Lawyer | Partner at https://xitter.cf/t.co/yENQUZly3r | Commissioner at @HRCSriLanka @snowleopards
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Joined January 2010
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Happy to have contributed to this report on Global Content Moderation Practices. Some fascinating chapters covering a number of regions and countries.
My chapter focuses on regulation of #socialmedia platforms in Sri Lanka. #lka. #freespeech
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HRCSL orders customs to release detained Tamil books, cites rights violations
Read more 👉 dailymirror.lk/breaking_news…
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HRCSL Issues Recommendation on Seizure of Four Books by B. Piratheepan by Sri Lanka Customs.
To View Recommendation: hrcsl.lk/case-recommendation…
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HRCSL Directs Commissioner General of Prisons to Protect Inmates and Ensure Access to Prisons
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𝐇𝐑𝐂𝐒𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.
Excited to get hold of copy of @BenSchonthalNZ's new book "Courts, Constitutions and Karma: Buddhism, Law and the Practices of Legal Pluralism in Sri Lanka".
I'm a huge fan of his work, and can only imagine this is another tour de force.
cambridge.org/core/books/cou…
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Beddagana Wetlands is one of our favourite places to go birdwatching and spend a quiet morning (occasionally in the company young, surreptitious love)… so seeing a pile up of plastic that had flowed through much of the fishing cats’ habitat was really sad.
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A very special song by @paperpangolinLK for a very special friend ❤️
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HRCSL issued a Report on the Status of Rohingya Asylum Seekers Detained in Mullaitivu & Related Issues.
To View Reports: hrcsl.lk/hrcsl-issues-a-repo…
#HRCSL #HumanRights #Asylum #Refugees
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HRCSL writes to the President regarding the detention conditions and well-being of asylum seekers from Myanmar.
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Prof Torsten Tscacher and I are convening a panel entitled 'Beyond the Island: The Categorization of Ethnicity in Colonial Lanka in the Indian Ocean Context' at the ECSAS in Heidelberg, 2025. Please consider applying if it's of interest. ecsas2025.com/call-for-panel…
#lkahistory
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Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka wrote to H.E. the President on section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance. #HRCSL #HumanRights #PublicSecurity
A very special song by @paperpangolinLK for a very special friend ❤️
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A #lkahistory of Power in Paradise! It’s out, it’s out! Thrilled to have been part of this really important research and series by Patta History together with @welikalaa.
How did we get to where we are today, politically? Watch the first episode of this 3-part series 🤩
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HRCSL sends a follow-up letter to the Ministry of Justice on Recommendation on Sections 365 and 365A of the Penal Code.
More Details : hrcsl.lk/hrcsl-sends-a-follo…
#HRCSL #HumanRights #LGBTIQ #PenalCode
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The HRCSL issues Interim Directions with regard to the Alleged Infringement of the Freedom of Religion or Belief. #HRCSL #HumanRights #FreedomOfReligion #RightToReligion
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The new Routledge Handbook on Contemporary #SriLanka is now available to all online.
Looking forward to reading through the rest of the chapters in there.
Sharing the abstract for my chapter Centring Conflict in Sri Lanka. #lkahistory
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The @HRCSriLanka inquired into the alleged infringement of #FoRB in Trincomalee when the exam results of 70 Muslim students were withheld due to a claim that their attire covering their head and ears violated an exam rule.
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Alleged Infringement of the Freedom of Religion and Right to Education in Trincomalee.
#HRCSL #Humanrights #RighttoEducation #RighttoReligion
The results have now been released and the students have been assured that they can apply for rescrutiny of results, and also apply to universities.
The @HRCSriLanka emphasised that religious attire including head covering is protected under art 14 of the #lka constitution.
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