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Sri Lanka: Three at risk in Sri Lankan prison
2 September 2010

Sri Lankan brothers Balapuwaduge Sumith Suresh Kumara Mendis and Balapuwaduge Indika Prasath Mendis, asylum seekers deported from Australia in October 2009, are ...

Urgent Action       ASA 37/013/2010

Sri Lanka: The ACF Case 4 Years On: Sri Lankan Families Still ...
19 August 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 37/012/2010. 19 August 2010. Sri Lanka: The ACF Case 4 Years On: Sri Lankan Families ...

Public Statement       ASA 37/012/2010

Sri Lanka: Human Rights Council must call for an independent ...
17 May 2010

Amnesty International Public statement submitted to Human Rights Council Session 14 (Ref:SL A/HRC/14/NGO/53). Human Rights Council ...

Document       ASA 37/010/2010

Amnesty International | UN must investigate Sri Lanka rights ...
17 May 2010

The United Nations must set up an independent investigation into massive human rights violations committed by both government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ...

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Call on UN to investigate Sri Lanka rights violations | Amnesty ...
17 May 2010

One year after the end of the conflict, thousands of victims of human rights abuses committed by both government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ...

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Sri Lanka: Silencing dissent: Media workers under attack in Sri ...
3 May 2010

In Sri Lanka, reporting the truth can be fatal. Journalists have been killed, physically assaulted, abducted and harassed by both government personnel and members ...

Document       ASA 37/001/2010

Sri Lanka: Silencing dissent: Media workers under attack in Sri ...
3 May 2010

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Document       ASA 37/001/2010

UN Human Rights Council Fourteenth Session, 31 May - 18 June 2010 ...
1 May 2010

Amnesty International submitted these written statements to the fourteenth session of the UN Human Rights Council, which took place from 31 May to 18 June 2010. ...

Report       IOR 41/014/2010

Sri Lanka's new parliament must drop emergency laws | Amnesty ...
20 April 2010

The laws grant sweeping powers of detention, permit the use of secret prisons and encourage torture, enforced disappearances and other abuses.

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Sri Lanka urged to end witch hunt against the media and NGOs ...
11 March 2010

The Sri Lankan government should end its harassment of journalists and activists and take steps against those making threats, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty ...

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