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Destroying monuments for those killed & disappeared: The Catholic Church and the Sri Lankan Government
On the evening of 26th October 2011, Fr. Srilal Manoj Perera (appointed by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith to be in charge...
Continue reading »Fr. Jim Brown and Mr. Vimalathas: Five years after disappearance, where are they and what has happened to the investigation?
Fr. Jim Brown, a Catholic Priest from diocese of Jaffna in Northern Sri Lanka and his associate, Mr. Vimalathas,...
Continue reading »Celebrating war victory and banning commemoration of dead civilians: this is “home grown & indigenous†reconciliation and freedom in Sri Lanka?
Today, 18th June 2010, has been declared a public holiday by the government. Many Sri Lankans, especially Sinhalese from the...
Continue reading »Vanni in the year after war: Tears of despair and fear
About six months after the end of the war, in November 2009, the government of Sri Lanka relaxed restrictions on...
Continue reading »Madhu Feast 2009: Another opportunity or obstacle for peace and reconciliation?
“We used to live very close to the Madhu Shrine and we long to go and pray at the feat...
Continue reading »Forcible resettlements in East
“We can’t send them back to a place where there are just jungles.” (President Mahinda Rajapakse, in an interview to...
Continue reading »Christmas 2008 in Sri Lanka
Its Christmas day. For a change, I was at home with my family. Early morning, I went for Christmas Mass...
Continue reading »Vanni displaced: when will they be free from clutches of tigers and lions?
Several months ago, the government of Sri Lanka made announcements “inviting” displaced people in Vanni to come to government controlled...
Continue reading »From the tiger’s den to an open prison
If we knew the government will put us in an open prison, we would not have come, it would have...
Continue reading »Current ground situation in Mannar, Sri Lanka
View Larger Map Ruki Fernando of the Law and Society Trust speaks about the present situation in Mannar, Sri Lanka....
Continue reading »Madhu Shrine: the struggle to preserve the sanctity of a sacred shrine and humanitarian space
Presently located in areas under the control of the LTTE, but in the frontlines of the recent battle fronts, the...
Continue reading »Sri Lankan refugees in India: “Are we the ones to bear this shame, are they the sacrificeâ€
I remembered John Denver’s passionate song dedicated to the refugees called “Fallen leaves”, as I sat in the Chennai airport,...
Continue reading »Batticaloa: Despair of the displaced and disappeared and the euphoria of elections and “liberationâ€
“Return my husband you abducted before you ask for my vote” (Plea to the TMVP-UPFA, from a Batticaloa women) The...
Continue reading »Jaffna: Tears, blood and terror
Few weeks before I went to Jaffna, Jehan Perera of the National Peace Council had visited Jaffna and captured the...
Continue reading »Civilian cost of a humanitarian operation: miseries of liberated peoples of Musali and Naanatan divisions in Mannar waiting to go home
“We were not poor, we had our own house, we earned a reasonable income to feed ourselves and our children,...
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