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Journalist Pakkiyanathan Vijayashanthan who went missing reported to Badulla Police station
Update to the story published earlier. FMM is relieved to report that former Journalist Pakkiyanathan Vijayashanthan who went mission yesterday...
Continue reading »Another abduction in Colombo
From a Free Media Movement statement released last night: Pakkiyanathan Vijayashanthan alias Vijayan, who had been a journalist and actor...
Continue reading »à¶ºà·à¶´à¶±à·™à¶ºà·Šà¶¯à·’ මිනිසà¶à·Š à¶¶à·€ දුටිමි
à¶»à·à¶à·”à·’ à¶à¶±à¶…න්ධකà·à¶»à¶º කප෠හරිමින් , අවට à·€à·à¶ºà·”ෙගà·à·Šà¶½à¶º ෙදදරà·à¶¸à·’ කවමින් පුනරින් පුෙද්à·à¶ºà¶§ ඵල්ලවු ෙෂල් පුහà·à¶»à¶ºà¶à·Š සමග මà·à·™à¶œà·Š සිෙà¶à·Š යමි බියක් à¶…à·à¶à·’ෙනà·à·€à·”à·€à·...
Continue reading »Right to Information and Good Governance: Linkages and Challenges
“Freedom of information is a fundamental human right and … the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United...
Continue reading »THE SRI LANKA FREEDOM PARTY’S BREATHTAKING PROPOSALS ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
Rohan Edrisinha Faculty of Law, University of Colombo and Centre for Policy Alternatives The Sri Lanka Freedom Party has a...
Continue reading »Protecting the spectrum for media freedom
Nalaka Gunawardene is a science writer and media watcher. He writes a blog on media and society. This article is...
Continue reading »On the Air to Tamil Eelam?
A.Vaitheeswaran In 1984 (remember George Orwell’s Animal Farm?), in an interview given to Anita Pratap of India Today (popular monthly...
Continue reading »The flipside of Islamic fundamentalism in Sri Lanka
Reproduced with the kind permission of the author, and first published in the Hindustan Times. The flipside of Islamic fundamentalism...
Continue reading »Lament for a nation: Sri Lanka’s epitaph
Bob Rae, former Premier of Ontario, Canada, submitted this article to Groundviews. It was first published in the Globe and...
Continue reading »à¶…භිෙයà·à·Šà¶œ හමුෙවි ඉදිරියට යන à·à·”à·’ ලංක෠කුිකටි
වර්ෂ1996ෙය්දි ඔස්ෙටුිලියà·à·€à¶§ එෙරහිව à·à·”à·’ ලංකà·à·€ ලද ෙලà·à·Šà¶š කුසලà·à¶± ජයගුහණය දà·à¶±à·Š දà·à¶±à·Š අපෙග් මà¶à¶šà¶º à¶…à¶‘à¶à·Š කරනව෠ෙනà·à¶…නුමà·à¶±à¶ºà·’.ෙමි දිනවල à¶¶à¶§à·„à·’à¶» ඉන්දිය ෙකà·à·™à¶¯à·€à·’...
Continue reading »The Peace Confidence Index Survey: What the people think about peace, war and talks
An article sent to Groundviews by Rajan Philips, that is slightly revised from an earlier version published in the media...
Continue reading »Groundviews system upgrade: Snap Shots
The website preview feature on Groundviews, powered by Snap Shots, is now enhanced with a bigger preview screen. Hovering on...
Continue reading »à¶±à·à¶œà¶±à·„à·’à¶» යූද්ධය à¶à·–à¶½ à¶à¶±à·“වූ à·ƒà·à¶¸à·™à¶ºà·Š නගරය.
à·à·–ීලංකà·à·€ à¶à·–à¶½ à¶à·€à¶¸à¶à·Š à¶…à·à¶¯à·“යන ෙමි à¶Šà·…à·à¶¸à·’ යුද්්්්ධය à¶§ දà·à¶±à·Š වසර 26 à¶šà·Š à¶œà¶à·€à·’ à¶à·’ෙබි.ෙමම වසර 26 à¶à·”à¶½ යුද්ධෙයන් à¶¶à·à¶§ à¶šà·‘...
Continue reading »Peace professionals and War professionals
By Rajan Philips There has been a spate of writings on the political economy of war, particularly relating to the...
Continue reading »Victor Ivan: This is your conscience speaking! – An open letter to the Ravaya Editor
Photo credit: Tamilnation In my article to Groundviews, I ask what I believe is an extremely pertinent question from my...
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