EQUAL GROUND, Sri Lanka

Advocacy, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Decriminalising Consensual Same-sex Sexual Relations: Amendments Versus Repeal

In a major development in the human rights arena, SLPP parliamentarian and lawyer Premanath C. Dolawatte handed over a private member’s bill to President Ranil Wickremesinghe seeking to amend laws that marginalise…

EQUAL GROUND, Sri Lanka on 08/31/2022

Peace and Conflict

Historic Court Win for LGBTIQ Community

Thanks to archaic, Victorian-era laws that are still present in Sri Lanka, the country’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTIQ) community has been marginalised and discriminated against for over a…

EQUAL GROUND, Sri Lanka on 12/13/202112/13/2021