birth certificated submitted applications to the mobile identity document service organized by Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE,) Department for Persons Registration and Centre for Human Rights (CHR) in the last six days. These programs are implemented targeting in Kilinochchi, Vanni and Jaffna Districts.

   Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) and Centre for Human Rights (CHR) Sri Lanka are deeply concerned about an attempt made on the life of Gunaratne Wanninayaka, an outspoken lawyer, on December 17, 2012. Mr. Wanninayaka actively participated in the campaign against the impeachment move on Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake. He was in the forefront of the protest campaigns held in the recent past against the interferences with the Judiciary.

    He played a prominent role in fighting for

Well-known journalist and the Secretary of the Lake House branch of the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS) Mr Sanjeewa Samarasinghe, was taken in to custody by the CID on Tuesday 27th, 2012 at around 5.15 pm. A person said to be Inspector of Police, Mr. E. Amarasinghe of the CID had gone to the Mr. Samarasinha's house in Ragama and had taken him into custody, his lawyer Shrilal Lankatilaka complained to Campaign for Free and Faire Elections (CaFFE) and Center for Human Rights and Research (CHR).

The Sri Lankan government yesterday alleged that a recent debate in the House of Commons on ‘human rights in the Indian sub-continent’ had exposed some of those propagating lies in support of a

A demonstration organized by 'Api Sri Lankikayo' (We are Sri Lankans) today at 11 am (June 23) in Kilinochchi has been obstructed by security forces. There is a large military contingency placed at the venue and those who had arrived for the demonstration have been asked to leave Kilinochchi.

Centre for Human Rights (CHR) has serious concerns about blocking Groundviews, Vikalpa and the
Transparency International websites, who act as alternative voices, by Sri Lanka Telecom.

At a time when there is serious censorship and self censorship in the main stream media; web sites ave become an alternative space for public discussion about sensitive issues. The websitesmentioned above are spaces where serious, sometimes controversial, discussions are carried out by intellectuals and hose who are politically sensitive, both

So many things have been written on the Report of the Expert Panel appointed by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon. Should I litter the already crowded discourse space with another piece? I thought I should not do so unless I had a peculiar dream in which a small vendor friend of mine on the Kandy pavement who passed away about six months ago posed me an apt question. His question read like this: "Had the war against the LTTE reached its last phase in May 2011 rather than in May 2009, what kind of response would Sri Lanka have expected

A senior leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition said that the challenge by the United Nations SG Report could only be defeated by concerted effort of all political parties along with the release of former army commander Sarath Fonseka.

United National Party (UNP) co-deputy leader, Sajith Premadasa told BBC Sandeshaya that these issues did emerge due to unscrupulous and unprincipled foreign policy of the government. "As a result the whole country has plunged into a pathetic situation for which the government is solely

The attack, in the wee hours of Monday Morning, on the Lankaenews office, in Malambe, came in for strong condemnation from the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) and the Centre for Human Rights (CHR).

A statement from the two organizations, condemning the attack said the attack on Lankaenews office in Malambe, Sri Lanka on Monday morning, which destroyed property worth up to fifteen million rupees was the latest attack on media, right after the end of the Galle Literary Festival (GLF) when the attention of the whole world w

The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) met representatives of Northern Muslims, (IDP’s) who were driven away from the North in 1990 by the LTTE, and those from the host community of Puttalam on 7th January 2011.  Although, the number of submissions were relatively low compared to other field visits, only 23 in all. Centre for Human Rights (CHR) observe, that there were clear indications of dissension which has begun to develop amongst those who were residing in the area formally, and those IDP’S arrived f