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 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 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 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 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...
Dr Zakir Naik’s Peace TV reportedly banned in Sri Lanka
Cable operators in Sri Lanka have reportedly blocked the prominent Muslim preacher Dr Zakir Naik’s Peace TV channel in the wake of the Easter...
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...
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...
Virulent Buddhist nationalism targets Sri Lanka Muslims
Amjad Mohamed-Saleem argues that virulent Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism, borne out of the country's brutal civil war, poses a real danger to Muslims and other...
