- 06 December 2020
Sri Lanka judge advises probe into "prison riot video"
A judge in Sri Lanka urged human rights lawyers to lodge a complaint with police to investigate edited footage released by the government allegedly of a prison riot that ended in a massacre. Welisara Magistrate......
- 04 September 2020
International powers cautioned of extending support to new Sri Lanka government
Diplomats in Colombo have come under criticism for expressing their support for the new Sri Lankan government that continues to deny justice for victims of gross human rights violations. On the International.........
- 19 June 2020
First ever torture map of Sri Lanka identifies over 200 torture sites
To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, JDS joined with the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) to produce the first torture map of Sri Lanka. It plots 219 sites throughout.....
- 02 June 2020
“My son was beaten to death,” in Sri Lanka’s high-security prison
Sri Lanka’s top human rights watchdog has been urged to probe the death of a young detainee allegedly tortured and killed in a high security prison. 27-year-old Kavinda Isuru Tissera was found dead in the..........
- 24 June 2020
Sri Lanka: Eyewitness reveals how young detainee was beaten to death by guards
Prison officials in Sri Lanka used long wooden clubs to beat a young detainee to death, an eyewitness revealed at a court inquiry. The new evidence presents a challenge to authorities who deny the killing..............
- 04 June 2020
Sri Lanka: Tamil mothers appeal to Sinhalese to help tracing the disappeared
Hundreds of Parents still searching for their children who went missing in detention during the final phase of the brutal civil war in Sri Lanka which ended eleven years back have turned to the majority Sinhala.....
- 01 June 2020
Sri Lanka: Female human rights lawyer facing continuous death threats
A supreme court lawyer in Sri Lanka representing victims in several cases of grave human rights violations including murder, allegedly committed by members of the security forces, fears for her life due to police inaction.....
