Rapports

GENEVA (10 May 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called on the authorities in Sri Lanka to prevent further violence, and urged restraint and meaningful dialogue to address the grievances…

Emergency Powers Should Not Enable Human Rights Violations (New York) – Clashes broke out in Sri Lanka on May 9, 2022 after government supporters attacked peaceful anti-government protest sites in Colombo, the capital, and elsewhere, Human Rights…

7th May 2022, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is deeply concerned by the President’s decision to declare a State of Emergency under section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance (PSO) with effect…

The Government affirms that the State of Emergency was declared by the President effective yesterday (May 6) to ensure political stability which is a vital condition in overcoming the current socio-economic crisis in the country thereby…

Sri Lanka: Rights under attack during economic crisis As the people in Sri Lanka are facing a catastrophic economic crisis, the government must protect the human rights of everyone and ensure an enabling environment for peacefully expressing…

Asia: Women speak about gender-based violence in a new report Despite international efforts to improve the lives of women around the globe for more than 30 years, gender-based violence against women is on the rise. The situation…

At the request of the Government of Sri Lanka for humanitarian aid in the form of medical supplies for the people of Sri Lanka, the Indonesian Government donated 11 types of medicines and 8 types of…

QUOTE Responding to the news that atleast 12 peaceful protesters were unlawfully arrested today by police officers for demonstrating outside the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Yamini Mishra, Amnesty International’s South Asia Regional Director, said: “These protesters have the…

All of the one million children receiving free school meals in Sri Lanka – or one in four students in the country – could go hungry after government funding was cut as food prices skyrocketed, Save…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris received Ambassador of Indonesia Dewi Gustina Tobing at the Foreign Ministry on 27 April, 2022 who briefed on the update of Humanitarian Aid to Sri Lanka from the Government…