ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the extra-judicial attempt to kill Mr. Pathirana Champika Kumara Jayatunga (28), a resident of Biyagama Police division by SFT Officers. The victim went out with his friend to purchase a new vehicle. Their rented van […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding the case of 14-year-old Kahingala Waduge Kanidu Minsara Silva, who was illegally arrested, detained and tortured by the Moratuwa Police Station on 10 October 2017. Minsara is a student at Uyana Kanishta Vidyalaya. On October 8, […]

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Maithripala Sirisena held successive discussions with two Tamil delegations in Colombo on Thursday (19) on the issue of Tamils detained in various prisons under the Prevention of Terrorism Act(PTA) in general and the hunger strike undertaken by three such detainees at the Anuradhapura Prison in particular. The focus […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Wartime Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that the very basis of the controversial Geneva Resolution 30/1 had been strongly disputed by Michael Morris, Baron Naseby, PC, during a debate on Sri Lanka in the British parliament Thursday last week. Sri Lanka co-sponsored Resolution 30/1 in Oct 2015, in spite […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said today, Anika Wijesuriya, a key witness in the Bond investigation had left the country due to death threats though the government said it had enabled an environment where anyone could criticize anyone without being subjected to intimidation. SLPP Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris said […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding Mr. Nalaka Danushka Kumara (33) of Moragasmulla, Rajagiriya. He is a resident in the Rajagiriya Police Division. He was abducted by a group of powerfully-built men in a Blue Van at 7 p.m. on 15 October […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the attempt to extra-judicially kill Mr. Ranhotigedara Vajira Kumara (41), at the Negombo Police Division in Gampaha District. At 5:30 p.m. 12 August 2017, Vajira was driving to his business with friends on Colombo-Puttalam Road […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding Pitawalagedara Chandrarathna (47), resident of Bakamuna Police Division. Chandrarathna was arrested on 4 May 2017 charged with participation in a murder. After being detained for 14 days, he was found dead on 18 September 2017–murdered inside […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The West, particularly the US and the UK, must remove the threat of war crimes and foreign judges that overhangs and overshadows all Sri Lankans, especially their leaders, a British Baron told the British Parliament on Thursday. Michael Morris, Baron Naseby PC, who started the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka […]

සරත් ධර්මසේන – ශ්‍යාම් නුවන් ගනේවත්ත උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින  අර්ජුන් ඇලෝසියස්‌ගේ පර්පෙචුවල් ට්‍රෙෂරීස්‌ සමාගම ව්‍යාපාරික ආයතනයක්‌ නොව මේ රටට විශාල හානියක්‌ කරමින් සාපරාධී ක්‍රියාවල යෙදුණ අපරාධ සංවිධානයක්‌ යෑයි අතිරේක සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල් ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ යසන්ත කෝදාගොඩ මහතා ඊයේ (17 දා) ජනාධිපති කොමිසම හමුවේ පැවසුවේය.    එම සමාගම කළ අපරාධ, සාපරාධී ක්‍රියා ක්‍රමයෙන් හෙළිවෙමින් පවතින විට මීට මාස […]

 කීර්ති වර්ණකුලසූරිය උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින අපේ රටේ විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශයක්‌ තිබේද? මේ බරපතළ ප්‍රශ්නය අසන්නේ විදේශ රටවල සිටින ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන්ය. පසුගියදා පැවති ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් සමුළුවේදී තමිල්නාඩුවෙන් කුලියට ගෙන්වාගත් තක්‌කඩි පිරිසක්‌ ලවා ජාත්‍යන්තර ප්‍රජාව මුලාකිරීමට කොටි ඩයස්‌පෝරාව ක්‍රියාකරද්දී ඊට ප්‍රතිචාර දැක්‌වීමට අපේ කිසිවෙක්‌ සිටියේ නැත.    ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංසදය නොතිබුණේ නම් කොටි ඩයස්‌පෝරාව ඔවුන්ගේ බෙදුම්වාදී […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the extra-judicial killing of Mr. D P Premasiri (65) of Stace Road, Grandpass, Colombo 14 in the Colombo District. On 9 August 2017, Premasiri was illegally arrested, severely tortured at his house in front of […]

By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy  Adaderana Anika Wijesuriya, a key witness who had testified before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the treasury bond scam, has fled the country due to receiving threats to her life. This was revealed to the commission today (17) by President’s Counsel Yasantha Kodagoda, Additional Solicitor General at Attorney General’s Department, during the […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the extra-judicial killing of Mr. Naiwala Appuhamilage Gamini Edwad (50) resident of Divulapitiya Police Division. On 2 October 2017, he was illegally arrested by Crime Branch Officers of the Police Station. Later, during his interrogation, […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding Mr. Andige Lakshitha Piyumal Peiris (26), a permanent resident of the Trincomalee District. On 6 July 2017, Piyumal was illegally arrested by Police Officers attached to the Kantale Police Station. He was accused of assaulting two Police […]

By Adela Lin and  Anusha Ondaatjie  Courtesy Bloomberg Sri Lankan police have arrested two people after a Taiwanese bank said hackers stole about $60 million and wired the cash to accounts in Asia and the U.S., the latest cyberheist to afflict the global financial system.   Far Eastern International Bank’s computer systems were attacked by malware that […]

Dr. Palitha Kohona Courtesy Ceylon Today The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted the resolution entitled ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ on 1 October 2015, Resolution 30/1. (After a resolution promoted by the European Union (EU) was defeated in 2009 and a resolution tabled by Sri Lanka was adopted by an […]

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission ඉහතකී කෙටුම්පත සම්බන්ධයෙන් සිදුකරණු ලබන කරුනු දැක්වීමකි. ඉහත සඳහන් කෙටුම්පතේ රීතීන්ට අනුව ඕනෑම අගතියටපත් පුද්ගලයෙකුට හෝ එම පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් බලය පැවරූ තැනැත්තෙකුට පොලිස් නිලධාරියෙකු හෝ පොලිස් සේවය විසින් ඔවුන්ගේ නිල කටයුතු වලදී සිදුවු කිරaනියාවක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් පොදු පැමිණිලි පරීක්ෂේණ අංශය වෙත පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කොට ඒ සඳහා සහන ඉල්ලා […]

Press Release Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka The Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL) held its Threat Lens on The Illicit Flow of Drugs and its Impact on Sri Lankan Youth” on October 3rd to coincide with World Temperance Day. The event was held at the Ministry of Defence in Colombo with the presence of […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) received information about Mr. Susantha Bandara Karunarathna, a journalist working for the ‘Sunday Apple’ newspaper. He was tortured by the Assistant Superintendent of Police of Tangalle, I. T. Daluwath. Susantha was engaged in his duties as a journalist, covering a peaceful […]

 lanka C news පොලිස් අපරාධ පරීක්‍ෂණ කොට්ඨාශය විසින් ලිට්රෝ ගෑස් සමාගමේ සභාපති ශලීල මුණසිංහ අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත. මොහු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත්තේ විදෙස් රටක සිට මෙරට ලංකා බැංකු ශාඛාවකට විශාල මුදලක් ගෙන්වාගෙන එය මාරු කර ගැනීමේ සිදුවීමක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් මුල්‍ය විශුද්ධිකරණය යටතේය. අදාල මුදල් තොගය ලිත්‍රො සභාපතිවරයා හා අත්අඩංගුවේ සිටින තවත් සැකකරුවකු සමග පැමිණ විශාල මුදල ගෝනිවල […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding Mr. Aandige Charuka Malinda Peiris, a resident of Kantale Police Division. Malinda was illegally arrested by Police Officers of the Kantale Police Division on 21 June 2017. He was not given any reason for his arrest. He […]

http://focustaiwan.tw Taipei, Oct. 9 (CNA) The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Monday that one Sri Lankan accused of helping hackers to steal about US$60 million from a Taiwanese bank has been arrested in the South Asian country. The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), Taiwan’s top financial regulator, said that day that while most of the lost […]

hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department, in collaboration with Taiwanese law enforcement, has apprehended two suspects in Colombo for allegedly aiding in the hacking of a bank in Taiwan that culminated in the theft of millions of dollars, writes AFP. The two allegedly hacked the bank’s computer systems and were arrested after trying to withdraw money from […]

Courtesy Taipei Times The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) yesterday said that two Sri Lankan citizens accused of helping hackers steal about US$60 million from Far Eastern International Bank (遠東商銀) have been arrested in the South Asian country. The Financial Supervisory Commission said that while most of the stolen funds were recovered, about US$500,000 remains unaccounted […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today Vithya Sivaloganathan’s murder trial exposes the real national issue in Sri Lanka and the surrounding paradox between fact and fiction. The attempt was to pin the crime on the Sri Lankan Army and Navy, but it failed. The real culprits were the criminal elements living within Jaffna society. The involvement […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A video footage captured following the joint opposition-led protest held at Hambantota today, showed a senior police officer assaulting an arrested protester. Meanwhile, posting the video on his Twitter page, MP Namal Rajapaksa asked, A.S.P. Daluwaththa, is this Yahapalanaya?” When contacted, Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said he was yet to see […]

By Dr Palitha Kohona Courtesy eurasiareview.com The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted the resolution entitled Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka” on October 1, 2015, Resolution 30/1. This has been described by some critics as a constitution amendment project for Sri Lanka. Interestingly, it was cosponsored by Sri Lanka. In 2017, Sri Lanka obtained […]

BANGLADESH Militants using secured messaging apps to dodge cops, say Anti-Terrorism Unit officials: Police’s Anti-Terrorism Unit officials said that militant outfits have apparently smartened up and become tech-savvy as they are now using encrypted communications applications or apps more and more to maintain communications online, making it harder for the law enforcement agencies to trace […]

Las Vegas, NV – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, October 4, 2017 A desire to achieve a common objective is a force that motivates a strong leadership. Success is the outcome of a well-organized plan. Author Daya Gamage, who was a public affairs assistant and political specialist of United States Department of State, shares his own insights on Washington’s overt […]