Human Rights In Sri Lanka
- Massacres
- Black July
- 1985 Valvettiturai
- Kumudini
- Akkaraipattu
- Prawn farm
- Eastern University
- 1990 Batticaloa
- 1991 Kokkadichcholai
- Jaffna lagoon
- Navaly
- Nagerkovil-Allaipiddy
- Vankalai
- Muttur
- Kent and Dollar Farm
- Anuradhapura
- Aranthalawa
- Kattankudi mosque
- Palliyagodella
- Kallarawa
- October 1995
- Gonagala
- Kebithigollewa
- Jaffna Hospital
- 1989 Valvettiturai
Major human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as well as the United States Department of State and the European Union, have expressed concern about the state of human rights in Sri Lanka. Both the government of Sri Lanka and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are accused of violating human rights. Amnesty International stated in 2003 that there was a considerable improvement in the human rights situation attributed to the peaceful context of a ceasefire and peace talks between the government and the LTTE. In their 2006 report, however, Amnesty International stated that "escalating political killings, child recruitment, abductions and armed clashes created a climate of fear in the east, spreading to the north by the end of the year," while also outlining concerns with violence against women, the death penalty, and "numerous reports of torture in police custody." Although Sri Lanka has not officially practiced the death penalty since 1976, well-documented cases of state-sponsored 'disappearances' and murders by non-partisan humanitarian organizations, notably Human Rights Watch, contradict official statements. In 2012, the UK charity Freedom from Torture reported that it had received 233 referalls of torture survivors from Sir Lanka for clinical treatment or other services provided by the charity.
Read more about Human Rights In Sri Lanka: Background, Abuses By The Government, Abuses By The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Abuses By Other Groups
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