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Putting paid to the Government’s false claims: The new IDPs in Sri Lanka
Editors note: On the day Menik Farm was officially closed, an urgent memo was circulated widely on the fate of...
Continue reading »Excellence in exile
Battered and bleeding, journalist Poddala Jayantha lay on his hospital bed when we visited him on June 2, 2009. He...
Continue reading »Beyond the war psyche in Sri Lanka
Dust is finally settling on the euphoria generated by last year’s military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...
Continue reading »Post-presidential elections: The new challenges before Sri Lanka
Citizens are living through a politically decisive week with just days to elect Sri Lanka’s next Executive President. The next...
Continue reading »A bitter feud and an ugly media spectacle in the lead up to Presidential elections
This presidential election is unlike any other. There are no manifestos published yet to augment a healthy political debate and...
Continue reading »The wages of passivity
Sri Lanka’s Muslims have long kept quiet while Tamil militancy has made its own demands. Now they are becoming restive,...
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