culture of impunity – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Sri Lanka: Urgent need to prosecute security agents involved in torture

By pearlaction | November 7, 2011 |

[Amnesty USA] Sri Lanka is not credibly investigating torture, Amnesty International said on the eve of a review by the UN Committee Against Torture into the country. [Full Story]

Global media rights groups condemn “culture of impunity and indifference” in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | January 21, 2009 |

[RSF] The International Press Freedom Mission today condemned a “culture of impunity and indifference” over killings and attacks on journalists in Sri Lanka. Since the beginning of the New Year, both the killing of a senior editor and the attack on the facilities of a popular independent TV channel have led to a total paralysis…