Organisation
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
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- Also known as
- HRCSL
- Type
- Human rights commission
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- Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka / Concluded, in a draft report, that the attacks were a coordinated effort by extremist groups / Anti-Muslim violence in Kandy district, March 2018Allegation
- Sunday Observer reports that a draft of the commission’s report, obtained under the Right to Information Act and still unpublished as of 2 March 2025, concluded that the attacks were a coordinated effort by extremist groups targeting the Muslim community, that some individual officers may have been complicit but the security forces as a whole did not facilitate the violence, and that the failure to contain it was attributed to intelligence shortcomings, limited resources and an insufficient police force. It names Mahason Balakaya among the groups promoting extremist ideas.2 Mar 2025 · Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) · HRCSL report reveals police weaknesses, delays and intelligence gaps