Where is Prageeth?
13 years of a struggle for justice Imagine being detained or abducted by security forces. Now imagine they detain you, yet nobody has any idea where you are, or even if you are dead or alive. The...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Authorities must exercise restraint in use of force and facilitate...
Responding to the news that one protester had been killed and dozens injured as a result of the unlawful use of water cannons and tear gas by the police in Colombo in Sri Lanka on Sunday, Harindrini...
View ArticlePakistan: Blanket ban on protests in Lahore must be lifted immediately
Responding to the ban imposed on ‘assemblies, gatherings, sit-ins, rallies, processions, demonstrations, protests and such like other activities across the district of Lahore’ by the Home Ministry of...
View ArticleOp-Ed: The G20 could help fix Sri Lanka’s debt crisis. Will it step up?
The G20 includes Sri Lanka’s top lenders and powers with influence. It must do more than just say sweet nothings. In February, the finance ministers of G20 countries met to discuss the challenges...
View ArticleGlobal: Misuse of tear gas killing and injuring protesters worldwide –...
The horrific misuse of tear gas by security forces during brutal crackdowns on protests in Iran, Peru and Sri Lanka last year are among many new incidents detailed in Amnesty International’s updated...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Government must ensure access to adequate nutrition for all...
Tamil TamilSinhalaDownload The Government of Sri Lanka must ensure access to adequate nutrition for all pregnant and breastfeeding women amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country, Amnesty...
View ArticleBangladesh: Authorities must exercise restraint in use of force to police...
Responding to the death of one activist while hundreds of others were injured in clashes during the Opposition led protests across Bangladesh, Yasasmin Kaviratne, Regional Campaigner for South Asia at...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Online Safety Act major blow to freedom of expression.
Responding to the passing of the draconian Online Safety Act in the Sri Lankan Parliament today, Thyagi Ruwanpathirana, Regional Researcher for South Asia at Amnesty International said: “The passing...
View ArticleNew interactive digital space launched to highlight enforced disappearances...
Amnesty International, along with over 20 partner organisations from South Asia, launches the first phase of an interactive digital space titled, “Footprints – Virtual Museum on Enforced...
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Sri Lanka: Unlawful use of weapons in policing of protests
Sri Lanka’s law enforcement officials engaged in the violent repression of protests must be held accountable for committing widespread human rights violations, said Amnesty International in a new...
View ArticleHead of Amnesty International to make first regional visit to South Asia
Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, will make her first regional visit to South Asia from 16 to 24 May 2024. On 18 May, she will be joining the thousands of war-affected Tamils...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Fifteen years after the end of war, victims still await justice at...
Speaking at a commemoration marking the 15th anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka’s internal armed conflict on 18 May 2009, which culminated in the brutal Mullivaikkal offensive where countless...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Amnesty International’s Secretary General concludes five-day visit
Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, concluded a five-day visit to Sri Lanka today, in which she met with officials and a diverse cross-section of society, stakeholders to...
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