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Interview with Dr. Farzana Haniffa: The eviction of Northern Muslims in Sri Lanka
First interviewed in 2010, Dr. Farzana Haniffa appears again on Groundviews to talk about the Citizens’ Commission on the Expulsion of Muslims from...
Continue reading »3 years after the end of war: Official statements vs. reality
Sri Lankan Army soldiers march during a Victory Day parade rehearsal in Colombo on May 16, 2012. Sri Lanka celebrates...
Continue reading »A different take from the Sangha: The dhamma and religious co-existence in Sri Lanka (UPDATED)
[Editors note: Sanjay Senanayake in a comment below raises a number of concerns regarding inflammatory statements made by Rev. Dambara...
Continue reading »Samhara: An interweaving of the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble and the Chitrasena Dance Company
Photo provided by Nrityagram Dance Ensemble. All copyrights reserved. Audiences in Colombo were over the weekend treated to Samhara, a...
Continue reading »Not In Our Name: Campaign update and video
After the email update reproduced below was sent on 2nd May, less than a week after the Not In Our...
Continue reading »Photo essay: Freedom, Religion, and Dambulla
Navin Weeraratne’s photo essay around the recent violence in Dambulla has already been shared widely on Facebook, and elsewhere on...
Continue reading »Cluster bombs in Sri Lanka: From denial to discovery
Ravi Nessman from Associated Press has broken what’s perhaps the most important story on the war, since it ended three...
Continue reading »Not In Our Name: Against religious extremism in Sri Lanka
A week ago, a violent a mob of about 2,000 Sinhalese, including a group of Buddhist monks led by the...
Continue reading »Fake video and lies: The strange case of Dambulla’s Inamaluwe Sumangala thero
The Mahanayaka of the Rangiri Dambulu chapter Inamaluwe Sumangala thero, one of the key figures in the on-going tensions in...
Continue reading »Deeds of mosque in Dambulla and photos of damage: How is this structure illegal? (UPDATED)
Groundviews was sent a copy of what we were told was the deed of the mosque at the centre of...
Continue reading »Bigoted monks and militant mobs: Is this Buddhism in Sri Lanka today?
Frame grab from News 1st TV broadcast As noted by Raashid Riza, the Multimedia Editor of The Platform, Last Friday...
Continue reading »The questions unanswered by Ass. Sec. Robert Blake: Mapping US engagement in and concerns over Sri Lanka (UPDATED)
Image courtesy Colombo Page From around 5pm to 5.30pm today, Ass. Sec. Blake took questions from those on Twitter in...
Continue reading »Ask Ass. Sec. Robert Blake a question on Sri Lanka over Twitter
Image courtesy Colombo Page Robert Blake is the Assistant Secretary, South And Central Asian Affairs at the US State Department...
Continue reading »Protecting the Enigmatic Blue Whales of Sri Lanka: In Conversation with Asha de Vos
The largest animal on the planet, the blue whale, is found in Sri Lankan waters. Unusually, the blue whales off...
Continue reading »V-Day: Writings to end violence against women and girls
The Sri Lankan government’s denial of things extends well beyond allegations of war crimes. Earlier this year, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador...
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