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11 Mar, 2012
valkyrie
1 Comment
Colombo,
Human Security,
IDPs and Refugees,
Jaffna,
Peace and Conflict,
Politics and Governance,
Post-War

Rights, Return & Resettlement: A Critique of the TNA Report on Resettlement

TNA delegation in Washington DC, 2011 The ‘Resettlement Report October- December 2011’, available on the Tamil National Alliance’s (TNA) temporary...

27 Feb, 2012
valkyrie
2 Comments
Colombo,
Jaffna,
Politics and Governance,
Post-War

Doing the wrong thing for the right reasons: Plagiarism and the fate of LTTE surrendees

Photo courtesy Deccan Chronicle When I first read Shamila’s piece posted on 24 February (Female ex-combatants of LTTE in post-war...

27 Nov, 2011
valkyrie
10 Comments
Colombo,
Identity,
Peace and Conflict,
Politics and Governance,
Post-War,
Reconciliation,
Vavuniya

Response to Michael Roberts’ ‘Turning Former LTTE Personnel into Sri Lankan Citizens?’

Photo courtesy Lankapuvath Michael Roberts’ recent Groundviews piece on the government’s rehabilitation programme of alleged former LTTE combatants is generally...

25 Apr, 2011
valkyrie
5 Comments
Gender,
Human Security,
Identity,
Jaffna,
Peace and Conflict,
Politics and Governance,
Post-War,
Vavuniya

‘National security’ in post-war Sri Lanka: Women’s (In) security in the North

Photo from Hear My VOICE: Jalajakumari Selvarasa ~ “I could often feel the nostalgia” Resurrecting the ‘undead Tiger’[1] to secure the...

17 Mar, 2011
valkyrie
291 Comments
Development,
Features,
Human Rights,
Human Security,
Identity,
IDPs and Refugees,
Jaffna,
Peace and Conflict,
Politics and Governance,
Post-War,
Reconciliation

Jaffna and the Vanni today: The reality beneath the rhetoric

Photo credit: Indi Samarajiva, 2010 The drive along the A9 from Vavuniya to Killinochchi is brought to a temporary halt...

19 Oct, 2010
valkyrie
42 Comments
Colombo,
Peace and Conflict,
Post-War,
Reconciliation,
Vavuniya

Reconciliation through ‘Rehabilitation’ & ‘Reintegration’ of Ex-LTTE members in Sri Lanka: Separating Fact from Fiction

Photo courtesy Northern Provincial Council ‘They should learn that there is a better world beyond waging war’- Gotabaya Rajapakse[1] Once...

24 Sep, 2010
valkyrie
7 Comments
Colombo,
Media and Communications,
Peace and Conflict,
Politics and Governance,
Post-War,
Reconciliation,
Vavuniya,
War Crimes

‘Learning Lessons’ from those affected by war: Does the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission really listen?

The most recent sessions of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) were held in the conflict affected North from...

23 Sep, 2010
valkyrie
15 Comments
Colombo,
Human Rights,
Human Security,
Identity,
IDPs and Refugees,
Peace and Conflict,
Post-War,
Reconciliation,
Vavuniya,
War Crimes

Translation of Tamil newspaper reports on the Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission hearings held in Killinochchi and Mullaitivu

Given belowÂ are translations of reports on the hearings of the Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) held in Killnochchi and...

18 Feb, 2009
valkyrie
0 Comment
Colombo,
Human Rights,
IDPs and Refugees,
Jaffna,
Peace and Conflict

Detailed response to Jeevan Thiagarajah’s ‘Settling conflicts after the war and doing what is right’

When I read Jeevan Thiagarajah’s pieceÂ published on Groundviews a few days ago several questions sprung to mind. Why is the...

20 Jan, 2009
valkyrie
11 Comments
Batticaloa,
Human Rights,
Human Security,
IDPs and Refugees,
Peace and Conflict,
Politics and Governance,
Trincomalee

From the ‘sole representative’ to the ‘sole alternative’: Justice for, and within the Tamil Community

With the position of spokesperson for, and sole representative of the Tamil community set to become vacant upon the projected...

Personal page and articles by valkyrie

Rights, Return & Resettlement: A Critique of the TNA Report on Resettlement

Doing the wrong thing for the right reasons: Plagiarism and the fate of LTTE surrendees

Response to Michael Roberts’ ‘Turning Former LTTE Personnel into Sri Lankan Citizens?’

‘National security’ in post-war Sri Lanka: Women’s (In) security in the North

Jaffna and the Vanni today: The reality beneath the rhetoric

Reconciliation through ‘Rehabilitation’ & ‘Reintegration’ of Ex-LTTE members in Sri Lanka: Separating Fact from Fiction

‘Learning Lessons’ from those affected by war: Does the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission really listen?

Translation of Tamil newspaper reports on the Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission hearings held in Killinochchi and Mullaitivu

Detailed response to Jeevan Thiagarajah’s ‘Settling conflicts after the war and doing what is right’

From the ‘sole representative’ to the ‘sole alternative’: Justice for, and within the Tamil Community

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