July 2007 – Groundviews

Human Rights, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict

Stanley Rd Closure Affects Traders In Jaffna

Traders on Jaffna Stanley Road are badly affected by the closure of the road. The road is closed for public usage for security reasons and only pedestrians are allowed to use it.…

jafrep on 07/30/2007

Ampara, Media and Communications

The forgotten: Sriyanie’s story from Welikanda

on 07/28/200704/11/2008

Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The unlearnt lessons of July 1983

à¶¸à·… à¶¢à·–à¶½à·’ à·„à¶à¶šà·’à¶±à·Šà·€à¶à·Š à¶´à·à¶©à¶¸à¶šà·Š à·™à¶±à· à¶œà¶±à·Šà¶±à·… Photo credit: Tamilnation.org My article deals with the social and political after-effects of one of the most despicable episodes in Sri Lankan history – the ethnics…

Janith Vipulaguna on 07/27/200704/11/2008

Ampara, Batticaloa, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Jaffna, Mannar, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Puttalam, Trincomalee, Vavuniya

The Indo-Lanka Accord – Some reflections 20 years hence

Groundviews on 07/27/200704/11/2008

Colombo, Media and Communications

An inconvenient history: A reply to Victory Ivan’s viewpoints on criminal defamation

Groundviews on 07/27/200704/11/2008

Advocacy, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Let’s stop corruption in Sri Lanka!

A litany of socio-political problems we face today can directly or indirectly be traced back to the existence and growth of corruption. Bordering on criminality, exacerbating extreme poverty, stifling economic development and…

Groundviews on 07/26/2007

Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, Peace and Conflict

Shedding the Master: The Challenge for the Muslims

Shanthi Sachithanandam A.H. Macan Markar, MP Kalkudah electorate Speaking on the Sinhala Only Bill in 1956. This was during the post colonial period. The Southern Muslim political leaders, who formed the mainstream…

Montage on 07/25/2007

Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

Song of the Sleepless River: Music, racism and resistence

In the past two months Hugh Masekela and Afroreggae have given sold-out concerts in the Barbican. But this note is not about jazz or reggae; it traces some reverberations and reflections these…

Prasanna Ratnayake on 07/25/2007

Peace and Conflict

Emergency…

Here is an extract from “Emergency ’58 – The Story of the Ceylon Race Riots”, a book Tarzie Vittachi wrote in 1958. Between eight and ten o’clock that morning the situation all…

sam on 07/24/2007

Advocacy

School admissions

R.M.B Senanayake The Supreme Court is looking into the Education Ministry circular on School Admissions. According to a writer in the Daily News the court wants to ensure equal treatment for all…

raja on 07/23/2007

Media and Communications

Groundviews YouTube video channel

All videos posted on Groundviews (and hosted on Youtube) can now be found at Video Stories. We will add new content to the Groundviews channel regularly from videos uploaded by other content…

Groundviews on 07/22/2007

Advocacy, Human Rights, Human Security, Politics and Governance

Vienna Convention and Sri Lankan Child Worker on Death Row

Donna E. Chung, Ph.D. International Trade and Labour Compliance Advisor Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. Washington, D.C. 20 July 2007 On 15 July 2007, just one day before the deadline, a judicial…

Groundviews on 07/21/2007

Media and Communications

Dallas – Are you listening? Part II

à¶´à·”à¶»à·€à·à·ƒà·’ à·ƒà¶§à·„à¶±à·Š: à¶©à¶½à·ƒà·Š à¶”à¶¶à¶§ à¶‡à·„à·™à¶±à·€à·à¶¯? My first post on public transport in Sri Lanka (see Dallas – Are you listening?) ended with a challenge to the Minister of Transport to do something…

Sunanda Deshapriya on 07/20/200704/11/2008

Ampara, Batticaloa, Colombo, Disaster Management, Galle, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Puttalam

Wars and Waves: Sri Lanka’s internally displaced

The 28 minute documentary “Wars and Waves: Sri Lanka’s internally displaced” that was produced by COHRE, and directed and written by me, is available online. There was a small private launch a…

sam on 07/18/2007

Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, Jaffna, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

“Our people are at your mercy” – Tamils flee Sri Lanka conflict

“I have a moral duty to pacify wherever there is irritation given to the Sinhalese. I have a duty to pacify them and tell them our people are at your mercy. They…

Groundviews on 07/18/2007