End Arbitrary Detention of Student Activist Wasantha Mudalige

The Sri Lankan government should immediately end the arbitrary detention of Wasantha Mudalige, a student activist who was arrested on August 18, 2022, 7 human rights organizations said today. Since August 21, Mudalige, 29, has been held on orders signed by President...

Free the Kilinochchi three

Update: it appears they have been issued with a 72 hour police detention order, with no specific charges, but arrest was on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred which is manifestly absurd. Police say they will be produced before the courts within 72 hours. They will...

The four students that were freed hides a bigger story

We have received evidence that over 40 people have been arrested and detained without charge in the last two months.   It was with great relief that we heard that all the students arrested after November’s demonstrations at Jaffna University had been...