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Month: May 2008

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Colombo, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict

An Eye for an Eye, a Bomb for a Bomb

A bomb on a train in Dehiwela killed 9 civilians, including a pregnant woman. The Sri Lankan government blames the LTTE; they deny it. Three days earlier, a claymore attack on van…

The Under Dog The Under Dog on 05/27/2008
Colombo, Human Security, Peace and Conflict

Victim, eye-witness and first responder accounts of Dehiwela train blast

For more videos visit the Vikalpa YouTube Channel.

Groundviews Groundviews on 05/27/2008
Human Rights, Human Security, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Jaffna: Retrospect and Prospect

Most of what I reveal below has been lying concealed in my notes and diaries deposited in the Government Achieves. I have decided to focus on them out of my belief that…

Somapala Gunadheera Somapala Gunadheera on 05/23/2008
Batticaloa, Constitutional Reform, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Trincomalee

THE EASTERN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: A BRIEF POST-MORTEM

As the much hard-sold elections to the Eastern Provincial Council came to an unseemly and acrimonious conclusion last week, it was already becoming abundantly clear that its political and constitutional ramifications may…

Asanga Welikala Asanga Welikala on 05/21/2008
Colombo, Economy, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

EU withdrawal of GSP+ to enforce Human Rights – Part 2

I received a comment from one Mr. Perera from Cairo, who lamented about my opinion on the EU and the GSP+ issue published on Groundviews. Fortunately for him he is in Cairo…

raja raja on 05/20/2008
Colombo, Media and Communications

The Island newspaper promotes pedophilia, sex and fellatio for children

The Island newspaper in Sri Lanka is already known for its Editorial blunders. Yesterday however, it sunk to a new low when it published the following in the children’s section of its daily edition…

Groundviews Groundviews on 05/16/200805/17/2008
Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

TO THE TAMILS IN THE NORTH: WHY DIDN’T YOU VOTE?!

By Under Dog   Amidst the bombs, the war, the white vans, and the checkpoints, I look back with fond memories of the ceasefire. It brought four glorious years of peace and…

The Under Dog The Under Dog on 05/14/2008
Colombo, Uncategorized

Old Truths and Old Men

Stupid Old Men I don’t want to end up being a stupid old man Just look at what they have done to our world in vain What’s the big deal in going…

Lalith Gunaratne Lalith Gunaratne on 05/11/2008
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

EU withdrawal of GSP+ to enforce Human Rights

Economic sanctions have been used for foreign policy objectives since the time of Ancient Greece. The idea that economic sanctions might be an alternative to the use of force received attention after…

raja raja on 05/11/200805/11/2008
Colombo, Politics and Governance

Bus Terrorism and Justice

It was a busy afternoon on the Galle Road in Moratuwa and I stopped my vehicle at a pedestrian crossing to allow a few women and children cross the road.  The vehicle…

Lalith Gunaratne Lalith Gunaratne on 05/09/200804/26/2010
IDPs and Refugees, Mannar, Peace and Conflict

Fate of the Displaced – Mannar

As soon as the security forces arrived at Arrippu, in September 2007, we were escorted out of our villages, some with personal belongings many with only what they were wearing. We sheltered…

CHA CHA on 05/09/2008
Peace and Conflict

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Groundviews Groundviews on 05/03/200808/12/2009
Peace and Conflict

Peace in Northern Ireland – Lessons for Sri Lanka?

There appears to be renewed interest in Northern Ireland (NI) and the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) within policy circles here.  The GFA is certainly unique because it fundamentally reconstituted the state and…

Chulani Kodikara Chulani Kodikara on 05/03/2008

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