Hate Speech Archives - People's Rights Group - Sri Lanka

Rajangane Saddharatana Thero’s Warning Message to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith

By PRG|2020-08-08T09:22:35+00:00August 8th, 2020|Comments Off

Stop me if you can” – Buddhist monk threatens anti Muslim boycott

A senior Buddhist monk in campaigning to be reelected to parliament has made an inflammatory [...]

By PRG|2020-07-09T09:29:45+00:00July 9th, 2020|Comments Off

Sri Lankan Politician Madhumadhawa Aravinda’s hatred speech against Muslims

By PRG|2020-06-16T17:46:07+00:00June 16th, 2020|Comments Off

A local council chairman issued a controversial circular banning Muslim vendors from using the Dankotuwa Sathi marketplace in Wennappuwa

On 24 June, SLPP member and Wennappuwa Pradeshiya Sabha chairman K V Susantha Perera issued [...]

By PRG|2020-06-09T16:28:35+00:00June 9th, 2020|Comments Off

Senior Monk Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana asked to boycott Muslim-owned shops, and stonning of Muslims

On 17 June, chief prelate of the Asgiriya chapter Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana claimed that Buddhist [...]

By PRG|2020-06-09T16:27:37+00:00June 9th, 2020|Comments Off

Politician Madhumadhawa Aravinda’s hatred speech – Covid19 Racism

By PRG|2020-05-21T14:02:57+00:00May 9th, 2020|Comments Off

A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka who filmed a video on YouTube warning people to stay indoors and alleging that Muslims had caught the virus in a village

By PRG|2020-05-21T14:03:22+00:00May 8th, 2020|Comments Off

Openly President Gotabaya Rajapaksa supporter Chathura Alwis of Derana TV was unwittingly exposed last Tuesday (31) when several racist slurs hurled at Muslims were inadvertently aired during a break in the political talkshow – Wadapitiya

Article on Colombo Telegraph

By PRG|2020-05-21T14:03:44+00:00May 8th, 2020|Comments Off

A public health inspector, Upul Rohana told a state-run Sinhalese television channel that recent cases identified in Muslim villages had led to the cancellation of Sinhala New Year celebrations

By PRG|2020-05-21T14:04:35+00:00May 8th, 2020|Comments Off

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