South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, are deeply concerned about the Online Safety Bill (OSB) which was passed by the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 24 January 2024 with a majority vote with amendments.…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply concerned about the anti-democratic elements that are entailed in the two new bills introduced in Sri Lanka, the Anti – Terrorism Bill (ATB), and the Online Safety Bill (OSB). …
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of Human Rights Defenders, perceives the newly gazetted ‘Anti- Terrorism Bill’ (AT Bill) as a deplorable act on the part of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) against the democratic values…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) a regional Human Rights Defenders’ Network is appalled by the tactics used by the Attorney General’s Department of Sri Lanka to prolong the arbitrary detention of the student leader Wasantha Mudalige, at the hearing…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, condemn the several alarming incidents of police brutality witnessed in Sri Lanka recently. SAHR learns of two recent incidents of police brutality directed at women. On…
South Asians for Human Rights vehemently condemns the suppression of the protest led by the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) on 18 October, by the police. The police personnel in large numbers blocked the Colombo – Kandy main road preventing the…
Five human rights organizations strongly condemned the brutal attack against unarmed peaceful protesters by Sri Lankan forces in Colombo on in the early hours of 22 July 2022 . Since March 2022, thousands of people including human rights defenders,…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of Human Rights Defenders vehemently condemns the use of excessive force by the police on unarmed civilians’ protest occurred in Rambukkana, Sri Lanka on 19th April 2022. At this incident…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, expresses concern over the statement issued by the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry on 4, February 2022 as a response to the statement made by a prominent…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, deliberates on the ever delayed justice for the slain and disappeared journalists in Sri Lanka. The thirteenth death anniversary of Lasantha Wickrematunge, the slain journalist falls…