
Melani Gunathilaka
@melanirgk
Climate Activist | Human Rights Defender | Writer | Translator
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"Aspirations of the struggle - Challenges of the present", at the public seminar held by Movement For Peoples' Council on the 9th July 2025. A look back at how #SriLanka moved forward and the present challenges as #Aragalaya marked 3 years ❤️✊🏾 #PeoplesCouncils #ParticipatoryDemocracy #SriLanka








On #MandelaDay, we honour defenders like Melani Gunathilaka 🇱🇰, Emiliano Vergara 🇲🇽, Angélique 🇲🇬 & Igor 🇧🇷 – fighting poverty, inequality & climate injustice. Their courage carries Mandela’s legacy of justice and dignity for all. 🌍 👉 ishr.ch/defender-stori…





Deshabandu was the acting IGP since Nov 2023. Ranil Wickremesinghe confirmed Deshabandu's appointment as the IGP in February 2024, roughly two months after the SC's landmark FR decision (SC/FR 107/2011) which found Deshabandu guilty of torturing and sexually harassing a suspect.



Funny how Ranil Wickremesinghe had no problem unleashing the military and STF on unarmed protestors during the aragalaya - an act the Supreme Court now ruled as a violation of fundamental human rights. And yet, when it came to Black July - when the same party, with the same policies and


