On 30 August, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances provides an opportunity to remember those who went missing, the families who have spent decades searching for their loved ones, and
Black July remains one of the darkest chapters in Sri Lanka’s post-independence history. Every year, SLC commemorates July 1983, when the Sri Lankan state committed a 7-day anti-Tamil pogrom, killing around 3,000 Tamil
On 5th and 6th July this year, Negombo Prison became the latest site of deadly violence within Sri Lanka’s prison system. At least 28 people were killed, including prisoners and prison officers, more
No Sri Lankan military deployment to Haiti until there is credible accountability, independent vetting and justice for victims The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace & Justice (SLC) and the British Tamils Forum (BTF)
EDIT: 3 August 2026 SLC welcomes the conviction of former Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Ministry Secretary Hemasiri Fernando for criminal negligence in relation to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. However,
Submitted to:Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)Purpose:To inform the Report of the Secretary-General on Missing Persons pursuant to General Assembly resolution 79/173Submitted by:The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace
A new concept paper published on 19 February by the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice sets out an independent plan to establish a National DNA Bank for Sri Lanka’s disappeared, offering
Prageeth Ekneligoda, a journalist and cartoonist from Sri Lanka, disappeared on 24 January 2010. His wife, Sandya Ekneligoda, has been campaigning for justice ever since. For more than a decade, Prageeth’s case has
Each time a journalist in Sri Lanka is threatened, disappeared or killed and no one is held to account, the space for truth shrinks and the foundations of democracy weaken. On 2 November,
Edit: October 22, 2025 On Friday 26 September, the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) welcomed Sri Lanka’s ratification of key human rights treaties but expressed deep concern about continuing impunity, lack
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