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Navigating Sri Lanka’s Digital Frontier
As cyberspace transitions from a technical luxury into our primary arena for daily life, the gap between citizens' vulnerabilities and the state's protective capacity has widened significantly. This comprehensive mapping exercise by digital rights researchers explores the deeply intertwined realities of cybersecurity, online crime, and human rights in Sri Lanka.
Reimagining Human Rights in the Digital Age
As our personal, professional, and civic lives increasingly shift into online spaces, safeguarding fundamental liberties has become more critical than ever. This comprehensive report explores how digital transformation is redefining human rights, from free speech and peaceful assembly to the emerging demands for data protection and informational autonomy.
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CDPR Finding Balance: Living with Your Phone Without Losing Your Mind
Let’s be honest: most of us start our days the exact same way. The alarm goes off, and before we’ve even rubbed the sleep out of our eyes, we’re reaching for our screens. We live in a world where our pockets are constantly buzzing with everyone else's news, stress, and updates.
CDPR How Social Media Rewrote Sri Lanka’s Election Playbook
Sri Lanka’s democratic landscape has undergone a profound transformation, moving away from traditional, top-down political rallies and into the decentralized terrain of digital spaces.
CDPR Navigating the Promise and Peril of Digital Democracy
The traditional image of democracy where citizens gathered in a town square to debate the future has been fundamentally rewritten. In the 21st century, the square is digital.
CDPR බියගම නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාපයේ සේවක ප්‍රජාව ඩිජිටල් අයිතිවාසිකම් සහ ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳව දැනුවත් කෙරේ.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වේගයෙන් ව්‍යාප්ත වන ඩිජිටල් අවකාශය තුළ පුරවැසියාගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් සහ ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳ දැනුවත් කිරීමේ අරමුණින්,SPHERE සංවිධානය මෙහෙයවන "Know your Rights - in the digital age" උපදේශන වැඩසටහන් මාලාවේ තවත් එක් සාර්ථක පියවරක් පසුගියදා බියගමදී නිමාවට පත් විය.
CDPR Navigating Digital Privacy and Security: The Reality of 2026
The digital world is no longer an environment we log into; it is the infrastructure through which we live. From autonomous AI agents organizing our workflows to localized smart-city systems quietly running our daily commutes, the volume of data we generate is staggering.
CDPR Freedom of Expression in Sri Lanka’s Digital Space
In the modern era, the public square has shifted from physical street corners to digital platforms. In Sri Lanka, this transition has been rapid, fueled by a society that increasingly relies on social media for news, community building, and political discourse.
ADVOCACY SPHERE members files a petition challenging the newly proposed "Protection of the State from Terrorism" Bill
SPHERE members challenges the new "Protection of State from Terrorism" Bill
ADVOCACY Energy as a Baseline Enabler: Why Sri Lanka’s Digitalization of Electricity Grievances Must Be Human-Centric
At the PUCSL stakeholder consultation on Sri Lanka’s draft Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum rules, SPHERE argued that electricity is not merely a utility service but a baseline enabler of civic participation and digital rights. Mandating a digital-first grievance process risks isolating the very consumers it is meant to protect.
ADVOCACY අතුරුදහන්වූවන්ගේ පවුල් එකමුතුවේ වාර්ශික සැමරුම - 2025 ඔක්තෝබර් 27
පසුගිය ඔක්තෝබර් 27 සඳුදා දින අතුරුදන්වූවන්ගේ පවුල් එකමුතුව වාර්ශිකව පවත්වන අනුස්මරණ වැඩසටහන සීදුව, රද්දොලුව හන්දියේ අතුරුදන්වූවන්ගේ ස්මාරකය අසල පැවැත්විනි.
ADVOCACY ආනන්දපුරම් ගම්මානය බවට පත්වූ බතලගොඩ වත්ත
2023.8.14 වෙනිදා තලෛයි මන්නාරමේ සිට මාතලේ දක්වා මලෛහ ජනතාවගේ අභිමානවත් අයිතීන් දිනා ගැනීම උදෙස සිදු කරන ලද පාගමනෙදී බතලගොඩ වත්ත ත් එහි මිනිසුන් තමන්ගේ ඉඩම් අයිතීන් වෙනුවෙන් සටන් කරන බව දැනගැනීමට ලැබීම...
ADVOCACY MediaMeterLK: The Volunteer Initiative Tracking Media Bias in the 2024 Presidential Election
In the modern digital era, the battlefield of democracy has shifted from physical town squares to the airwaves and digital streams that shape public consciousness. While the proliferation of media channels and online platforms has democratized access to information, it has simultaneously created a complex landscape...
CAREERS Call for applications - Finance Officer (FO)
SPHERE Research and Advocacy is looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a Finance Officer (FO).
CAREERS Call for Applications: Program Officer (PO)
SPHERE Research and Advocacy is looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a Program Officer (PO).