Sri Lanka

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Agents of persecution 1
Ahmadis 1
Anglican 10
Arbitrary arrest and detention 41
Armed forces / Military 10
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 28
Assemblies of God 5
Asylum policy 1
Asylum-seekers 8
Baptist 9
Buddhist 14
Catholic 10
Ceasefire 4
Child labour 24
Child prostitution 13
Child soldiers 29
Children's rights 39
Children-at-risk 19
Chin 1
Christian 15
Civil and political rights 2
Civil war 1
Communal conflict / Social conflict 5
Conflict resolution 5
Conflict situation 5
Corruption 17
Crimes against humanity 1
Criminal justice 11
Dalit 1
Death in custody 4
Death penalty 11
Demobilization / Disarmament 6
Democracy 6
Deportation / Forcible return 2
Disappeared persons 46
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 25
Domestic violence 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 14
Effective protection 1
Elections 22
Emigrants 1
Equality before the law 3
Evangelical 11
Exiles 2
Expulsion 1
Extrajudicial executions 38
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 3
Forced labour 27
Forced marriage 4
Forced relocation 1
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 36
Freedom of assembly and association 45
Freedom of conscience 3
Freedom of expression 134
Freedom of information 45
Freedom of movement 29
Freedom of religion 53
Freedom of speech 23
Gender discrimination 21
Gender-based persecution 1
Generalized violence 1
Good governance 3
HIV and AIDS 3
Hindu 12
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 6
Human Rights Council 1
Human rights activists 30
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 38
Human rights monitors 6
Humanitarian assistance 3
IDP camps 3
Illegal entry 1
Immigration Detention 3
Impunity 27
Independence of judiciary 11
Indigenous persons 9
Integration 1
Internal armed conflict 8
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 41
International courts and tribunals 1
International criminal law 2
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 6
International protection 3
Jehovah's Witness 9
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 10
Lhotshampas 1
Livelihoods 2
Maternal and child health care 1
Methodist 9
Migrant rights 2
Migrants 6
Military operations 3
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 5
Minorities 23
Minority rights 11
Mormon 4
Muslim 18
National security / Public order 1
Opposition 4
Peace process 3
Peacekeeping 3
Pentecostal 9
Persecution based on nationality 1
Persecution based on political opinion 9
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 6
Persons of concern to UNHCR 2
Persons with disabilities 14
Police 20
Political groups 1
Political parties 3
Political situation 8
Pre-trial detention 9
Prison or detention conditions 16
Property restitution 2
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 13
Protestant 7
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
Public health 5
Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 2
Reconciliation 7
Refoulement 1
Refugee camps 2
Refugee identity documents 1
Refugees 13
Registration 1
Reintegration 2
Rejected asylum-seekers 1
Religious discrimination 30
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 14
Residence permits / Residency 2
Return conditions 1
Returnees 1
Right to development 2
Right to education 10
Right to employment 8
Right to health 1
Right to justice 3
Right to registration at birth 1
Right to self-determination 2
Roma 3
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 20
SGBV 26
Sanctions 2
Security forces 14
Security situation 12
Seventh Day Adventist 9
Sexual and reproductive rights 1
Shia 9
Sinhalese 6
Smuggling of persons 1
Social group discrimination 13
State of emergency 4
Statelessness 4
Sunni 9
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
Tamil 30
Terrorism 34
Threats / Intimidation 11
Tibetan 2
Torture 24
Trafficking in persons 45
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 3
Urban refugees 2
Visas 1
War crimes 11
Widowed persons 1
Women's rights 27
Women-at-risk 13
Zomi (Chin) 1

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Freedom on the Net 2016 - Sri Lanka 14 November 2016 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
2015 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Sri Lanka 30 September 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of Labor \| Document type: Annual Reports
Freedom of the Press 2016 - Sri Lanka 28 September 2016 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
2015 Report on International Religious Freedom - Sri Lanka 10 August 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016 - Sri Lanka 12 July 2016 \| Publisher: Minority Rights Group International \| Document type: Annual Reports
2016 Trafficking in Persons Report - Sri Lanka 30 June 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Freedom in the World 2016 - Sri Lanka 20 June 2016 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
Country Reports on Terrorism 2015 - Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam 2 June 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Country Reports on Terrorism 2015 - Sri Lanka 2 June 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Annual Report 2015 - Sri Lanka 9 May 2016 \| Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) \| Document type: Annual Reports

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