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

Out of the Shadows: Violence Against Women who Love Women

Human Rights Watch Earlier this month, a news report revealed that a 22 year old woman had filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission against the Welisara-Mahabage police. She alleged that…

Shihara Maduwage Shihara Maduwage on 07/23/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, Identity, Politics and Governance

From Cradle to Grave, the LGBTIQ Community is Oppressed at Every Turn

Sri Lankan society is structured on strict gender roles and responsibilities where anything different to heteronormative and binary gender standards is considered abnormal, deviant and deserving of punishment and discrimination. Thanks to…

Shihara Maduwage Shihara Maduwage on 04/23/202104/23/2021
Colombo, Gender, Human Rights

Arrests and Harassment of LGBTIQ Persons

Sri Lanka is a nation of paradoxes; the land where millions identify as Buddhists, has also seen decades of bloodshed and war due to ethnic conflicts. In the folds of its rich…

Shihara Maduwage Shihara Maduwage on 10/22/202010/22/2020

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