The draft of Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act, published last week, is draconian, dangerous, and it should come as no surprise, also dumb
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After two years in detention, a Chinese journalist who spoke up against sexual harassment stood trial on subversion charges Friday (22) along with a labour rights activist, the latest example of Beijing’s intensified crackdown on civil…
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MP Harsha de Silva, harshly criticized the recently gazetted online safety bill as an "archaic and draconian piece of legislation" that violates fundamental principles and represents a significant overreach by the government
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Sri Lanka’s labour minister, Manusha Nanayakkara, met with members of the transgender community on Tuesday (19) to discuss their workplace rights
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The Sri Lankan government’s ongoing abuses are undermining the purported goals of its newly proposed truth and reconciliation commission, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report published on Monday (18)
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2007 – The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
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India has urged the Sri Lankan government to “work meaningfully” towards early implementation of its commitments to ensure fundamental freedoms and human rights of all its citizens, including Tamils, are fully protected
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Sri Lanka has rejected the report presented by United Nation’s Human Rights High Commissioner  requesting the government to do more to speed up the probe and prosecutions over the alleged past human rights abuses in the island nation
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Impunity has a long history in Sri Lanka. The country is haunted by the ghosts of injustices occurring in both the distant and recent past
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It’s not Sri Lanka that has a Channel 4 problem, it’s the Sri Lankan government. But in this corner of the world the Sri Lankan people are, for better or worse, identified with their government. As such any media program targeting the Sri…
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