MILITANT BUDDHISM may sound like a contradiction in terms, especially while Islamic holy war is hogging the headlines. Nevertheless, in one of its periodic flare-ups in Sri Lanka, extremist Buddhist ...

For nearly three decades, the media community of Sri Lanka has endured many trials and tribulations where crimes committed against journalists have gone largely uninvestigated, and justice has ...

The Sri Lankan government has exploited existing laws to target freedoms of expression, speech, and assembly. This statement was originally published on freedomhouse.org on 13 June 2024. Comedian ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with 24 civil society organizations, called on newly elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to prioritize press freedom in his ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan lawmakers on Tuesday began debating a controversial internet safety bill that has been criticized by opposition politicians, journalists and rights groups as a move by ...

Sri Lankan police arrested two journalists early this month on bogus allegations. The arrests are part of the Wickremesinghe government’s escalating assault on freedom of speech and other democratic ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday for what it called their failure to uphold accountability and due process in the 2009 extrajudicial killing of ...

When voices rise against oppression, the world listens, and change begins. This year’s March With Us campaign shares the remarkable story of Frank Mugisha, a Ugandan LGBTQ+ advocate, and Rosanna ...

Sri Lanka’s rights groups have demanded press freedom and justice for media workers as they marked the anniversary of a journalist who was murdered 16 years ago after he exposed governmental ...