Sri Lanka

Human Rights in DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka: Presidential Commission of Inquiry fails citizens ...
17 June 2009

Amnesty International has demanded that reports into cases of human rights abuses, investigated by the Sri Lankan government’s Commission of Inquiry, be made public ...

Press Release      

Sri Lanka: Twenty years of make-believe. Sri Lanka’s Commissions ...
11 June 2009

In Sri Lanka, Commissions of Inquiry have not performed successfully, and the formal justice system is in tatters. With this report, Amnesty International seeks ...

Report       ASA 37/005/2009

Injustice fuels Sri Lanka's cycle of abuse and impunity | Amnesty ...
11 June 2009

Amnesty International has accused the Sri Lankan government of trapping the country in a vicious cycle of abuse and impunity.

Report Abstract      

UN Security Council: Demand immediate access and accountability in ...
4 June 2009

Ahead of Friday’s UN Security Council briefing by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his visit to Sri Lanka, Amnesty International urged the Security Council to demand ...

Press Release      

Open Letter to the UN Security Council on the situation in Sri ...
2 June 2009

As the profound humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sri Lanka continues, Amnesty International urges the Security Council to act to ensure the prompt implementation ...

Document       IOR 40/005/2009

Sri Lanka: End impunity ensure justice for victims [postcard]
2 June 2009

Document       ASA 37/007/2009

Sri Lanka: UN must publicize civilian casualty figures | Amnesty ...
29 May 2009

The United Nations must immediately publicize its estimate of the number of civilians killed by the two sides in the final weeks of fighting in Sri Lanka, Amnesty ...

Press Release      

Sri Lanka: Human Rights Council should demand immediate access and ...
22 May 2009

Amnesty International welcomes the decision by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to hold a Special Session on Sri Lanka on Tuesday 26 May. “For the sake of hundreds ...

Press Release      

Sri Lanka: Government misrepresentations regarding the scale of ...
22 May 2009

Amnesty International. May 2009. ASA 37/012/2009. Sri Lanka: Government misrepresentations regarding the scale of the crisis. As the ...

Document       ASA 37/012/2009

Sri Lanka: Fear for safety / incommunicado detention
18 May 2009

Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of three government employed doctors who had been working in the conflict zone in North eastern Sri Lanka until ...

Urgent Action       ASA 37/011/2009