What is Human rights in Sri Lanka?
[[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|thumb|]] '''Human rights in Sri Lanka''' provides for [[Fundamental rights]]. The constitution states that every person is entitled to freedom thought, conscience and religion, including the freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice. And, that every person is equal before the law.<ref>THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA CHAPTER III, 10</ref> Major human rights groups such as [[Amnesty International]] and [[Human Rights Watch]],{{Ref|6}} as well as the [[United States Department of State]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010607063826/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/sa/index.cfm?docid=704 Sri Lanka<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the [[European Union]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/sri_lanka/intro/index.htm#hr |title=The EU's relations with Sri Lanka – Overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910052109/http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/sri_lanka/intro/index.htm#hr |archive-date=September 10, 2007}}</ref> have expressed concern about the state of '''human rights in Sri Lanka'''. [[British rule in Ceylon]],<ref>{{cite web | last=Keerthisinghe | first=Lakshman I. | url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/172-opinion/28002-the-british-duplicity-in-protecting-human-rights-in-sri-lanka.html | title=The British duplicity in protecting human rights in Sri Lanka | publisher=Daily Mirror | year=2013 | access-date=2013-10-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021114438/http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/172-opinion/28002-the-british-duplicity-in-protecting-human-rights-in-sri-lanka.html | archive-date=2013-10-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[government]] of [[Sri Lanka]] and the separatist [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (LTTE) as well as various other paramilitaries and marxist [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ]](JVP) rebels are accused of violating [[human rights]].<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.amnestyusa.org/annualreport.php?id=ar&yr=2006&c=LKA |title=2006 Ann