or otherwise seriously...

SRI LANKA: Shifting the burden of proof on the people 

The killings at Rathupaswela, Weliweriya have brought into sharp focus the crisis of the rule of law in Sri Lanka. The burden of proving the allegation of being killed or otherwise seriously injured b...

SRI LANKA: Two brothers were arrested, tortured and detained by the Terrorist Investigation Division and remain in remand as they cannot pay the amount demanded in bribes by the TID officers.

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Ganeshan Pushparaj and his brother Mr. Ganeshan Govi of Odinton Estate, Lindula, Thalawakalle in Nuwara Eliya D...

SRI LANKA: Lawyers make recommendations for the improvement of judicial proceedings 

At a recently held seminar, a group of 20 lawyers made the following recommendations for the improvement of court proceedings, particularly on human rights matters. 1. When an FR (Fundamental Rights) ...

SRI LANKA: The military should make inquiries from soldiers and not from the people 

On August 15 (yesterday) people from Rathupaswela, Weliweriya, were asked to go to the army camps in order to record evidence from them. The people did not want to go to the camps for obvious reasons....

SRI LANKA: A man suffering from mental disorder is severely tortured by officers from the Inginiyagala Police Station

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Nanthamuni Arachchilage Asitha Sri Dewanandha is a 34-year-old man suffering from a mental disorder. On 26 May,...

SRI LANKA: The need to introduce studies in Killology — Part Two 

Newspapers have published discussions between the president and the representatives from the Rathupaswela, Weliweriya incident. A possible settlement was mentioned by way of the removal of the factory...

SRI LANKA: The need to introduce studies in Killology 

What makes a soldier capable of shooting young boys of 16 and 18 at point blank range with the intent to kill? That is what happened at Rathupaswela, Weliweriya. Of course, such killings have not been...

SRI LANKA: Horrible military crimes at Rathupaswala necessitate the arrest of the commanding officers 

The horrible military killings at Ratupaswala are nothing but mean and horrible killings. Nothing in the military terminology or strategic manuals could ever justify the horrible acts that happened at...

SRI LANKA: From Minor Tyranny to Excessive Tyranny 

Impeaching the Chief Justice and Sri Lankan Politics By Upul Abeyrathne1 “All are accordingly bound by the necessity of keeping the law, unless perchance there is any who can be thought to have been...

SRI LANKA: The day when the rule of law system collapsed 

What happened on July 23, 1983 was not the event of a single day in history. The impact of that day lives on and with each passing year the situation of the rule of law in the country has become worse...

SRI LANKA: “Stop Prosecution of De Jure CJ” – Lawyers tell Government

Press Release – 18th July 2013 It is reliably learnt that the government is in the process of instituting criminal prosecution against the CJ, Shirani Bandaranayake shortly.  The recommencement...

SRI LANKA: Sandakada pahana (Moonstone) and inculturation 

During the last few weeks the Sandakada pahanas (Moonstones) in a couple of churches in Kalutara District came under attack from Bodu Bala Sena, a Buddhist militant organisation led by Buddhist monks....