Braveheart
Faced with death threats and government harassment, Sri Lankan activist Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena charges on, focusing on battling sexual violence and standing up for those who can’t stand up for themselves.
She is one of Sri Lanka’s bravest women.
BY ISABELLE BOURGEAULT-TASSÉ----BY ANOKHI ADMIN
Lawyer and media columnist Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena is Sri Lanka’s outspoken critic of human rights abuses and one of its foremost crusaders. Her weekly legal columns in Colombo’s The Sunday Times and her several books have examined decades-long abuse of the rule of law against majority Sinhalese, minority Tamils and Muslims, and the poor in particular. She has become a formidable and legitimate critic that the government hasn’t been able to easily dismiss.
