INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre have just released their regular monthly report on repression of dissent in Sri Lanka for the month of May. It records an alarming uptick in incidents when compared to previous months. The graphs below illustrate some of the...
Today we release a new report looking at a disturbingly persistent aspect of life under the current government in Sri Lanka: the ongoing use of surveillance, harassment and intimidation against war-affected individuals and human rights activists by various state...
During the first two weeks of May 2017 he was visited six times by military intelligence. On several occasions, he received anonymous late-night phone calls. Between 16-20th May he was summoned by the police three times to provide statements. And yesterday, a court...
Last week, WATCHDOG published a report on the situation of detainees remanded under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). The report “PTA detainees- Ignored under “yhapalanaya?” is based on interviews and an official list of 181 detained persons currently...
Our chairman Edward Mortimer has just published an opinion piece in the Independent. It supports a piece of research published by our Campaign Director Fred Carver in the International policy digest. Together they revisit the events surrounding this...
