Sri Lanka’s Muslims ‘increasingly targeted by Tamil Hindu extremist groups’
A new study has warned that Tamil Hindu nationalist groups are expanding their presence in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, increasing pressure on Muslim...
Sri Lanka: Prominent Buddhist monk jailed over anti-Islamic comments
A court in Sri Lanka has jailed a prominent Buddhist monk who called Islam "a cancer that must be eradicated."
Gnanasara Thera, the leader of...
Sri Lanka: Channel 4 alleges state collusion in Easter Sunday attacks
Sri Lanka is to appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made by Britain's Channel 4 that the then government may have colluded in...
Amnesty: Muslims face discrimination, harassment and violence in Sri Lanka
Muslims in Sri Lanka have been consistently targeted for their religious beliefs and have faced discrimination, harassment and violence since 2013 from the Buddhist...
Sri Lanka on course to ban burqa
Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a ban on wearing full-face veils, including Muslim burqas, in public, citing national security grounds.
The cabinet approved the proposal...
Sri Lanka officially allows COVID-19 burials, but prepares to ban face veils
The Sri Lankan government has officially lifted a ban on the burial of bodies of people whose deaths were caused by COVID-19.
The ban was...
Sri Lanka continues forced COVID-19 cremations despite PM’s pledge to stop them
The Sri Lankan government has continued to forcibly cremate COVID-19 victims despite a pledge last week by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to stop the policy...
Sri Lanka to allow COVID-19 burials for Muslims
In a stunning reversal of policy the Sri Lankan Prime Minister has told Parliament that Muslim coronavirus victims will be allowed burial rights.
Mahinda Rajapaksa gave...
Sri Lankan govt rejects UN demand to stop forced COVID cremations
The Sri Lankan government has said it will not comply with a United Nations report on Sri Lanka which demands the country stop forcibly cremating Muslim...
Sri Lankan government insists it will continue forced COVID cremations
The Sri Lankan government has insisted it will continue to cremate all coronavirus victims, effectively rejecting recommendations from its own medical experts to allow...
