Sri Lankan police brutally beat up 14 yr old autistic Muslim boy
Sri Lankan authorities have launched an investigation after shocking video footage showed policemen beating a 14 year old autistic Muslim boy.
The assault took place in...
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...
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 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 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: 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 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 has locked up this Muslim lawyer without charge for nearly five months
The prominent Sri Lankan Muslim lawyer, Hejaaz Hizbullah, is being described by human rights groups as the latest victim of Sri Lanka’s draconian Prevention...
Sri Lanka Supreme Court rejects demands to stop cremating Muslim COVID-19 victims
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has rejected petitions by members of the Muslim community against the government's regulation that makes cremations mandatory for COVID-related...
Sri Lanka bans cattle slaughter in move which targets Muslim traders
Sri Lanka has announced that it will ban cattle slaughter, in a move that's being seen as politically-motivated to please the Buddhist majority and harm...