Sri Lanka | Amnesty International

Human rights abuses in Sri Lanka flourish under veil of secrecy - 2 May 2008

Sri Lanka is a conflict where journalists face unjustified restrictions on reporting and there are very few established facts.

Sri Lanka: Make human rights the priority - 15 February 2008

Press release: Amnesty International today called on the Sri Lanka government to make human rights the priority by allowing the organisation into the

Call for the protection of Sri Lankan media workers - 7 February 2008

Since the resumption of armed conflict in Sri Lanka in 2006, threats to the media and media freedom have become very serious.

Sri Lanka: Silencing Dissent - 7 February 2008

Press release: As hostilities in Sri Lanka intensify and human rights abuses increase, threats to the media and media freedoms inside the country have

Journalists in danger in Sri Lanka - 5 February 2008

A number of journalists in Sri Lanka have received death threats in the wake of knife attacks on two journalists in the past eleven days.

Sri Lanka: Right to life of civilians disregarded as conflict intensifies - 4 February 2008

Press Release: As yet another bomb exploded in Sri Lanka killing 12 civilians and wounding 17 others today, Amnesty International condemned the target

Sri Lanka: Amnesty International condemns deliberate attacks on civilians - 18 January 2008

Press Release: Amnesty International today condemns the killing of more than 10 civilians and two homeguards in the southern village of Thanamalwila.

Sri Lanka: Amnesty International calls for urgent protection of civilians amidst return to hostilities - 16 January 2008

Press release: Amnesty International is gravely concerned that the end to the Ceasefire Agreement between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation

Video: Death penalty stories (animated slideshow) - 31 October 2007

Stories of the death penalty around the world - an animated slideshow narrated by Colin Firth