Sri Lanka

Human Rights violations continue at full force in Sri Lanka. Thousands of people are arbitrarily arrested, often tortured or ill treated. There are continued reports of extra-judicial executions and forced "disappearances," and the fate of thousands of disappeared people remains unknown. Abuses are committed both by government forces and by the armed opposition group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elaam (LTTE). The reports here bring some light into the situation of Sri Lanka, we caution you, however, to read the materials with a critical eye and be on the look for potential bias.

Actions | NGOs | Reports | UN | News | Government & Law | Links | Tamils

Actions

• Actions from the World Organization Against Torture
  Search for Sri Lanka

NGOs

• The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances <
• Asian Human Rights Commission - Sri Lanka
• Home for Human Rights
• University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) /ul>

  Reports & Articles

  • UTHR Reports
  • Amnesty International Reports
  • Human Rights Reports - various sources
  • Human Rights Watch Reports
  • US State Department Human Rights Reports - look for Sri Lanka
  • US State Department Reports on Religious Freedom
    
  • Articles and Reports on the Disappearances in Sri Lanka
    by the Asian Human Rights Commission
  • Articles on Ethnic Conflict & Human Rights Issues
    by Info Lanka
  • Peace Brigades International Reports on Sri Lanka
    Up to 1998

  UN

  • Sri Lanka Human Rights Reports
    from the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights

  News

  • Human Rights News on Sri Lanka
  • News on the Disappeared in Sri Lanka
  • Tamil Guardian

  Government & Law

  • Official government website

  Links

  • Infolanka - portal
  • Lanka Academic Network
  • Sri Lanka Web Server - portal
  • US State Department page on Sri Lanka

  Tamils

  Pro Tamil

  • Eelam Web
  • Human Rights Violations against Tamils in Sri Lanka - by Tamil Canadian
  • Ilankai Tamil Sangam, USA - Association of Tamils
  • Tamil Eelam Homepage
  • Tamil Nation
  • Tamil Net - includes news reports

    Anti LTTE

  • Friends of Sri Lanka in the U.S.
  • Kalaya - news & analysis from a Sinhala nationalist point of view
  • Sinhaya
  • Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (SPUR)
  • Sri Lanka - info on massacres by the LTTE
  • Voice of Lanka

  Español

  • Noticias de Amnistía Internacional sobre Sri Lanka
  
  

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