• Human rights in Sri Lanka provides for fundamental rights in the country. The Sri Lanka Constitution states that every person is entitled to freedom of...
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    transgender (LGBT) people in Sri Lanka face significant challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Article 365 of the Sri Lankan Penal Code, which dates...
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    The Sri Lankan Civil War (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya; Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai...
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  • Prostitution is not illegal in Sri Lanka, however, related activities such as soliciting, procuring, and brothels are outlawed. It is also illegal to traffic...
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  • Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka has occurred repeatedly during the island's long ethnic conflict. The first instances of rape of Tamil women...
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    Gender inequality in Sri Lanka is centered on the inequalities that arise between men and women in Sri Lanka. Specifically, these inequalities affect many...
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  • under the control of the Sri Lankan government, which includes the Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lankan Navy, Sri Lankan Air Force, Sri Lankan Police Service, state-backed...
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  • Terrorism in Sri Lanka has been a highly destructive phenomenon during the 20th and 21st centuries, especially so during the periods of the Sri Lankan Civil...
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  • duplicity in protecting human rights in Sri Lanka". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013. Human Rights came...
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  • by Sri Lanka Human rights in Sri Lanka War crimes in Sri Lanka "Sri Lanka's disappeared thousands". BBC News. 28 March 1999. "Hope for Sri Lanka's disappeared"...
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    island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, form the plurality in the Eastern Province and are in the minority...
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    Indic text in this article correctly. Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island...
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  • police tactical unit of the Sri Lanka Police specialising in clandestine and covert operations, combat and patrolling in urban areas, combat search and...
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  • Anglican priest Sri Lanka portal Law portal Law of Sri Lanka Judiciary of Sri Lanka Human rights in Sri Lanka "The Death Penalty in Sri Lanka". Death penalty...
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    The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, romanized: Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; Tamil: இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, romanized: Ilaṅkai...
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  • Ambika Satkunanathan (category Sri Lankan human rights activists)
    a human rights lawyer and human rights activist. She is also the former Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. She also served in as...
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    Provincial Council having autonomy for others. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) finds that Sri Lanka is fulfilling 95.5% of what it should be fulfilling...
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  • Sexual minorities in Sri Lanka have been counted in recent times as consisting of as little as 0.035% of the population to as high as 19.6%. It is likely...
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  • Meenakshi. Reform Sri Lanka’s Draconian Abortion Law. Human Rights Watch. March 10, 2022. Kumar, Ramya (March 16, 2013). "Abortion in Sri Lanka: The Double...
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    government of Sri Lanka perpetrated a campaign of state terrorism by targeting alleged LTTE sympathizers and Tamil civilians. A spokesman for Human Rights Watch...
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  • University Teachers for Human Rights assassinated by Tamil Tigers. T. Varagunam - Chancellor of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka Fr. Mary Bastian - Roman...
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  • Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice is an international, non profit, human rights group founded in 2009 to seek justice for thousands of Tamils killed...
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  • 2011). "Sri Lanka one of the most corrupt nations in the world". Lanka Standard. "Bribery and corruption control in Sri Lanka". Asian Human Rights Commission...
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  • north-east coast in Mullaitivu District. The civilian population of the Vanni also fled. The Sri Lankan government and human rights organisations have...
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  • 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (category Human rights abuses in Sri Lanka)
    controversy over Sri Lanka's human rights record and the alleged war crimes during the final stages of the civil war. This was the first time in 40 years that...
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  • The mixed economy of Sri Lanka was worth $84 billion by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 and $296.959 billion by purchasing power parity (PPP)...
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  • A human rights commission, also known as a human relations commission, is a body set up to investigate, promote or protect human rights. The term may...
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  • Freedom of religion in Sri Lanka is a protected right under Chapter II, Article 9 of the constitution of Sri Lanka. This applies to all religions, though...
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    in Sri Lanka Human rights in Sri Lanka LGBT rights in Sri Lanka Freedom of religion in Sri Lanka Law enforcement in Sri Lanka Military of Sri Lanka Command...
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  • working with Sri Lanka Forces. Human Rights Watch criticized that threats and intimidation were used by the LTTE to force Tamil families in Sri Lanka to furnish...
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