Centre for Policy Alternatives on 9 November, 2015 9 November 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is disturbed and condemns two reported recent incidents adversely impacting governance – the Police attack on the Diploma students and what transpired in Parliament over the Avant Garde investigation. In the case of the former, CPA unreservedly condemns the Police attack. In any […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 5 October, 2015 October 1, 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) welcomes the adoption of the resolution titled ‘Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka’ at the 30th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. In a paradigm shift from past positions, the Government of Sri Lanka co-sponsored the […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 12 August, 2015 Download this communique as a PDF here. 02nd August 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka, at 1630 hrs As of 2nd August 2015, CMEV has recorded a total of 402 incidents of election related violence and malpractices. Of these, 71 have been classified as major including 5 incidents involving the use of fire -arms. Minor incidents have been […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 12 August, 2015 Major incidents: 71 Minor incidents: 331 Firearms involved: 7 Download the full report here.
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 12 August, 2015 Access this communique as a PDF here 01st August 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka The Center for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) officially commenced monitoring of the incidence of election violence and malpractice in the 2015 General Election. Since the start of the nominations period on the 6th of July, CMEV has deployed around 200 field monitors including […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 12 August, 2015 Major incidents: 65 Minor incidents: 292 Firearms involved: 5 Download the full report here.
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 12 August, 2015 Major incidents: 61 Minor incidents: 261 Firearms Involved: 5 Download the full report here.