3 March 2021 | Freedom House
Sri Lanka
Annual report on political rights and civil liberties in 2020
Freedom in the World 2021 - Sri Lanka (Periodical Report, English)
2 March 2021 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
Sri Lanka
Authorities end mandatory cremation of victims of COVID-19 and thereby end violation of religious rights of Muslims; a new government decree requires COVID-19 victims to be buried on Iranaitivu island, which is predominantly inhabited by Catholic Tamils
Rights of Sri Lankan Muslims Need International Protection (Appeal or News Release, English)
26 February 2021 | AI – Amnesty International
Sri Lanka
Authorities end forced cremations of COVID-19 victims; the measure was a violation of the religious rights of Muslims
Sri Lanka: Ending of forced cremations for COVID-19 victims restores dignity of Muslim burials (Appeal or News Release, English)
25 February 2021 | AI – Amnesty International
Sri Lanka
Statement to the UN Human Rights Council calling for measures to be taken against significant state crackdown on civil society and freedom of expression
Oral Statement; Item2: Interactive Dialogue on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report on Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka: Human Rights Council must take preventive Action in Response to Early Warning Indicators highlighted in OHCHR Report; UN Human Rights Council Forty-sixth session 22 February – 23 March 2021 [ASA37/3699/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
25 February 2021 | ICG – International Crisis Group
Sri Lanka
Article on political situation, increasing ethnic and religious tensions, ongoing impunity for past atrocities committed by security forces and military and risk of new violent conflict
Sri Lanka: Prevention Should Be at Heart of New Human Rights Council Resolution (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 February 2021 | CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), Freedom from Torture (formerly: Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), Redress (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), FORUM ASIA - Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development; et al. (Author)
Sri Lanka
Appeal by international and national NGOs to UN Human Rights Council regarding worsening human rights situation in the country
Sri Lanka: Human Rights Council must break cycle of impunity (Appeal or News Release, English)
19 February 2021 | AI – Amnesty International
Sri Lanka
Open letter to minister of health, Channa Jayasumana, on the violation of religious rights of Muslims by mandatory cremations for people who have died from COVID-19
Violation of the Religious Rights of Muslims in Sri Lanka [ASA 37/3725/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
17 February 2021 | AI – Amnesty International
Sri Lanka
Open letter to Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan on the violation of religious rights of Muslims by Sri Lankan authorities ordering mandatory cremations for people who have died from COVID-19
Re: Violation of the Religious Rights of Muslims in Pakistan [ASA 33/3726/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
February 2021 | AI – Amnesty International
Sri Lanka
Report on state crackdown on government critics (developments from 2010 to 2019; withdrawal of previous commitments to protect human rights; targeting of human rights organisations, journalists, media outlets, lawyers, political opposition and police officers investigating human rights violations)
Old Ghosts in New Garb: Sri Lanka's Return to Fear [ASA 37/3659/2021] (Special or Analytical Report, English)
16 February 2021 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
Sri Lanka
Authorities continue controversial practice of forced cremation of persons who died with Covid-19 including in cases where families questioned the diagnosis and despite protests by Muslim community
Covid-19 Forced Cremations Continue in Sri Lanka (Appeal or News Release, English)
