Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala is a passionate mountaineer, and an advocate for women’s rights. She was named one of the most influential women in the country by the Sri Lankan government in 2019
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 “There has also been an increase in gender-based violence, specifically domestic violence. The root causes are the power imbalances embedded with a patriarchal system, as when men lose their jobs, they use their power to torment and…
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In a rare victory for journalism amid a crackdown on the news media in Hong Kong, the city’s top court on Monday (5) overturned the conviction of a prominent reporter who had produced a documentary that was critical of the police
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The arrest of a Sri Lankan stand-up comedian under provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act was a move to stifle freedom of speech, the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) said
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In May 18, Tamils in Sri Lanka will mark Mullivaikkal Memorial Day, in remembrance of those who died in the final stages of the country’s brutal civil war that ended in 2009. Thousands of Tamil civilians were killed when the Sri Lankan army…
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On human rights grounds, the US government has banned Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, the most senior officer in Sri Lanka’s navy from 2005 to 2009 and now a provincial governor, from entering the country
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Israel is increasingly relying on facial recognition in the occupied West Bank to track Palestinians and restrict their passage through key checkpoints, according to a new report, a sign of how artificial-intelligence-powered surveillance…
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Press freedom is under attack in every corner of the world, the United Nations chief said Tuesday (2), denouncing the targeting of journalists and the spread of disinformation
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 A cascade of reports from human rights organizations including Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have drawn attention to rise of authoritarian and nationalistic regimes around the world that is having an adverse…
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