Statement: ACPR condemns repression of May 18 memorialization efforts May 17, 2017 As the Tamil community marks the eighth year since the end of the war with events to remember those who were killed this month, the Adayaalam Centre for Policy Research (ACPR) is gravely concerned about the government’s repression of memorialisation efforts by Tamils…
Sri Lanka’s Draft Counter Terrorism Act: a License for continued State Oppression, Intimidation and Torture May 4, 2017 The Sri Lankan cabinet’s approval of the new Counter Terrorism Act (CTA) is further confirmation of the state’s unwillingness to meet its obligations on human rights, to its citizens and the international community. The draconian Prevention of…
Statement: Civil Society supports Families of the Disappeared objecting to GSP+ April 25, 2017 We, the undersigned civil society organizations, support the demand of “Association of the Relatives of the Enforced Disappearance” in Kilinochchi District, to the European Parliament, requesting that GSP+ status not be restored until at the very least, the list of surrendees/detainees…
Statement by Civil Society: Immediately Release Land of the People of Keppapilavu February 17, 2017 We, the undersigned civil society organizations, write this statement to express solidarity with protestors of Keppapilavu and condemn the Government’s lack of appropriate and timely response or action towards releasing their land from military occupation. For over two weeks, villagers…
