Mar 13, 2020
The past few weeks have seen many inches of column space taken up by Sri Lanka’s decision to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council resolution 30/1, a move which saw the government tear up its earlier promise to deal with legacy of the country’s bloody civil war...
May 2, 2019
“The people in Pakistan attacked us and say we’re not Muslims…. Then in Sri Lanka, people attack us because they say we are Muslims.” Those were the words of 58-year old Tariq Ahmed, an Ahmadiyya man from Pakistan, who until recently had been living in the town of...
Apr 13, 2018
Last month, Sri Lanka witnessed some of the worst violence in recent memory, as mobs of Sinhalese Buddhist hardliners rampaged through the streets of Ampara and Kandy attacking Muslim homes, businesses and places of worship. Over the course of several days, hundreds...
May 16, 2013
Last week we asked for your help securing the release of the Muslim politician Azath Salley. He had been thrown into jail under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act. Under this Act no evidence is required and the suspect does not even usually get to see what they...
May 8, 2013
Azath Salley is a prominent political activist in Sri Lanka. Over the last few months he has been an outspoken critic of the Buddhist extremist organisation BBS. BBS have attacked mosques, incited people to racial hatred, and marched through the streets...
