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Reconciliation, Rights & Freedom: Four years after the end of war in SRi Lanka
Image courtesy The Telegraph It is now 4 years after the end of the war. The way we Sri Lankans...
Continue reading »Freedom of assembly in post-war Sri Lanka
Sandya Ekneligoda, wife of missing journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda, center, speaks to reporters during a protest rally out side the parliament...
Continue reading »World Press Freedom day, Uthayan and Freedom of Expression in Sri Lanka
Photo courtesy SIDA “Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all...
Continue reading »Protecting violent protesters and dispersing peaceful protesters: New role for Police and some Buddhists in Sri Lanka?
Image courtesy Colombo Telegraph On 12th April, around 7pm, I was amongst a group of people gathered on the pavement,...
Continue reading »Pope Francis: Options for the poor, disappearances, dirty wars, dictatorships in Argentina, Sri Lanka and elsewhere
Image courtesy New York Times, Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters The new Pope has been hailed as someone known for his simple life...
Continue reading »Prageeth Ekneligoda: A 3 year struggle to find husband, father, cartoonist and journalist
Image courtesy Vikalpa I had never met Prageeth Ekneligoda. But after he disappeared, on 24th Jan. 2010, I read some...
Continue reading »Fr. Tissa Balasuriya: A loving and gentle rebel
Photo courtesy the late Fr. Tissa’s blog Fr. Tissa has been called a radical and rebel within the Catholic Church...
Continue reading »Militarized charity and land grabbing: Experience of Keppapulavu in the Vanni
Photo by author from Menik Farm: The tragic end of a bitter saga, from detention to forced relocation I read...
Continue reading »Restrictions and intimidation on journalists covering resettlement process in the Vanni
From Lines Magazine “The Government should ensure the freedom of movement of media personnel in the North and East, as...
Continue reading »Menik Farm: The tragic end of a bitter saga, from detention to forced relocation
“Why can’t the Army go to the jungles instead of taking our lands and sending us to jungles?” “When will...
Continue reading »Update on the struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district
In relation to the 6 families who were staying at Our Lady of Velankanni church, original article available here. Due...
Continue reading »The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district
Last Friday, 14th September, I visited friends from Manthuvil and Puthukudiruppu, both in the Mullativu district who are trying to...
Continue reading »The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: The story of Puthukudiruppu
Rajini (pseudonym) was amongst the ten women we met in a church in Vavuniya district about a week ago. At...
Continue reading »The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: The story of Mullikulam
Photo courtesy National Fisheries Solidarity Movement In 2011, a young Advanced Level student from Mullikulam in the district of Mannar,...
Continue reading »Responding to comments whether the End of the War should be Celebrated or Mourned
Photo courtesy Vikalpa Given the comments to the article I wrote on 19th May, I felt it was better to...
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