Jul 19, 2022
Sri Lanka’s Accountability Crisis: Part 3 of 3 This is the final of a 3-part series of essays and reports which the Sri Lanka Campaign have published in recent weeks, ahead of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Right’s statement on accountability in Sri...
Dec 5, 2019
It’s been just under three weeks since Gotabaya Rajapaksa became President of Sri Lanka, and already there are some worrying signs of the chilling effect his victory is having on press freedom and civic space on the island. Several important commentators, from both...
Oct 25, 2018
Below we re-publish in full a recent statement by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which follows a sustained pattern of harassment and intimidation against Tamil journalist, Uthayarasa Shalin. The Sri Lanka Campaign joins RSF and others in calling for an immediate...
Jun 23, 2016
Freddy Gamage, a journalist with whom the Sri Lanka Campaign has worked closely over the past 4-5 years, has been violently attacked. He remains at risk. Freddy, a web journalist and convener of the Professional Web Journalists Association, has played a key role in...
Jun 6, 2013
The state owned television station – Independent Television News (ITN) – have been using their platform to attack human rights defenders. The targets of these attacks have included prominent heads of NGOs, lawyers, journalists, clergy, academics and...
