Latest News

Many things are said about Black July, 1983. That there were many culprits who caused the havoc that virtually destroyed the image of Sri Lanka and which gave justification for a prolonged period of v...

Responding to the threats exerted by the Cabinet Minister Rishad Badurdeen on the Mannar Magistrate (Mr. A. Judeson), the Lawyers for Democracy (LFD) urges the President to remove the said Minister wi...

ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේ නිවේදනයයි ආසියාව: වධ හිංසාව මුලිනුපුටා දැමීම ...

According to reports we have received, a group of criminals allegedly sponsored by a government minister, stoned the High Court and the Magistrate Court of Manner in a coordinated attack yesterday. A ...

The attack on the Magistrate’s Court and the High Court in Mannar, allegedly instigated by a powerful government minister, has led to a resolve by law court judges and lawyers to boycott all cou...

In a weekly telecast comedy show one interesting question was asked about the measures taken to eradicate dengue fever. It asks why insecticides are not being used for this purpose. It appears that mu...

Another round of elections has been fixed and the country is turned into election mode. Elections are said to be a benchmark of democracy, and then why are we bothered when more and more elections are...

(Hong Kong, July 13, 2012) The AHRC wishes to forward for your attention the important petition:  “Save Sri Lankan Schools and Universities!” http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-sri-l...

ENG : http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-interview-with-editor-who-was-12-07-2012,43016.html FRA : http://fr.rsf.org/sri-lanka-interview-de-la-journaliste-12-07-2012,43015.html SRI LANKA Reporters Without Bo...

The AHRC releases a dossier on all relevant documents relating to the campaign to obtain release for Rizana Nafeek.  Rizana Nafeek, arrested in 2005 and sentenced to death by beheading in 2007 is s...

Sri Lanka x news journalist Shantha Wijesooriya addressed a written complaint to the IGP yesterday (8) in connection with an attempt to abduct him made by a group last Wednesday (5) who are suspected ...

Shantha Wijesooriya, an investigative web journalist attached to srilankaxnews.com freed himself after a scuffle with his abductors, when they tried to bundle him into a vehicle in broad daylight in N...

Basil Fernando The interview of the Defense Secretary Mr. Gotabaya Rajapakse with the editor of the Sunday Leader on the airlifting of a dog deserves comment not because of anything surprising contain...

For many decades since 1978 there has been talk about many reforms. The basic justification for 17th Amendment to the Constitution was that it promised basic reforms with the view to enable working of...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an attempt was made to abduct Mr. Shantha Wijesuriya, a journalist for Lanka-e-news, Sri Lanka’s most widely read...

A prisoner, Ganeshan Nimalarubin, died in prison custody. Allegedly he was a former LTTEr who had been prison custody for a long time undergoing rehabilitation. His death in the prison has given rise ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 16-year old girl was sexually assaulted but because police officers have a connection to the perpetrator, they ar...

According to the report of the Red Cross Organization , the number of persons gone missing under the Rajapakse Government until 2011, is over 15000. Among those 15780 persons who went missing, the maj...

Yesterday, July 5, there was an attempt to abduct a web journalist, Santha Wijesooriya, reported the BBC Sinhala Service. The incident is reported to have happened at Nugegoda.  Santha Wijesooriya no...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Priyashantha, a married bako operator with a young daughter, was publicly and brutally assaulted by the Officer...