Lawyer | Partner at lexag.co | Commissioner at @HRCSriLanka @snowleopards
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10 Aug 2023
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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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.
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28 Aug 2025
A couple of public history events coming up! #Itihas
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12 Jul 2025
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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7 Sep 2024
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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28 Dec 2024
HRCSL writes to the President regarding the detention conditions and well-being of asylum seekers from Myanmar.
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25 Nov 2024
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…
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18 Oct 2024
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka wrote to H.E. the President on section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance. #HRCSL #HumanRights #PublicSecurity
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25 Aug 2024
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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15 Aug 2024
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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19 Jul 2024
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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13 Jul 2024
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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13 Jul 2024
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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12 Jul 2024
Alleged Infringement of the Freedom of Religion and Right to Education in Trincomalee.
#HRCSL #Humanrights #RighttoEducation #RighttoReligion
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13 Jul 2024
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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26 Jun 2024
HRCSL issues a Message on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – 2024
#HRCSL #HumanRights #Torture #InternationalDay
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26 Jun 2024
Torture is a crime & can never be justified.
Today, we honour those who have endured its horrors & call for justice & accountability. Sri Lanka—a signatory of #UNCAT—benefits greatly from efforts of NGOs & @HRCSriLanka in preventing torture.
Learn more👇bit.ly/3VFjFqM
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20 Jun 2024
The @HRCSL called for a comprehensive state policy to protect and promote the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers in #lka.
No person at risk of persecution should be repatriated.
It also called upon the #GoSL to consider accession to the Refugee Convention.
#RefugeeWeek2024
20 Jun 2024
Statement of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka on World Refugee Day 2024.
#HRCSL #HumanRights #Refugee
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20 Jun 2024
On World Refugee Day, grateful @HRCSriLanka for highlighting importance of protection for refugees & asylum seekers, responsibilities of the State. @UNSriLanka committed supporting authorities and civil society beyond closure @UNHCR_SriLanka office in December 2024
20 Jun 2024
Statement of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka on World Refugee Day 2024.
#HRCSL #HumanRights #Refugee
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