01/10/2012 05:43 cernoblog @NalakaG @groundviews did the #lka govt ever have claims that r proven to be true? 01/10/2012 05:42 NalakaG Exposing #lka Govt’s false claims: Does River Denial flow thru Republic of Amnesia? New IDPs in Sri Lanka http://t.co/DJvtbHhI @Groundviews 01/10/2012 05:41 Arshadkyle #News All of the #country #protesting against the #government!: #Somawansa #Amarasinghe #JVP @FAScNEWS @groundviews @hrw 01/10/2012 05:16 groundviews @charith9 One woman in backseat amidst over 20 men - revealing snapshot of gender bias in #srilanka's MSM. @womenandmedia 01/10/2012 05:44 NalakaG @groundviews @charith9 @womenandmedia Women editors (at least 3 edit national newspapers) have better things to do than join this ego trip? 01/10/2012 05:15 Dinoukc Religious sensitivities, the Islamic world and the communication revolution - Groundviews http://t.co/ktdazIxI via @groundviews 01/10/2012 05:13 SarongJohnnie Religious sensitivities, the Islamic world and the communication revolution - http://t.co/Q8XRO7QG / via @groundviews 01/10/2012 05:05 groundviews In an age where modern communication levels have reached a pinnacle, where very person is able to get their... http://t.co/CY7JWzXF 01/10/2012 05:04 groundviews Religious sensitivities, the Islamic world and the communication revolution http://t.co/0Dpismfp #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius 01/10/2012 05:02 groundviews Religious sensitivities, the Islamic world and the communication revolution: Much hue and cry has been raised th... http://t.co/5EnMfCl7 01/10/2012 04:44 groundviews BEARING WITNESS THROUGH CITIZEN JOURNALISM IN SRI LANKA http://t.co/xmlcQEB0 by @dlgriffiths & @mattbjones #lka #srilanka 01/10/2012 04:41 groundviews Looking forward to launch of METAMORPHOSES. We've written on Jagath Dheerasekara's amazing photos http://t.co/lBejrurm #lka #srilanka 01/10/2012 04:35 groundviews @DMbreakingnews's questions as pathetic as the answers of the interviewee Malaka Silva http://t.co/mnaRaYcx #lka #srilanka 01/10/2012 04:02 isurulucky FUTA’s “6 percent for Education” in Sri Lanka: Sensible or Sensational? - Groundviews http://t.co/qhjLXYOX via @groundviews 01/10/2012 03:33 dinidu @Apelankawe Nope, doesn't happen. There is sometimes a de-breif, though. @cfhaviland @groundviews @MelGuna @AmanthaP 01/10/2012 02:26 groundviews @cfhaviland Given what he said to you & what you tweeted, you should ask him why he continues to be published? http://t.co/dJZSxWr6 #lka 01/10/2012 02:23 groundviews Exposing official lies around IDPs, the crisis of tertiary education and other news | Groundviews Updates Via... http://t.co/D5iGyPny 01/10/2012 02:22 groundviews Exposing official lies around IDPs, the crisis of tertiary education and other news - http://t.co/5W1qehUY #lka #srilanka 01/10/2012 01:39 groundviews @Apelankawe @melguna @dinidu @amanthap This isn't the media meeting the President. This is the President seeing the press. Big difference. 01/10/2012 01:33 sarithiras FUTA’s “6 percent for Education” in Sri Lanka: Sensible or Sensational? - Groundviews http://t.co/u3M7GwP7 via @groundviews 01/10/2012 01:14 AmanthaP @MelGuna @Apelankawe @groundviews @dinidu @cfhaviland that happens on a personal level, not as a 'proffessional' body 01/10/2012 01:07 MelGuna @Apelankawe @groundviews @dinidu @amanthap they might sound out senior staff for background briefing on topics. No formalised structure 01/10/2012 01:00 AmanthaP RT @groundviews: @cfhaviland @apelankawe @melguna @dinidu They would need to start talking with each other first, non? This isn't case today 01/10/2012 01:00 groundviews RT @womenandmedia: Have you sent in your short film yet? The deadline is the 30th of October so get started and spread the word!... http ... 01/10/2012 00:58 groundviews RT @RangaJayasuriya: Lakbimanews Editorial: #SriLanka government should apologize to #Tamils interned in Manik Farm. http://t.co/2ieicWRU 01/10/2012 00:57 groundviews @JDSLanka @dushiyanthini Question is why, and what can be done about it? They can block MSM, but story is out and alive in & over new media. 01/10/2012 00:56 groundviews RT @JDSLanka: In post war Sri Lanka, information about IDPs & war related issues are continued to be blocked! #SriLanka (via @DushiY ... 01/10/2012 00:55 groundviews RT @theyrc: RT @dbsjeyaraj: Solution to Education Crisis Lies in Encouraging Democratic Discourse: Sumanthiran M.P. http://t.co/RJimzYid ... 01/10/2012 00:55 groundviews RT @UKLPSL: Future of free education in #SriLanka: Politicizing education, FUTA’s trade union action http://t.co/Y5pAJHfn Rajiva Wijesin ... 01/10/2012 00:51 groundviews @AmanthaP @cfhaviland @apelankawe @melguna @dinidu They would need to start talking with each other first, non? This isn't case today. 01/10/2012 00:34 groundviews People Inbetween: A Poetic Documentary looking at the Dutch Burgher community of Sri Lanka and Urvedic demon... http://t.co/vbOwmrI7 01/10/2012 00:30 AmanthaP @cfhaviland @Apelankawe @groundviews @MelGuna @dinidu nvr heard of #SRILANKA eds engaging in such endeavor ever, would be maj step forward 30/09/2012 20:40 Apelankawe @cfhaviland @groundviews @MelGuna @dinidu @AmanthaP Well, well. But is not surprising! 30/09/2012 19:55 cfhaviland @Apelankawe @groundviews @MelGuna @dinidu @AmanthaP Don't know about that but they often have somewhat differing accounts of what he said. 30/09/2012 18:44 Apelankawe I wonder if Editors have any brainstorming or consultations re Qs in-house before going to meet Prez @groundviews @MelGuna @dinidu @amanthap 30/09/2012 18:15 Apelankawe @mbmrameez @NavamaniLK @groundviews thanks! curious how much the MSM are tuned into these type of activities. 30/09/2012 18:07 mbmrameez @Apelankawe Weekly of @NavamaniLK published the notice. but it might not be cleared. but they may have original version too @groundviews 30/09/2012 18:06 posdeviant The end of war in Sri Lanka, captured for posterity by Google Earth - Groundviews http://t.co/7pBUX8mB via @groundviews 30/09/2012 17:16 Apelankawe And wanted to check if any of the English MSM on Sunday covered the Dambulla Pooja bhumi eviction notice. I didn't see any @groundviews 30/09/2012 16:54 Apelankawe Is Nation the only newspaper not to carry anything on forced relocation of Menik Farm IDPs? Or did I miss anything? @kadawara @groundviews 30/09/2012 15:17 groundviews Villagers cry foul over “forced relocation” in North http://t.co/PLsU2I8G #lka #srilanka 30/09/2012 14:53 groundviews However the Government’s claim to have resettled the last batch of IDPs, who were in the Kadiragamar and Ananda... http://t.co/8kpCIzbT 30/09/2012 15:00 AhamedKMB @groundviews No one not even NGO's care for Muslims IDP's of 1990 not settled. Muslims don't count? 30/09/2012 14:52 groundviews The Menik Farm Lie: ‘Who says we are resettled’ asks an IDP http://t.co/kGjr25s7 #lka #srilanka @UNOCHA @7piliers @lankasol 30/09/2012 14:45 groundviews RT @TamilGuardian: Jaffna’s Military Commander - "The number of soldiers in #Jaffna is not important..." http://t.co/B6DDxFeQ #lka #Sri ... 30/09/2012 14:43 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: Occupy Wire : Sparrows sit sweetly on power cable while wind blows in Periyathampanai|Vavuniya. #LKA http://t.co/r5HfflA8 30/09/2012 09:30 for91days Sri Lanka Tweets is out! http://t.co/0DFqgxdk ▸ Top stories today via @groundviews @Tikiri_ @Ni4u 30/09/2012 05:12 anushkafernando Higher Education and its Disjunctures: An Interview with Professor Sasanka Perera - Groundviews http://t.co/yP34gakF via @groundviews 30/09/2012 01:42 groundviews “Inventors are like artists – we must celebrate and nurture them!”: Nalaka Gunawardene in conversation with Deep... http://t.co/pwgTDqYA 30/09/2012 01:34 ZaynabZubair "@groundviews: “Inventors are like artists – we must celebrate and nurture them!” http://t.co/pVLDraM7 #lka #srilanka by @NalakaG" 30/09/2012 01:31 groundviews “Inventors are like artists – we must celebrate and nurture them!” http://t.co/cRePbxbX #lka #srilanka by @NalakaG 30/09/2012 01:30 groundviews To be fair by our corporate sector, can they really compete with Indian and Chinese companies in terms of product... http://t.co/GISUqQOp 30/09/2012 01:09 HalikAzeez FUTA’s “6 percent for Education” in Sri Lanka: Sensible or Sensational? http://t.co/kbPPlEdS insightful piece via @groundviews 29/09/2012 23:31 RichardAntony16 a @groundviews This alleged issue may be considered seriously in the context of post-conflict ethnic reconciliation 29/09/2012 20:09 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: "My home occupied by military cook" "I won't get my home back this lifetime": women "relocatd to nowhere". http://t.co/t ... 29/09/2012 14:51 banlankacricket @AhamedKMB @groundviews #SriLanka 'Justice' Minister now officially a Rajapaksa goon, check with him too on plight of all IDPs @SumaiyaRizvi 29/09/2012 12:48 groundviews @arjunan Published first in @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/ZZH1lFE2 #lka #srilanka @colombotelegrap sadly doesn't attribute any source(s). 29/09/2012 12:49 arjunan @groundviews lol, typical. thanks for correction @DMbreakingnews @colombotelegraph 29/09/2012 12:32 groundviews @AhamedKMB The Citizens Commission has some information in this regard http://t.co/gSExXUg7 29/09/2012 12:48 AhamedKMB @groundviews Citizens Commission reports 75,000 Muslims were displaced in 1990 by LTTE not any have been resettled. Why ignore expose that? 29/09/2012 12:25 groundviews RT @Srilankan_quest: Human rights in Sri Lanka: between the UN and the US #lka #srilanka http://t.co/J7FxQRO8 29/09/2012 12:24 groundviews @NalakaG Wish there was no background music score introduced to what is perfectly good clip from BBC! What a waste of good video. 29/09/2012 12:23 JDSLanka Relocated to nowhere http://t.co/lJVAnSHy Related story on GV http://t.co/0XPHx4wF (via @groundviews) 29/09/2012 12:22 groundviews @adaderana Who writes nonsensical news headlines like this? You suggest a woman became pregnant after her clothes caught fire. WTF?! #lka 29/09/2012 17:33 nkashokbharan @groundviews The headline is bizarre. I've noted more Bizarre headlines in Ada Derana Tamil too. 29/09/2012 12:21 groundviews Putting paid to the Government’s false claims: The new IDPs in Sri Lanka: Editors note: On the day Menik Farm wa... http://t.co/pizQyhfZ 29/09/2012 12:31 AhamedKMB @groundviews What happened to Muslim IDPs chases out by LTTE in 1990 from Jaffna & Mannar? How many settled how main remain unsettled? 29/09/2012 12:15 groundviews Tropical Modernism in Sri Lanka http://t.co/JTjxmMaq #lka #srilanka 29/09/2012 12:10 groundviews “Go elsewhere. Visit Prabhakaran’s swimming pool. There is nothing for you here,” a junior officer on duty told... http://t.co/Jt8EzI44 29/09/2012 12:08 groundviews Relocated to nowhere http://t.co/c9fNgmtX Related story on GV http://t.co/3F5AITrL #lka #srilanka @7piliers @UNOCHA @lankasol 29/09/2012 12:08 DushiYanthini Putting paid to the Government’s false claims: The new IDPs in Sri Lanka ~ @groundviews http://t.co/5hOtkiAk #Tamil #IDP #Keppaappilavu #LKA 29/09/2012 12:06 groundviews Over 65 photos from the protest march to and rally in Colombo by FUTA yesterday, captured by Vikalpa. Via... http://t.co/jJfPRXko 29/09/2012 12:40 arjunan @groundviews great to see... Bishop De Chickera has a good article about FUTA http://t.co/dF2poRF2 29/09/2012 12:01 groundviews Over 65 photos from @6percentforedu march to & rally in #Colombo http://t.co/XwSIRkj4 via @vikalpavoices #lka #srilanka @theyrc 29/09/2012 11:57 groundviews These saddened people will be the only IDP group from Menik Farm’s resettlement programme to not return home.... http://t.co/z907vcEz 29/09/2012 12:37 arjunan @groundviews other than the ones disappeared out of the camps of course 29/09/2012 11:53 groundviews Putting paid to the Govt's false claims: The new IDPs in #srilanka http://t.co/3F5AITrL #lka @7piliers @UNOCHA @rkguruparan @cfhaviland 29/09/2012 11:53 eksaar @mhmhisham @groundviews WHAT they are trying to do? http://t.co/c9u9ySu8 28/09/2012 17:01 groundviews ADB, Sri Lanka Target Power Supply Upgrades to Aid Post-Conflict Regions http://t.co/ab1PNQY2 #lka #srilanka 28/09/2012 16:33 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: #srilanka is now #WonderOfAsia and #BrothersInc. :) > Defence and Urban Dev. Ministry Budgetary share tops Rs. 290 bn ... 28/09/2012 14:35 groundviews @MsAMR25 Wonderful. Many thanks. 28/09/2012 14:23 MsAMR25 @groundviews Pater says yes but can't get to it till Sunday. 28/09/2012 12:54 groundviews @Vasugi Thanks for that. 28/09/2012 12:47 JaseemDeltota Protest against Anti-Islam Film in Deltota. Picture. @mbmrameez @LankaMuslims @AzzamAmeen @groundviews http://t.co/p6gJjHcw 28/09/2012 11:21 AmanthaP MT @groundviews: Imp./well written article dealing with FDI and investment prospects in #srilanka http://t.co/gqrY6txm Quotes @anushwij #lka 28/09/2012 11:00 groundviews Imp. and well written article dealing with FDI and investment prospects in #srilanka http://t.co/dNSD6slS Quotes @anushwij #lka @lankasol 28/09/2012 10:38 groundviews @Apelankawe @dushiyanthini And their cars. Quite a collection, we are told. 28/09/2012 10:23 Apelankawe @DushiYanthini Yeah, keeps attention of poor sinhalese away from pools and palaces of the King, his brothers and their babies. @groundviews 28/09/2012 09:56 philiprajamohan University students protest #Colombo #lka @DMbreakingnews @groundviews http://t.co/7YrI1mSW 28/09/2012 08:35 adams_rebekah FUTA’s “6 percent for Education” in Sri Lanka: Sensible or Sensational? - Groundviews http://t.co/unhYyCip via @groundviews 28/09/2012 08:30 groundviews FUTA’s “6 percent for Education” in Sri Lanka: Sensible or Sensational?: Original photo courtesy Vikalpa “It was... http://t.co/CPGI7dDO 28/09/2012 08:26 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: Post war tourism promotion in Vanni is all about Pirabakaran's bunker,swimming pool&palace! Nothing else! #PostWa ... 28/09/2012 08:24 groundviews RT @7piliers: Photo gallery of the 24 September closure of Menik Farm IDP camp | #SriLanka #humanitarian http://t.co/JNWWL0At @UNOCHA 28/09/2012 08:19 TMnY FUTA’s “6 percent for Education” in Sri Lanka: Sensible or Sensational? - Groundviews http://t.co/k4l3Ri25 via @groundviews 28/09/2012 08:11 groundviews “Our role was just to open up the debate, people can’t expect us to have all the answers”, Ranjith Dewasiri later... http://t.co/naqqnd37 28/09/2012 08:47 Ymethink @groundviews http://t.co/zF3r1nYj Celestial Buddha 28/09/2012 08:11 groundviews FUTA’s “6 percent for Education” in Sri Lanka: Sensible or Sensational? http://t.co/6xDszMf2 @6percentforedu @theyrc #lka #srilanka 28/09/2012 05:41 groundviews RT @bfonseka: Good editorial but wld GOSL take note? Plain speaking to Colombo http://t.co/werisCBu @MASumanthiran @lankasol #srilanka # ... 28/09/2012 03:38 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: High speed internet works better in Vanni than any other big cities in Sri Lanka. #PostWar #Vanni #Mullaithivu #SriLa ... 28/09/2012 03:38 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: "If authorities can't resettle us in our places of origin.Why did they forcefully bring us here?"~angry IDPs ask in S ... 28/09/2012 03:38 groundviews This is public money | Luxury vehicles galore on permits http://t.co/VJepEtyR #lka #srilanka 28/09/2012 03:11 groundviews @RichardAntony16 Worth translating to Sinhala you think? Can ask @vikalpavoices to take a crack. 28/09/2012 09:50 RichardAntony16 @groundviews @vikalpavoices both Sinhala and Tamil please 28/09/2012 02:00 myview09 myview09 is out! http://t.co/gvJs48OM ▸ Top stories today via @TYOCanada @groundviews 28/09/2012 01:33 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: how many of the #lka #muslim groups who protested opposite @usembsl are ready to do the same on the threats on places of ... 28/09/2012 01:33 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: Just tweeted the translation of the letter http://t.co/FlS6QhfK @cfhaviland @groundviews :) 28/09/2012 01:27 groundviews RT @7piliers: @BBC News - #SriLanka: Displaced Tamil families from Menik Farm 'left in jungle' http://t.co/owkRiMWl #humanitarian 28/09/2012 01:16 groundviews @MsAMR25 Will he consider expanding on that point to Groundviews? Please ask. Thanks. 28/09/2012 09:19 MsAMR25 @groundviews Will 'put an ask' 28/09/2012 01:16 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: Pater says it best on that Dambulla notice: diabolical! #srilanka 28/09/2012 00:53 groundviews "Kumar Sangakkara is a terrific sportsman and a strong role model as an intellectually engaged athlete," V.V.... http://t.co/Za9Nx0e6 28/09/2012 00:51 groundviews Kumar Sangakkara a man with a plan http://t.co/nqB0aisQ feat. responses by @Vasugi #lka #srilanka @MelGuna #T20 #cricket 28/09/2012 05:01 MelGuna @groundviews @vasugi Romanticised version of Kumar Sangakkara. Not complaining though :D 28/09/2012 12:49 Vasugi @groundviews You can see my extended comment here: http://t.co/FJUKqyVQ #sangakkara 27/09/2012 21:04 RichardAntony16 @RichardAntony16 @groundviews very useful discussion and thoughts by Prof Sasanka 27/09/2012 21:01 RichardAntony16 Higher Education and its Disjunctures: An Interview with Professor Sasanka Perera - Groundviews http://t.co/rmIY2ws9 via @groundviews 27/09/2012 18:18 mhmhisham @cfhaviland you are welcome :) @groundviews. It seems to be like delivered to many based on what @navamanilk says 27/09/2012 18:15 cfhaviland @mhmhisham @NavamaniLK Sterling work, Hisham, thanks so much. This was delivered to all residents in the incipient sacred area? @groundviews 27/09/2012 17:59 mhmhisham Just tweeted the translation of the letter http://t.co/FlS6QhfK @cfhaviland @groundviews :) 27/09/2012 17:26 mhmhisham @cfhaviland @groundviews @navamanilk @thegrimhope I can do one, may be it'll tale 10 minutes or so :) 27/09/2012 17:17 cfhaviland @thegrimhope @mhmhisham @NavamaniLK @groundviews Any translation available or on the way? If so, please direct me to it. Thanks. #srilanka 27/09/2012 16:28 sumaiyarizvi I think @groundviews gets credit for activating @NavamaniLK on twitter!!! I remember when it all started w/ the Dambulla masjid issue 27/09/2012 16:17 mhmhisham based on #dambulla UDA letter published by @navamanilk & then tweeted by @groundviews, occupants are asked to vacate their land by 31st Oct. 27/09/2012 16:11 TiaBuffy @SarongJohnnie @groundviews Yeah actually. In English please. :) 27/09/2012 16:10 SarongJohnnie @TiaBuffy Would be great if @groundviews or someone else posts a translation. 27/09/2012 15:37 HusniJabir 2. MR is not behind every stone thrown/every mosque attackd/every pooja disturbd. But he is making the mindset of the people @groundviews 27/09/2012 15:34 HusniJabir 1.UDA issue notice to Dambulla mosque neigbourhood to clear before 31st of Oct. MR promotes racism and extreamism. @groundviews 27/09/2012 15:32 groundviews RT @thegrimhope: @mhmhisham @NavamaniLK @groundviews this is the time to protest and not over a some film an idiot made. 27/09/2012 15:31 thegrimhope @mhmhisham @NavamaniLK @groundviews this is the time to protest and not over a some film an idiot made. 27/09/2012 15:07 Gobi_Che RT @groundviews: The worst kind of religious extremism, at the best kind of time when the country's plugged into cricket. Copy of... htt ... 27/09/2012 15:07 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: View of Menik farm in Chettikkulam now. #Tamil #IDP #MenikFarm #PostWar #SriLanka #LKA #Resettlement http://t.co/EX0wtGo7 27/09/2012 15:05 groundviews The worst kind of religious extremism, at the best kind of time when the country's plugged into cricket. Copy of... http://t.co/c4k7EFaC 27/09/2012 15:39 SarongJohnnie MT @groundviews Worst kind of religious extremism, at the best kind of time when the country is plugged into cricket: https://t.co/0D4ae7b5 27/09/2012 15:03 groundviews RT @NavamaniLK: According to UDA Dambulla Development plan part of mosque is included in Plan People worried if mosque will b destroyed ... 27/09/2012 15:03 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: While everyone is glued to TV with #wt20 match, UDA has served notice affectng #Dambulla mosque as reported by @NavamaniL ... 27/09/2012 15:02 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: RT @NavamaniLK Copy of notice issued to residents around #Dambulla mosque attachd Read more in Navamani #lka #srilanka ht ... 27/09/2012 14:44 groundviews Depends whether they are fissile or diplomatic? | #India dismisses reports about its missiles targeting #lka http://t.co/NsWmhnHn #srilanka 27/09/2012 14:11 groundviews Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka performs solo with Symphony Orchestra of #srilanka http://t.co/RGEKgDH1 on 10 Nov Interesting programme @MelGuna #lka 27/09/2012 14:40 MelGuna @groundviews thanks cool :) 27/09/2012 10:22 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Unemployment in #SRILANKA conflict zone fell sharply during a 2002-04 truce - New World Bank report P43 http://t.co/5WdHaw ... 27/09/2012 10:14 philiprajamohan Happy 14th Birthday Google ! Wimal weerawansa told me to wish you #lka #lk @DMbreakingnews @groundviews 27/09/2012 06:32 ThilakMy ‘Save State Education’ in Sri Lanka: Photos and video from FUTA rally in Colombo - Groundviews http://t.co/ZLkU3f9f via @groundviews 27/09/2012 05:12 thegrimhope @viji_w @akeenan23 @groundviews this wiseman must be not that wise! Collective mind! clap clap! We r good at using words which r meaningless 27/09/2012 04:50 FarTrvlnBoy The end of war in Sri Lanka, captured for posterity by Google Earth - Groundviews http://t.co/fndGO1Ry via @groundviews 27/09/2012 03:33 viji_w @thegrimhope @akeenan23 @groundviews a wiseman once said w/o understanding the collective mind of a nation, you can't report accurately. 27/09/2012 02:41 SNSalgado RT @groundviews: GDP growth estimate for 2012 revised to 6.8 per cent from previous estimate of 7.2 percent says Central Bank Governor- ... 27/09/2012 02:24 groundviews GDP growth estimate for 2012 revised to 6.8 per cent from previous estimate of 7.2 percent says Central Bank Governor- adaderana.lk #lka 27/09/2012 02:19 groundviews @NalakaG @charith9 Agree and moreover hope engagement is two way, civil and sustained. 27/09/2012 12:52 charith9 @groundviews @Nalaka thanks for the comments. As a public officer i try my best to leave a space for others to engage. 27/09/2012 01:50 thegrimhope @viji_w @akeenan23 @groundviews Being there doesn't necessary make you better at judging. Reminds me the old saying 'like a frog in a well' 27/09/2012 01:48 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: A must watch for social netizens. Amazing mind reader reveals his 'gift': http://t.co/XxyESIu2 via @youtube HT @sanjanah 27/09/2012 01:47 groundviews RT @sairakh: #Shadeism is discrimination. Lighter isn't better everyone! #pakistan #india #srilanka http://t.co/eFK1XRFd 27/09/2012 01:46 thegrimhope @viji_w @akeenan23 @groundviews We hv been treating sympts not the cancer. don't hv 2 be the patient 2 diag. Life supp shldnt exld treatmnt 27/09/2012 01:12 viji_w @thegrimhope @akeenan23 @groundviews but much better. It's amusing 2 c ppl who haven't even sighted SL 4 months passing judgments frm afar 27/09/2012 01:02 viji_w @thegrimhope @akeenan23 @groundviews V were on life support for 30yrs. Starting to breathe easy. Not a bad thing. Things r not perfect. . 26/09/2012 17:56 groundviews RT @akeenan23: New @CrisisGroup critique of #srilanka govt "action plan" and its many glaring gaps and contradictions, now on our blog h ... 26/09/2012 17:55 groundviews @aufidius Where were these voices in April, around #Dambulla? If there is solidarity now, why was there total silence before? #lka 26/09/2012 19:22 aufidius @groundviews I don't think there is solidarity, there are pockets of ideological resistance from Buddhists to nationalism, not consolidated. 26/09/2012 17:51 Gobi_Che RT @groundviews: US Lawmakers write to Secretary Clinton urging continued engagement with Sri Lanka on UNHRC resolution http://t.co/lAzo ... 26/09/2012 17:44 groundviews Secretary to Media Ministry launches his own blog+Twitter. Good basis for debate. | http://t.co/v1nzaYdF #Lka #srilanka @NalakaG @charith9 27/09/2012 00:09 NalakaG @charith9 blog looks official & lists govt positions. That's fine as long as we can be assured views expressed R official, too. @groundviews 27/09/2012 04:29 BrainoilSL @groundviews @NalakaG @charith9 What can we hope to achieve by engaging in conversation with him? Change his mind about Poddala Jayantha? 26/09/2012 17:42 groundviews RT @charith9: Pl visit my blog.. http://t.co/2T311LSS #lka #srilanka 26/09/2012 17:32 groundviews US Lawmakers write to Secretary Clinton urging continued engagement with Sri Lanka on UNHRC resolution http://t.co/lAzoSh4W #lka #srilanka 26/09/2012 15:53 thegrimhope @viji_w @akeenan23 @groundviews viji it is like praising how beautiful the body looks when you have a brain cancer! 26/09/2012 13:52 MsAMR25 http://t.co/5GsOR0YH @CrisisGroup on #GoSL failure to address #humanrights issues in #lka @groundviews @teearuna @bfonseka 26/09/2012 08:57 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Short piece of mine just published by Australian thinktank @LowyInstitute: Sri Lanka: Time for action, not action plans h ... 26/09/2012 08:57 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Just how dishonest is #srilanka govt's "action plan" on reconciliation and rights? See my new oped for a few examples: ht ... 26/09/2012 08:41 groundviews Sasanka Perera: Not really. I have already talked too much. But I don’t believe that in our region and in our... http://t.co/JjzcTCf9 26/09/2012 06:58 groundviews Higher Education and its Disjunctures: An Interview with Professor Sasanka Perera: The following is an interview... http://t.co/sDJtGQ9R 26/09/2012 06:39 theyrc RT @groundviews: Higher Education and its Disjunctures: An Interview with Professor Sasanka Perera http://t.co/fTA5qg0R #lka #srilanka @ ... 26/09/2012 06:34 Amiyu Higher Education and its Disjunctures: An Interview with Professor Sasanka Perera - Groundviews http://t.co/g6mowMVh via @groundviews 26/09/2012 06:33 groundviews Higher Education and its Disjunctures: An Interview with Professor Sasanka Perera http://t.co/fTA5qg0R #lka #srilanka @theyrc 26/09/2012 06:05 RasCeylon ‘Heal Lanka’ by Ras Ceylon - Groundviews http://t.co/m0DEoQYP via @groundviews betta http://t.co/ARjED8Ac 25/09/2012 17:02 groundviews RT @bfonseka: What does former CM & new adviser on eastern development think of Divineguma Bill? Tamils need not worry-Pillayan htt ... 25/09/2012 16:59 groundviews Citizen Journalism in Sri Lanka: a book launch and views http://t.co/5JF9ti2L via @YoungAsiaTV #lka #srilanka @vikalpavoices 25/09/2012 16:58 arjunan RT @groundviews: VERIFY | New Report: @UNSriLanka complicit in Mu'l'livaaykaal killings http://t.co/K1WP1bvZ Full Report http://t.co/lbP ... 25/09/2012 16:54 meenakandasamy RT “@groundviews: Sri Lankan professors march to demand pay hike http://t.co/RQJ8CGKX #lka #srilanka” 25/09/2012 16:32 Gobi_Che RT @groundviews: DISTURBING READING: A report filed by an independent researcher based on eye-witness accounts from twelve United... ht ... 25/09/2012 16:30 theyrc RT @groundviews: Sri Lankan professors march to demand pay hike http://t.co/CcpMUqii #lka #srilanka 25/09/2012 16:02 groundviews DISTURBING READING: A report filed by an independent researcher based on eye-witness accounts from twelve United... http://t.co/iMEMiMHm 25/09/2012 16:00 groundviews VERIFY | New Report: @UNSriLanka complicit in Mu'l'livaaykaal killings http://t.co/K1WP1bvZ Full Report http://t.co/lbPmtXJS #lka #srilanka 25/09/2012 16:58 arjunan @groundviews said it then & ill say it again neil buhne & amin awad were GoSL proxies in those days. Shld be held accountable @unsrilanka 25/09/2012 15:43 groundviews @NalakaG Even more curious is why, of all people, they chose to go to the Sec. of Defence? Revealing, is it not? 25/09/2012 15:22 KayPeddle “@gordonkweiss: Wall Street Journal review of my book, "The Cage" http://t.co/1I3VFCBF" #srilanka @SLcampaign @groundviews 25/09/2012 15:04 arjunan RT @groundviews: Despite recognition of the internet’s value and impact on economic growth, the military campaign against the... http:// ... 25/09/2012 14:53 tamilamerican US Lawmakers write to Secretary Clinton on Sri Lanka http://t.co/YIdeDEgQ #Tamil @UstpacAdvocacy @UNSriLanka @groundviews @Joviarul 25/09/2012 14:51 FreedomHouseDC RT @groundviews: Country report on #srilanka from @FreedomHouseDC report on 'net freedom http://t.co/3LFBX2Bk #lka @lankasol @vikalpavoices 25/09/2012 14:39 groundviews Despite recognition of the internet’s value and impact on economic growth, the military campaign against the... http://t.co/CtTtUL3P 25/09/2012 14:38 groundviews Country report on #srilanka from @FreedomHouseDC report on 'net freedom http://t.co/3LFBX2Bk #lka @lankasol @vikalpavoices 25/09/2012 14:34 Nilenth RT @groundviews: #srilanka ranked lower than #Zimbabwe in new @FreedomHouseDC report on 'net freedom http://t.co/x4g8P60z #lka @lankasol ... 25/09/2012 14:34 Apelankawe @rkguruparan @groundviews Well, what do you expect from #IOM that underwrote the military 'rehabilitation' of suspected LTTE detainees. 25/09/2012 14:32 groundviews #srilanka ranked lower than #Zimbabwe in new @FreedomHouseDC report on 'net freedom http://t.co/x4g8P60z #lka @lankasol http://t.co/gXPblEYi 25/09/2012 14:17 makingkites RT @groundviews: This is just WRONG | All IDPs resettled http://t.co/GCvAlG9k See http://t.co/SKiM2Cpe #lka #srilanka 25/09/2012 14:10 groundviews RT @7piliers: On the eve of their return home from Menik Farm, people from Manthuvil pack up their belongings #SriLanka @UNOCHA http://t ... 25/09/2012 14:10 groundviews RT @UNSriLanka: An IDP family from Manthuvil waits to depart Menik Farm, #SriLanka, 24 September 2012 #lka #humanitarian http://t.co/6ny ... 25/09/2012 14:08 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #SriLanka Sunday Leader outspoken columnist Emil van der Poorten says new owner has sacked him, "1st casualty after edit ... 25/09/2012 14:07 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: The all-powerful #SriLanka Defence Secretary: now DOCTORS ask him for permission 2 do private practice http://t.co/xhKnh ... 25/09/2012 14:07 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Signif tracts of North #lka land occupied by military but not gazetted, owners not compensated so they feel it's their r ... 25/09/2012 14:06 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: President will not attend UN General Assembly,Hopefully this saves some public money with smaller delegation compared to ... 25/09/2012 13:29 rkguruparan Shame on IOM. Unlike UNOCHA statement they dont even recognise that the returns were largely involuntary http://t.co/JyixmkrR @groundviews 25/09/2012 13:29 arjunan Wrong bt nt surprising “@groundviews: This is just WRONG | All IDPs resettled http://t.co/SCtxC447 See http://t.co/J8HI0XUx #lka #srilanka” 25/09/2012 13:25 arjunan RT @groundviews: Is IOM aware of @rkguruparan's concerns over resettlement as clearly flagged in http://t.co/HRjzwLcA | http://t.co/Cavx ... 25/09/2012 12:26 groundviews This is just WRONG | All IDPs resettled http://t.co/GCvAlG9k See http://t.co/SKiM2Cpe #lka #srilanka 25/09/2012 12:23 groundviews Sri Lankan professors march to demand pay hike http://t.co/CcpMUqii #lka #srilanka 25/09/2012 12:19 groundviews Is IOM aware of @rkguruparan's concerns over resettlement as clearly flagged in http://t.co/HRjzwLcA | http://t.co/CavxSnyz #lka #srilanka 25/09/2012 13:25 arjunan @groundviews I've emailed them your tweet.others should 2. Their postwar progs hve bn questioned both internally & externally @rkguruparan 25/09/2012 09:41 groundviews RT @sameerausa: Wimal's having another go at Google, blames google for circulation of #antiislamfilm. Whole idea of #youtube is to share ... 25/09/2012 09:41 groundviews RT @adaderana: Jaffna Peninsula reconnected to national power grid http://t.co/RUChby9o #lka #srilanka 25/09/2012 09:37 groundviews RT @USEmbSL: Opportunity to exhibit your work along with some of the finest cartoonists of the #US & #SriLanka. http://t.co/54CXv4QN ... 25/09/2012 09:37 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: Great! This is called sensible reaction :) RT @msmfarhan Public meeting #LKA on Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) All welcome http: ... 25/09/2012 07:53 AsgharBukhari @Ymethink @groundviews @mhmhisham @aufidius @lankamuslims there is no such thing as an Islamist 25/09/2012 06:31 groundviews RT @7piliers: United Nations welcomes closure of Menik Farm #SriLanka but concerned for remaining displaced people | ReliefWeb: http://t ... 25/09/2012 06:13 SNSalgado RT @groundviews: This is, in equal parts, absurd, pathetic & tragic | Malaka, Rehan granted permission to go abroad http://t.co/6EHV ... 25/09/2012 06:12 groundviews This is, in equal parts, absurd, pathetic & tragic | Malaka, Rehan granted permission to go abroad http://t.co/6EHV8yXA #lka #srilanka 25/09/2012 07:07 thegrimhope @groundviews The land of clowns! The joke of Asia! 25/09/2012 05:12 ananda40304706 Innocence of the Muslims - Groundviews http://t.co/Dd3MQxH5 via @groundviews 25/09/2012 02:39 YazirArafath RT @groundviews: Video of the very large protest march in #Colombo against Anti-Islam film http://t.co/zTvtI1Wm #lka #srilanka @mhmhisha ... 25/09/2012 02:33 groundviews Video of the very large protest march in #Colombo against Anti-Islam film http://t.co/zTvtI1Wm #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius 25/09/2012 03:05 Ymethink @groundviews @mhmhisham @aufidius Sri Lanka is fucked with Islamic alien faith of intolerance, few more years and SL has battle awaiting! 25/09/2012 01:51 tristupe RT @groundviews: But are the Muslims overreacting? Are they too touchy? I think not. In another time, in Europe, in Germany Julius... ht ... 25/09/2012 01:42 Womn4NonViolnce RT @groundviews: It can, and probably will | Can #Burma Leapfrog Sri Lanka? http://t.co/aJngPrQr #lka #srilanka 25/09/2012 01:32 LankaMuslims RT @groundviews: Innocence of the Muslims http://t.co/EUZpuE81 #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius @LankaMuslims 25/09/2012 01:27 groundviews Innocence of the Muslims: March in Colombo on 24 September 2012 against the film. Photo courtesy Vikalpa Muslims... http://t.co/NxiDixYg 25/09/2012 01:08 groundviews It can, and probably will | Can #Burma Leapfrog Sri Lanka? http://t.co/aJngPrQr #lka #srilanka 25/09/2012 01:01 groundviews But are the Muslims overreacting? Are they too touchy? I think not. In another time, in Europe, in Germany Julius... http://t.co/jo0qSvHW 25/09/2012 01:00 groundviews Innocence of the Muslims http://t.co/EUZpuE81 #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius @LankaMuslims 25/09/2012 02:55 Ymethink @groundviews @mhmhisham @aufidius @LankaMuslims Muslims of S'Continent have betrayed ancestral faiths that preached tolerance and respect 25/09/2012 02:56 Ymethink @groundviews @mhmhisham @aufidius @LankaMuslims My prediction Sri Lanka with have Islamists riots within 10 years. 24/09/2012 18:54 teearuna RT @groundviews: Very rich, considering silence over #Dambulla in April | Ministry condemns anti-Islamic video http://t.co/WLwXZ5s5 #lk ... 24/09/2012 15:00 groundviews RT @7piliers: According to Government of #SriLanka Last batch of IDPs to be resettled today from Menik Farm | ReliefWeb: http://t.co/TMd ... 24/09/2012 15:14 Bav3 @7piliers @groundviews #srilankan army, dont allow IDPs to go to their own land that they own. http://t.co/FOMJAlMV 24/09/2012 12:27 Nirmanusan RT @groundviews: The Army had not paid any rent or compensation for the land occupied, with the occupation estimated to be for... http:/ ... 24/09/2012 12:27 Nirmanusan RT @groundviews: Update on the struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district: In relation to the... htt ... 24/09/2012 12:11 groundviews Update on the struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district: In relation to the... http://t.co/coeLnz1o 24/09/2012 12:04 Srilankan_quest RT @groundviews: Update on the struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district http://t.co/onW09sga #lka ... 24/09/2012 12:03 groundviews The Army had not paid any rent or compensation for the land occupied, with the occupation estimated to be for... http://t.co/MnhioM6t 24/09/2012 12:02 groundviews Update on the struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district http://t.co/onW09sga #lka #srilanka 24/09/2012 10:37 arjunan RT @groundviews: War displaced urge UN to stop them being removed to transit camps http://t.co/CS6hIdju #lka #srilanka via JDS 24/09/2012 10:25 groundviews War displaced urge UN to stop them being removed to transit camps http://t.co/CS6hIdju #lka #srilanka via JDS 24/09/2012 10:24 arjunan @dbsjeyaraj please highlight this aspect thanks "@groundviews ..Memo from Keappapulavu displaced people http://t.co/IBMcpK3T #lka #srilanka" 24/09/2012 10:16 arjunan RT @groundviews: Urgent and disturbing | SOS: Memo from Keappapulavu displaced people http://t.co/HRjzwLcA @UNOCHA @7piliers @lankasol # ... 24/09/2012 10:16 arjunan RT @groundviews: Video of session | How Forest Whitaker Is Using Technology to Spread Peace http://t.co/SaTsr0kI #ICT4Peace 24/09/2012 10:15 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Sentenced 4 burglary 1981 as 17-yr-old boy; never left jail; died June aged 48. Chilling disregard 4 law in #SriLanka. h ... 24/09/2012 10:14 groundviews RT @AsCorrespondent: Thousands in Sri Lanka protest anti-Islam film http://t.co/iopfm8IV #srilanka #prophet 24/09/2012 10:11 SRajasegar RT @groundviews: Photos from today's protest march to @USEmbSL in #Colombo http://t.co/4QhIdySs Images by @vikalpavoices #lka #srilanka ... 24/09/2012 10:07 groundviews Photos from today's protest march to @USEmbSL in #Colombo http://t.co/4QhIdySs Images by @vikalpavoices #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham 24/09/2012 09:48 arjunan RT @groundviews: I write seeking your intervention to prevent the people of Keappapulavu being resettled against their wishes. It... htt ... 24/09/2012 08:18 NewsMeBack The citizen-journalism Daily is out! http://t.co/JhsGbSQw ▸ Top stories today via @digitaljournal @chpn @groundviews 24/09/2012 07:43 ImpesaEW @terati very true. Sad to see how many people are falling in to this trap. @groundviews 24/09/2012 07:38 thegrimhope @TMnY @groundviews No we would rather prepare for the Martians or for the end of the world! Which one is first! Never mind I am confused! 24/09/2012 07:32 terati @ImpesaEW @groundviews think more people should read this. This whole #antiislamicfilm has blown out of proportion. 24/09/2012 07:28 groundviews RT @ImpesaEW: Great article on the #AntiIslamicMovie #riots all over the world @groundviews http://t.co/yMlqLF6b 24/09/2012 07:28 groundviews @ImpesaEW Thank you. 24/09/2012 07:08 BuduMalli RT @ImpesaEW: Great article on the #AntiIslamicMovie #riots all over the world @groundviews http://t.co/yMlqLF6b 24/09/2012 06:17 groundviews RT @TMnY: Muslims attending these anti-US protests- aren't there more important things to protest against? Like the Buddhists stoning yo ... 24/09/2012 06:15 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: 000s white-clad #srilanka #Muslims in anti-#US anti-#France demo re #antiislamfilm. Like replay o anti-US dem by same gr ... 24/09/2012 06:05 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Another protest in front of @USEmbSL by Muslims over the #antiislamfilm, protest backed by Gov politicians #lka http://t ... 24/09/2012 03:44 groundviews I write seeking your intervention to prevent the people of Keappapulavu being resettled against their wishes. It... http://t.co/2lUfO7Ks 24/09/2012 03:41 groundviews Pro-war newspaper increasingly vocal against Govt. Watch this space. | Insulting people's intelligence http://t.co/SDGrXmho #lka #srilanka 24/09/2012 02:07 groundviews Urgent and disturbing | SOS: Memo from Keappapulavu displaced people http://t.co/HRjzwLcA @UNOCHA @7piliers @lankasol #lka #srilanka 24/09/2012 01:02 groundviews Video of session | How Forest Whitaker Is Using Technology to Spread Peace http://t.co/SaTsr0kI #ICT4Peace 23/09/2012 16:40 groundviews Very rich, considering silence over #Dambulla in April | Ministry condemns anti-Islamic video http://t.co/WLwXZ5s5 #lka #srilanka 23/09/2012 13:27 groundviews @HusniJabir @lankaenews To be fair what indications were there of said hooligans being in any way associated with President or Govt? 23/09/2012 13:25 groundviews RT @SharnelleVella: Beautiful. RT @10lm: A short love letter to Sri Lanka. https://t.co/NZ3KD9ss @GHNI @jeffpower #srilanka #ghni 23/09/2012 13:18 groundviews Elections in the East, reconciliation and politics: In conversation with Javid Yusuf: Javid Yusuf is an Attorney... http://t.co/uBL8iP8q 23/09/2012 13:04 groundviews Elections in the East, reconciliation & politics: In conversation with Javid Yusuf http://t.co/lo5rwEWq #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius 23/09/2012 13:04 groundviews Javid Yusuf is an Attorney-at-Law and former diplomat. Groundviews last featured him over two years ago, just... http://t.co/mvH1Z3IK 23/09/2012 11:59 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: Tissaranee: Rajapaksa opponents can still win some elections, but no one victimised by a Rajapaksa acolyte can expect jus ... 23/09/2012 11:36 groundviews Any accounting for his killing? | Pillayan to tie the knot, and continue politics http://t.co/J2gE2G0Z #lka #srilanka 23/09/2012 11:35 groundviews Excellent | UN team leaves; Pillay coming later this year http://t.co/OMa6Hmsj #lka #srilanka 23/09/2012 06:06 groundviews @SharnelleVella Thanks for updates. 23/09/2012 02:32 groundviews Good article on Open data journalism http://t.co/cZd5J8Yt Key examples are http://t.co/W2vAtsnI & http://t.co/rPWmdi2i @GuardianData #lka 23/09/2012 01:12 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Shockingly bad piece in @TheNatlInterest touting "remarkable" process of reconcliation in #srilanka. http://t.co/VkXNBlIP 23/09/2012 01:10 groundviews Sri Lankan cricket is in a mess. It is always in a mess. Not that anyone might tell this from the valiant... http://t.co/2ZfZGwBN 23/09/2012 01:10 groundviews Sri Lankan game hit by the waving of cheques and guns http://t.co/XRk8g8mk #lka #srilanak #cricket #T20 23/09/2012 01:06 groundviews He should listen to himself sometimes | Lanka president talks of ‘tolerance’ in Sanchi http://t.co/ZEMUadJR #lka #srilanka 23/09/2012 01:00 groundviews India would definitely extend its support to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) when it would... http://t.co/SIKyafUC 23/09/2012 00:59 groundviews India confirms support for UNHRC on Lanka war crimes http://t.co/rh6zX4AK #lka #srilanka @lankasol 23/09/2012 00:55 groundviews Dotted across Sri Lanka are human remains. Tens of thousands of skeletons. It isn’t a pleasant thought and,... http://t.co/C5X63647 23/09/2012 00:55 groundviews The skeletons in all our cupboards https://t.co/AivdFPSZ #lka #srilanka 22/09/2012 15:20 groundviews Sri Lankan asylum seekers say no to Nauru and return home http://t.co/uMQQn8lU #lka #srilanka 22/09/2012 14:59 groundviews Rehabilitation of Sri Lankan War Victims: Why NGOs should co-ordinate: Photo courtesy The Asia Foundation Since ... http://t.co/U9FtU134 22/09/2012 14:53 groundviews It is hoped that the suggestions made in this article for a more effective use of funds collected abroad and... http://t.co/Bba9pe5N 22/09/2012 14:51 groundviews Rehabilitation of Sri Lankan War Victims: Why NGOs should co-ordinate http://t.co/gLjlECxm #lka #srilanka 22/09/2012 06:41 groundviews Reading for the day. Terribly turgid prose but some interesting ideas. #lka #srilanka http://t.co/43CUhLOa 22/09/2012 02:58 groundviews RT @ManoGanesan: Rajapaksa talks about tolerance in India while his forces attack our democratic protest against land grab in Mullaitivu ... 22/09/2012 02:58 groundviews RT @dhume01: WSJ: For many #SriLanka stands for 21st century Asia's worst human-rights violation. [Review: The Cage by Gordon Weiss] htt ... 22/09/2012 02:35 groundviews India wants Sri Lanka to accept TNA as interlocutor http://t.co/oKdhyqJD #lka #srilanka 22/09/2012 02:23 groundviews The editor of Sri Lanka's most outspokenly anti-government newspaper says she has been dismissed after it was was... http://t.co/OpwdDi3Z 21/09/2012 17:50 groundviews Menik Farm IDP camp to close by 30 Sept http://t.co/UU86R59G #lka #srilanka But vital concerns remain. Read http://t.co/qmSkHUSR @UNOCHA 21/09/2012 11:37 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Sunday Leader ed Frederica J tells BBC: My contract terminated by new ownr A Seneviratne: he wantd me not 2 carry items ... 21/09/2012 11:37 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: "Were you sacked, then?" - BBC asks Frederica. "I suppose you could say that." Sez new owner wants Sun. Leader "more pro ... 21/09/2012 10:25 groundviews @MelGuna Wonderful news. Now all of #lka can experience the blackouts Jaffna has got used to. 21/09/2012 10:19 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: 2nd vehicle attacked. This time vehicle of TNPF leader Gajen Ponnambalam #lka near Theravil en route from Mullaitivu. h ... 21/09/2012 10:19 groundviews Why does MSM give so much of air time to Mervyn Silva? Surely there are individuals far, far more worthy of attention? #lka #srilanka 21/09/2012 10:15 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Sunday Leader- News paper Editor Fedrica Janz resigns, New Editor Former Daily Mirror Journalist Sakunthala Perera #lka 21/09/2012 09:48 groundviews @minnixs Goes without saying. 21/09/2012 09:41 groundviews @AmanthaP @srilanka @dinoukc @lankasol @melguna Yes, as we noted some hours ago. Texted Editor. 21/09/2012 08:56 groundviews Concern over UK deportation decision #lka #srilanka via Al Jazeera http://t.co/e3u06xZT 21/09/2012 08:11 groundviews @YusraMF A Google search will give you answer. It's widely known. 21/09/2012 08:10 groundviews @SriLanka @dinoukc @lankasol We expect she will come out with details anon. 21/09/2012 08:10 groundviews @AmanthaP @srilanka @dinoukc @lankasol Ownership and now FJ's resignation will impact columnists and staff. 21/09/2012 07:34 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Protest in Mullaitivu urging resettlement in Keppapilavu underway right now. Heavy presence of SLA intel. #lka #tamil h ... 21/09/2012 07:26 groundviews Sri Lanka still unsafe http://t.co/I4l6uivG #lka #srilanka @ABRFOTO @SharnelleVella @sunili 21/09/2012 07:18 groundviews @minnixs Have had iOS 6 for past week. Maps are a significant downgrade from iOS 5 - resolution bad, place names & roads missing. 21/09/2012 05:11 groundviews 2. Unconfirmed reports suggest that resignation due to new owner stipulating that Rajapaksa regime was not to be criticised #lka #srilanka 21/09/2012 05:11 groundviews 1. Confirmed that Sunday Leader editor Frederica Jansz has resigned from her post @Dinoukc @lankasol #lka #srilanka 21/09/2012 04:17 groundviews Worth recalling in light of our recent story on Nandikadal | Mass Graves: Nothing new to Sri Lanka http://t.co/4OM5nWyl #lka #srilanka 21/09/2012 02:53 groundviews Our report from July on troop numbers in the North http://t.co/fJpo36r1 reconfirmed by Hindu report http://t.co/81eGtzec #lka #srilanka 21/09/2012 02:49 groundviews More than three years after winning the war against the LTTE, the Sri Lankan Army retains an overwhelming... http://t.co/oxdvrVTe 21/09/2012 02:49 groundviews What of Gotabaya's comments about troop reduction?! | Army still has vast presence in North and East #lka #srilanka http://t.co/81eGtzec 21/09/2012 02:28 groundviews @thegrimhope @jaseemdeltota Ironic, isn't it? 21/09/2012 02:14 groundviews RT @JaseemDeltota: #Harthal against the film of #innocenceofmuslims in many part of #srilanka on today after the Jumma prayers. #Passive ... 21/09/2012 02:00 groundviews In each meeting, Leymah urged the women of Sri Lanka to work together across party, ethnic and social lines to... http://t.co/1X15Lenj 21/09/2012 01:59 groundviews A Local Girl with a Global Platform: Leymah Gbowee and Sri Lanka #lka #srilanka @Joviarul http://t.co/vx6WTJbE 21/09/2012 01:39 groundviews Deported Sri Lankans arrive home from UK amid torture fears via @cfhaviland #lka #srilanka http://t.co/3NEEvKHq 21/09/2012 01:20 groundviews Great tips for from Twitter for @dmbreakingnews @adaderana and other journalists #lka #srilanka http://t.co/kPKGaheG 21/09/2012 01:15 groundviews What a joke. Wonder if any person here read LLRC report | JHU opposes UN human rights officials' visit #lka #srilanka http://t.co/yhtXfoOp 21/09/2012 01:13 groundviews Jaffna cashes in on post-war development drive #lka #srilanka http://t.co/2fuL0Hko 21/09/2012 01:12 groundviews Govt. commitment questionable: TNA tells UN #lka #srilanka http://t.co/xAYcWpbN 21/09/2012 01:11 groundviews Sri Lanka's many spices #lka #srilanka http://t.co/akrlUwsm 21/09/2012 01:10 groundviews Relic-Politics And The Slow Erosion Of Rajapaksa Magic #lka #srilanka http://t.co/uTkqM0KA 21/09/2012 01:05 groundviews RT @SLcampaign: Sri Lanka scores poorly in new report on religious discrimination - http://t.co/unITEJa3 @htTweets @sundayleader @ground ... 21/09/2012 01:04 groundviews Manmohan meets Rajapaksa, presses for fast-tracking Tamil solution http://t.co/o0jYMIEt #lka #srilanka #india 20/09/2012 12:14 groundviews Did they talk about the weather? | Minister Peiris exchanges views with #Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights http://t.co/ZE9Qi5dy #lka 20/09/2012 12:12 groundviews Post War, LLRC, HumanRights, Democracy, Tamil Politicle Prissoner, Education | Vikalpa Updates - http://t.co/f7vAxFzC 20/09/2012 12:03 groundviews RT @Nirmanusan: #FUTA strike and the conspiracy stories - by Prof. JAYADEVA UYANGODA http://t.co/8rymllMv #Education #SriLanka 20/09/2012 12:02 groundviews @AzzamAmeen Marvellous. 20/09/2012 12:02 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: JHU protest heading towards UN compound in Colombo. It's against UN Technical committee visiting Sri Lanka #lka 20/09/2012 07:39 groundviews Sri Lankan Muslims protest against anti-Islam film, burn effigies of Obama http://t.co/nFIlxfTf #lka #srilanka 20/09/2012 07:31 groundviews Rajapaksa begins challenging visit to India http://t.co/YR0MznWK #lka #srilanka 20/09/2012 07:31 groundviews Human rights are of secondary concern in Sri Lanka http://t.co/o1WWnCTz #lka #srilanka @foreignoffice 20/09/2012 01:53 groundviews Excellent translation in #Sinhala of article on forgotten mass graves in #srilanka http://t.co/iyZfnwJN by @vikalpavoices #lka 19/09/2012 18:25 voicesinexile Basic, informative, analysis SL's 2009 Genocide in Mullivaaykkaal using Google Earth, Pt 1 @groundviews http://t.co/3aUqsNHo 19/09/2012 12:38 TamilDiaspora The Tamil Diaspora Daily is out! http://t.co/H2drDeVh ▸ Top stories today via @jan_jananayagam @shaminis @groundviews 19/09/2012 11:20 RKKrishnan @benzo12s @bundeljayse @cfhaviland @groundviews lol. One needs to only read the thread of my tweets to discover if I sent a story to Hindu 19/09/2012 11:04 groundviews RT @Nirmanusan: The war may be over in #SriLanka, but it is still not safe for #journalists there http://t.co/gTdg91ro 19/09/2012 10:59 groundviews RT @iam_project: New portrait: http://t.co/JR52uDbf featuring Kaffirinha music by the Burgher Union Band #lka disappearing narratives ht ... 19/09/2012 07:46 YoungAsiaTV සබැඳියාව | #Connections – #September 18, 2012 http://t.co/OYlZqbJ2 #Political #Prisoners #lka #Srilanka @groundviews 19/09/2012 07:26 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: How a Major accused son of notorious minister of assaulting him - then, strangely, recanted. Rule of law in #SriLanka? h ... 19/09/2012 06:07 Apelankawe Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal - Groundviews http://t.co/shwCg3ed via @groundviews 19/09/2012 05:41 SNSalgado RT @groundviews: FUTA misses the point of engaging with artists. It's not a series of lectures. It's discussion. It's not history lesson ... 19/09/2012 05:40 groundviews FUTA misses the point of engaging with artists. It's not a series of lectures. It's discussion. It's not history lesson. It's strategy #lka 19/09/2012 03:21 benoofana Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal - Groundviews http://t.co/FwwdsPih via @groundviews 19/09/2012 02:50 groundviews #China’s ZTE and Sri Lanka’s Mobitel sign US$ 50mn deal http://t.co/BntbWkah Also read http://t.co/A8quoRGV #lka #srilanka 19/09/2012 02:40 lankasol RT @groundviews: Via Freedom House | #srilanka country report http://t.co/ymFp2qS4 Even post-war, not a good scorecard. #lka @lankasol 19/09/2012 02:26 sarithiras Eastern Province election: The big lie about shared power in Sri Lanka - Groundviews http://t.co/FQKJBCew via @groundviews 19/09/2012 02:26 groundviews Via Freedom House | #srilanka country report http://t.co/ymFp2qS4 Even post-war, not a good scorecard. #lka @lankasol 19/09/2012 02:17 stoned_socrates RT @groundviews: Britain is returning Tamil refugees to be tortured in Sri Lanka http://t.co/LWFOL2tc #lka #srilanka @foreignoffice 19/09/2012 02:16 groundviews Britain is returning Tamil refugees to be tortured in Sri Lanka http://t.co/LWFOL2tc #lka #srilanka @foreignoffice 18/09/2012 22:46 Bav3 #SriLanka’s forgotten mass graves: #Google Earth & remembering the dead in Nandikadal - #killingfields http://t.co/OE5d4jEa via @groundviews 18/09/2012 14:24 vociglobali Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal http://t.co/yNlgBJfn via @groundviews 18/09/2012 13:30 lankasol RT @groundviews: Researching an article today, came across very useful SLMM archive site http://t.co/RySVEEdL #lka #SRILANKA @lankasol 18/09/2012 12:25 ShaadHamid @groundviews Google ws grantd a patent on the use of pseudonyms on social networks. Hope it'l help protect HR activists http://t.co/0vhl2k9Q 18/09/2012 12:04 groundviews Researching an article today, came across very useful SLMM archive site http://t.co/RySVEEdL #lka #SRILANKA @lankasol 18/09/2012 13:30 lankasol @groundviews Thanks for flagging! 18/09/2012 11:46 nkashokbharan RT @groundviews: Crazy news day today, from Pillayan now advising President to on-going twists on Malaka drama. Can't keep up with madne ... 18/09/2012 11:44 Jegaa834 Ha ha ha RT @groundviews Crazy news day today, from Pillayan now advising President to on-going twists on Malaka (cont) http://t.co/tuvh8BEQ 18/09/2012 11:41 groundviews Crazy news day today, from Pillayan now advising President to on-going twists on Malaka drama. Can't keep up with madness. #lka #srilanka 18/09/2012 11:43 antonpadmasiri @groundviews one of those days you've got to log off and go get yourself a chocolate. 18/09/2012 12:36 mbmrameez @groundviews but Mahinda gave him a broken wheel chair. So nothing going happen newly. 18/09/2012 10:01 groundviews @cfhaviland Referenced your recent video on #srilanka's war tourism in http://t.co/rPWmdi2i #lka 18/09/2012 10:10 cfhaviland @groundviews Thanks for that, glad to see it in your latest piece. 18/09/2012 09:50 kodeckmanu Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal http://t.co/uwGS1mlo via @groundviews #lka #warcrimes 18/09/2012 09:48 keithmfitz RT @groundviews: Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal: The end of war in Sri La... htt ... 18/09/2012 09:47 groundviews Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal: The end of war in Sri La... http://t.co/eHYCNQnO 18/09/2012 09:28 SRajasegar RT @groundviews: Post-war, many of us marvel at what is being constructed above ground, around SrI Lanka. Yet as journalist and... http: ... 18/09/2012 09:28 SRajasegar RT @groundviews: Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal http://t.co/rPWmdi2i #lka #srila ... 18/09/2012 09:28 shanmuga_k Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal - Groundviews http://t.co/e4xCVzYI via @groundviews 18/09/2012 09:28 shanmuga_k The end of war in Sri Lanka, captured for posterity by Google Earth - Groundviews http://t.co/MubnJYn4 via @groundviews 18/09/2012 09:21 groundviews Post-war, many of us marvel at what is being constructed above ground, around SrI Lanka. Yet as journalist and... http://t.co/KaHOze7g 18/09/2012 09:20 groundviews Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal http://t.co/rPWmdi2i #lka #srilanka @lankasol 18/09/2012 08:16 HusniJabir Wow. Lohan ddnt kill anybody in Udathalawinna, Malaka ddnt hit anybody in Jaic Hilton, Duminda ddnt .... @groundviews #lka #srilanka 18/09/2012 07:19 groundviews @Shaahima Received! :) 18/09/2012 02:00 groundviews @thegrimhope Arguably, the greater the power, the greater the fear of losing it. 18/09/2012 06:08 thegrimhope @groundviews 60% for UPFA! Is this the true ground reality? Are there any independent polls to support this? 18/09/2012 01:40 mhmhisham RT @groundviews: @mhmhisham @vikalpavoices put the full speech online a while ago http://t.co/lVlitGpk #lka #srilanka @khanfarw @tajsamudra 18/09/2012 01:13 groundviews @mhmhisham @vikalpavoices put the full speech online a while ago http://t.co/lVlitGpk #lka #srilanka @khanfarw @tajsamudra 18/09/2012 01:42 mhmhisham @groundviews Tx, checked it out and I am sure many will be thankful to @vikalpavoices for that :) 18/09/2012 00:59 groundviews Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), said the Eastern... http://t.co/WnKuyUry 18/09/2012 00:58 groundviews Sri Lankans hope elections usher in opportunity, ethnic harmony http://t.co/76bNtSQd #lka #srilanka 17/09/2012 22:49 eamer_elizondo RT @groundviews: The end of war in Sri Lanka, captured for posterity by Google Earth http://t.co/W2vAtsnI #lka #srilanka @lankasol 17/09/2012 12:50 sumaiyarizvi RT @lohang: @groundviews and workshops etc can be arranged with @hanthana 17/09/2012 12:49 sumaiyarizvi RT @lohang: @groundviews there is an IRC channel if anyone needs live support http://t.co/EftFBgyv and a mailing list http://t.co/GL3tYzie 17/09/2012 12:49 sumaiyarizvi RT @groundviews: From @lohang learnt of and getting to know this great venture | Hanthana Linux http://t.co/ysP3CoKI #lka #srilanka Wort ... 17/09/2012 11:44 gowricurry UN singles out 16 countries, incl #srilanka, for government reprisals against critics http://t.co/rYhv9Uw5 #freedomofspeech @groundviews 17/09/2012 11:41 SLcampaign RT @groundviews: US House of Reps resolution calls for greater media freedom in #srilanka http://t.co/48cvHQqR Will be voted on this wee ... 17/09/2012 11:38 PonyTree RT @groundviews: 1. Bizarre. UPFA MP Sajin Vas Gunawardena thinks this joke constitutes threat on President's life http://t.co/xfQsf3Sb ... 17/09/2012 11:35 PonyTree MT @groundviews UN singles out 16 countries, including #srilanka, for government reprisals against critics http://t.co/fD7yVU2c #civsocspace 17/09/2012 11:34 groundviews @NalakaG Careful. At this rate, they may think you are part of the plot too for suggesting this. 17/09/2012 11:24 mwikramanayake RT @groundviews: Will @UNSriLanka take up? | UN singles out 16 countries, including #srilanka, for government reprisals against critics ... 17/09/2012 11:20 groundviews Will @UNSriLanka take up? | UN singles out 16 countries, including #srilanka, for government reprisals against critics http://t.co/oOerUMzY 17/09/2012 11:20 SNSalgado RT @groundviews: The United Nations has singled out 16 nations for cracking down on critics, saying most of those countries’... http://t ... 17/09/2012 11:19 groundviews The United Nations has singled out 16 nations for cracking down on critics, saying most of those countries’... http://t.co/3THArkT4 17/09/2012 11:16 anushwij RT @groundviews: Hang on. This content in the Sunday Leader http://t.co/8ZZENFKm is threat to President's life? http://t.co/xfQsf3Sb #lk ... 17/09/2012 11:00 Joviarul RT @groundviews: 4. Is the Rajapaksa regime so insecure as to truly believe rehashed jokes constitute real threats against President's l ... 17/09/2012 10:50 groundviews 4. Is the Rajapaksa regime so insecure as to truly believe rehashed jokes constitute real threats against President's life?! #lka #srilanka 17/09/2012 16:15 thegrimhope @groundviews when 60% vote for him why become so insecure?! 17/09/2012 10:50 groundviews 1. Bizarre. UPFA MP Sajin Vas Gunawardena thinks this joke constitutes threat on President's life http://t.co/xfQsf3Sb http://t.co/cONjXeEH 17/09/2012 10:50 groundviews 3. If at all, the worst case here is for plagiarising old jokes. What business has the Police to do with it? #lka #srilanka @Dinoukc 17/09/2012 10:50 groundviews 2. Said jokes are hardly original & appear for example against Pakistani's President Zardari from 2010 http://t.co/pORsjkrB #lka #srilanka 17/09/2012 11:32 NalakaG @groundviews Reminds us of this quote: "The problem with political #jokes is they get elected." - Henry Cate VII #lka http://t.co/wn9sVpfb 17/09/2012 10:44 groundviews Hang on. This content in the Sunday Leader http://t.co/8ZZENFKm is threat to President's life? http://t.co/xfQsf3Sb #lka #srilanka @cpjasia 17/09/2012 08:54 groundviews RT @HilalSuhaib: Spoke to the BBC about the #wt20 earlier this week, and my comments are published in this article: http://t.co/kplvnYO1 ... 17/09/2012 08:52 groundviews RT @7piliers: Stopped at a well in #Maravanpulo to ask farmer about #Jaffna drought; saw a mortar shell in the water; #UXO a long term h ... 17/09/2012 08:36 groundviews That assurance re security needed revealing | “@adaderana: India assures President Rajapaksa’s security http://t.co/d2paVvvb #lka #srilanka” 17/09/2012 07:33 groundviews Over 250 great submissions for our Hint Fiction project - http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 Now the task of shortlisting for book begins! #lka #srilanka 18/09/2012 07:15 Shaahima @groundviews Emailed. :) 17/09/2012 07:22 groundviews @cfhaviland @afp Central Bank head postulates what GoSL believes. There is no reconciliation beyond, and aside from the purely economic. 17/09/2012 07:21 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: "#SriLanka banks on cricket 2 cleanse bloody image": @AFP. Includes C Bank head equating econ progrss w reconciliation. ... 17/09/2012 07:09 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: Malaka Silva, Rehan Wijerathne & five others remanded till Sep 24 by Colombo Fort Magistrate over alleged assaul ... 17/09/2012 06:04 groundviews From #australia, but an interesting debate for us in #lka to follow given hidden surveillance | http://t.co/RvfiV31n #srilanka 17/09/2012 06:03 groundviews This author stands tall in showing the way to right the wrongs http://t.co/h0Ykabt1 #lka #srilanka 17/09/2012 05:51 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: A good sober interview on land issues in North http://t.co/bRm0VqTs @cepaSL Why no mention of Military occupation of la ... 17/09/2012 05:51 groundviews From @lohang learnt of and getting to know this great venture | Hanthana Linux http://t.co/ysP3CoKI #lka #srilanka Worthy of supporting. 17/09/2012 05:49 groundviews @lohang Brill, thanks. Will definitely try out and congrats. 17/09/2012 05:45 groundviews Sri Lanka is hopeful cricket will help revamp its image from one of a hotbed of conflict to that of an island of... http://t.co/JOBmukgM 17/09/2012 05:44 groundviews RT @RANews: Will hosting an international cricket tournament help #SriLanka move away from its war-time legacy? http://t.co/YcumNoSq 17/09/2012 05:43 groundviews @lohang Any word on advantages of using this distro over say Ubuntu? 17/09/2012 05:35 groundviews Those who have read Somapala Gunadheera’s frequent articles in Groundviews or in the newspapers would, I am sure,... http://t.co/onONJXhR 17/09/2012 02:31 groundviews Vital read in light of #lka's proposed 'net regulation | The Limits of Free Expression: Defamation in the Internet Age https://t.co/Wn0xfrdj 17/09/2012 02:13 groundviews @gopiharan @dialoglk Indeed and many thanks. Wanted to know if they had it planned. Some will purchase abroad & bring back to #lka asap? :) 17/09/2012 02:13 groundviews Morning mirth! | Russian Foreign Ministry Commissioner for Human Rights here tomorrow http://t.co/LQCuwxXX #russia #lka #srilanka 17/09/2012 01:52 groundviews @MelGuna Wonderful news, but fears the usual wide gap between having laws, and enacting them in #srilanka. 17/09/2012 01:52 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: At #Sigiriya, fortress for 1500+ years. Local warrior #bees inactive. 16 Sep 12. #srilanka #lanka #nature #archaeology h ... 17/09/2012 01:51 groundviews RT @PearsonElaine: UK plans to deport Tamils to #SriLanka on Sep 19, but those deported previously have faced arbitrary arrest & tor ... 17/09/2012 01:51 groundviews #China wants #srilanka to study their "parliamentary system" http://t.co/0yjRunXt Guess their "democracy" model next? #lk 17/09/2012 01:50 groundviews RT @ska_kongshan: #China's top legislator to visit #SriLanka to enhance bilat ties, allow SL to "study the Chinese parliamentary system" ... 17/09/2012 01:45 groundviews Technical question: Any idea when @dialoglk will get nano sims to #srilanka? Asked Club Vision but reps unclear. 17/09/2012 01:38 groundviews RT @ABRFOTO: RT @LPImages: Kim Coole braves abhorrent weather to capture the enigmatic stilt fisherman of Sri Lanka http://t.co/Z5Xj3jTz ... 17/09/2012 01:33 groundviews Its now a different discourse, the Opposition and democratic political forces would have to begin. A new discourse... http://t.co/h3UAfh2c 17/09/2012 01:32 groundviews Eastern Province election: The big lie about shared power in Sri Lanka http://t.co/yAyfo9EW #lka #srilanka 17/09/2012 01:21 groundviews Strict guidelines set for whale and dolphin watching http://t.co/cGJ182EL For @ashadevos #lka #srilanka 18/09/2012 09:40 ashadevos @groundviews Thank you :) 16/09/2012 21:59 groundviews Eastern Province election: The big lie about shared power in Sri Lanka: Photo courtesy AP/Eranga Jayawardena Jus... http://t.co/MeWUe93H 16/09/2012 12:59 groundviews @NalakaG @slpi An old men's club. No more. No less. 16/09/2012 12:58 groundviews @Apelankawe This is surely management. Actg. Editor @RangaJayasuriya, tragicomically, wasn't even told cartoon was deleted online. 16/09/2012 12:56 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: #Lakbima apologizes for the cartoon that depicted #Jayalalithaa and #MMS crudely http://t.co/VDvim6lZ @meenakandasamy 16/09/2012 10:01 groundviews RT @Srilankan_quest: 100s Sinhalese tourists from all over the country come to see war monuments & exhibits,but never stop & tal ... 16/09/2012 02:36 groundviews @ZaynabZubair Thanks again for the article. 16/09/2012 02:11 groundviews Good stuff & hearty congratulations! | It's Sanga all the way http://t.co/NYHXWLZ1 #lka #srilanka 16/09/2012 02:05 groundviews Good example of media freedom in post-war #srilanka | Journalist Threatened… http://t.co/PVNrpPFv Referring to @Dinoukc #lka 16/09/2012 01:58 groundviews In the end Vellupillai Pirapaharan whose personal bravery was not doubted even by his critics, who had fought and... http://t.co/aSn9l4Er 16/09/2012 01:56 groundviews The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district: Last Friday, 14th September,... http://t.co/3F8mLXEG 16/09/2012 01:56 groundviews Fascinating reading: Malaka Silva,Rehan Wijeratne & the Assault on an Army Major: What Really Happened? http://t.co/aVTahB1W #lka #srilanka 16/09/2012 01:47 groundviews The official Government version is that resettlement in the Mullativu district is in full swing and that it’s... http://t.co/SIJN1cOn 16/09/2012 01:46 groundviews The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district http://t.co/iUekUkZN #lka #srilanka 16/09/2012 01:31 groundviews The Network of Women in Media, India called it “a new low point for misogyny in the print media”. The Women and... http://t.co/ZOzCMchg 16/09/2012 01:30 groundviews A cartoon’s footprint https://t.co/CwQsg5q1 #lka #srilanka @womenandmedia @teearuna 15/09/2012 16:00 groundviews @MsAMR25 @apelankawe If GoSL is vaunt to be loose with the truth, critics must be honest, accurate, factual. Being the same doesn't help. 15/09/2012 13:05 groundviews The exhibition in the Mission features images of Sri Lankan buildings ranging from historic religious structures... http://t.co/wKt0JbW1 15/09/2012 13:03 groundviews RT @christopherteal: Great story about US #fulbright photographer, Liz Doles, who worked in #Srilanka over this year #HuffPost http://t. ... 15/09/2012 13:01 groundviews RT @Panhinda: Sri Lanka Tourism inks agreement with MasterCard Worldwide to attract Indian tourists. http://t.co/1gxyGbT0 #lka #india 15/09/2012 11:18 groundviews @MsAMR25 @apelankawe Sorry, but claims that SL Govt handpicked the pilgrims who were attacked is arrant nonsense. 15/09/2012 09:56 groundviews United Kingdom: Halt Deportation Flight to Sri Lanka http://t.co/yxVJvDSD via @hrw #lka #srilanka 15/09/2012 08:52 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Dew Gunasekera suggests an 'all party council' for the EPC. http://t.co/ciL8tOyd #lka #tamil Big powers must be behind ... 15/09/2012 08:50 groundviews RT @colombotelegrap: #lka #SriLanka, A Diminished #Democracy http://t.co/eev8i0Q7 15/09/2012 08:46 groundviews @adaderana Has Wimal Weerawansa approved this? Could he not be flown to China instead - far more patriotic a thing to do? 15/09/2012 08:45 groundviews RT @adaderana: Container imported from India exposed to radiation - AEA http://t.co/LxFlb2F4 #lka #srilanka 15/09/2012 08:45 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: The freedom from Torture report on torture in #srilanka http://t.co/jxhNaMkH #humanrights 15/09/2012 08:18 groundviews Selective indignation http://t.co/Ot5xYqJ1 #lka #srilanka #india 15/09/2012 04:35 groundviews @NalakaG A worthy opponent forces everyone to raise their game. Keheliya's idea of new media more dangerous - it's policy based on lunacy. 15/09/2012 04:33 groundviews RT @dinidu: US asks Sri Lanka to investigate wartime abuses: http://t.co/JuhUTARx #LKA #PostWar 15/09/2012 04:32 groundviews RT @MelGuna: #SriLanka should cut graft, opaque rules to draw investors: Robert Blake #lka @State_SCA 15/09/2012 04:19 groundviews @nuzster Perhaps someone should create an ad along these lines for those new red (Volvo) A/C buses in #lka? http://t.co/MTUA17GR #srilanka 15/09/2012 03:36 groundviews “We can see how the people are suffering but who are we to tell? Nothing can be done. Who can fight against the... http://t.co/3KztqS3w 15/09/2012 03:35 groundviews Who burnt houses of returning Muslim IDPs in Mannar? http://t.co/9laK3558 #lka #srilanka 15/09/2012 01:59 groundviews A team of scientists from the Oxford University revealed in January that the brain could be stimulated with mild... http://t.co/3ojNRLvG 15/09/2012 01:58 groundviews An absolute corker of an Editorial | Keheliya's skewed logic http://t.co/kArMGwvk #lka #srilanka 14/09/2012 22:26 groundviews Who burnt houses of returning Muslim IDPs in Mannar?: “We can see how the people are suffering but who are we to... http://t.co/mWWV1paf 14/09/2012 14:04 groundviews RT @eDiplomat: RT @andreas212nyc: Great use of tech MT @marcellehopkins: Crowdsourcing, data mapping, #SriLanka war http://t.co/48uWxSrU ... 14/09/2012 13:13 groundviews RT @ivonotes: Great article on Google Earth images of Sri Lanka, showing the end of the war http://t.co/6J46QgNz via @groundviews @globa ... 14/09/2012 11:07 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Very good to hear. May not make Tamils Richer, but equal. Tamil text to be included on currency notes http://t.co/toGenJ ... 14/09/2012 11:06 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: I knew it! The Major did it to himself! | Malaka never assaulted an army officer-Mervyn: http://t.co/fVb1Elwn via @DMbre ... 14/09/2012 10:36 groundviews Govt Media Secretary Charitha Herath gives very good, insightful speech on civic media at book launch. Gets new media. #lka #srilanka 14/09/2012 07:53 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Aching story of family's loss, Jaffa melancholy, violent extremism,non-reconciliation @groundviews http://t.co/qg2wuYwC ... 14/09/2012 02:32 groundviews One sincerely hopes so! | "Sri Lankan pilgrims will have no problem here’’ http://t.co/o3kTQ3I2 #lka #srilanka #india 14/09/2012 01:52 groundviews Statement against Sexist Portrayal of Woman Politician http://t.co/qvLooF2C @womenandmedia @teearuna #lka #srilanka 14/09/2012 01:48 groundviews @CeylonToday The answer to Minister's assertion is noted by Hon. Sumanthiran of @TNAmediaoffice here http://t.co/p62NIi0J #lka #srilanka 14/09/2012 01:46 groundviews @MelGuna Dare we ask whether any of these tenders actually follow due process & are public? 14/09/2012 01:46 groundviews RT @MelGuna: #China State Construction Engineering Corp, gets $300 mn contract to build roads, flyovers in #SriLanka's south http://t.co ... 14/09/2012 01:45 groundviews RT @AkbarMEA: Kapilavastu relics return to #India after exposition at 10 venues in #SriLanka. Approx 3 million pay their respect. http: ... 14/09/2012 01:41 groundviews RT @j0e_m: Amazing sat. imagery analysis by @groundviews. Security=most closed realm of governance, but is being forced open: http://t.c ... 14/09/2012 00:57 groundviews Hirunika Premachandra is either one confused woman or one shrewd woman. One moment she is unleashing her wrath on... http://t.co/iPuALVDV 14/09/2012 00:56 groundviews Good read | The not so curious case of Hirunika Premachandra http://t.co/OguGdFLN #lka #srilanka 13/09/2012 21:54 groundviews The not so curious case of Hirunika Premachandra: Original photo published in The Nation Hirunika Premachandra i... http://t.co/h1I3KZRP 13/09/2012 16:28 groundviews Media, Ethics & Good Governance - Wadah Khanfar http://t.co/lVlitGpk Via @vikalpavoices #lka #srilanka @NalakaG @MelGuna 13/09/2012 15:53 groundviews Talking about Google Maps, this article on how they are sourced and refined is terrific | http://t.co/E6M6xrEB @NalakaG 13/09/2012 15:46 groundviews @AmanthaP, reg. our discussion on open met data - hopefully #lka Met Dept will soon follow footsteps of Survey Dept? http://t.co/Z2x81TqL 13/09/2012 15:44 groundviews @7piliers But of course, thanks. We should have known, given role, in different avatar, to help set up that @unocha site! 13/09/2012 15:41 groundviews Our bundle on Women's Day 2012 featured on @bundlr homepage. See all content http://t.co/kOsT7Ree @womenandmedia #lka http://t.co/SYzfH3w3 13/09/2012 15:30 groundviews @jehanlive And mind you, a day after, still elusive... 13/09/2012 12:43 groundviews @mhmhisham Fascinating. Will ask @vikalpavoices to follow up this story. Wonder if Varanasi pilgrims also face rip-offs like this. 13/09/2012 12:31 groundviews @7piliers @unocha Where will the information be available to download? OCHA site? Also, under what license? 13/09/2012 12:29 groundviews @Nirmanusan Read this too - couldn't find any official IOM response? Have you encountered one? Maybe @DMbreakingnews can follow up. 13/09/2012 12:28 groundviews RT @7piliers: This morning I visited #SriLanka Survey Department - Government doing some amazing #GIS work for development http://t.co ... 13/09/2012 12:26 groundviews @mhmhisham Out of curiosity, how much as ticket prices inflated for Haj? 13/09/2012 12:25 groundviews RT @SLcampaign: Got an eye for detail? Please join @groundviews' attempt to crowd source investigations into the end of the #Lka war htt ... 13/09/2012 12:24 groundviews RT @CPASL: Language Equality in Information on Pharmaceuticals - http://t.co/8cEKtjXT #lka #srilanka 13/09/2012 12:21 groundviews This is brilliant, long overdue | Saving Sri Lankan lives through open data http://t.co/9sRcv1Kv @7piliers #lka #srilanka 13/09/2012 12:21 groundviews @MsAMR25 @apelankawe Tech is there. One is only limited by imagination, understanding of context & culture, plus intended audience & change. 13/09/2012 12:02 groundviews @Apelankawe @msamr25 Just imagine turning the pages of book by IDP & augmenting story, through smartphone, using A/V, photos and animation. 13/09/2012 12:00 groundviews @Apelankawe @msamr25 Great. An allied idea is to create interactive citizen generated histories, using for e.g. Layar http://t.co/qQxghvFf 13/09/2012 11:52 groundviews @Apelankawe @msamr25 Interesting - assume this is based on actual photography from the time. 13/09/2012 11:47 groundviews @Apelankawe @msamr25 Ditto. Have it saved somewhere. FM today says #lka has nothing to hide. True. Satellites captured everything in '09. 13/09/2012 11:22 groundviews @MsAMR25 @apelankawe This was first published in '09, just after the UNOSAT reports. Believe GoSL also responded to this report officially. 13/09/2012 11:21 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: A welcome move. But cannot help recall she said nothing when civilians were being killed: Ashanti’s call for shanti http ... 13/09/2012 11:03 groundviews Commonwealth asks Canada to drop Sri Lanka boycott http://t.co/Ibnrm3tp #lka #srilanka 13/09/2012 10:07 groundviews @Dinoukc Thank you. Please engage with the data via Google Earth. 13/09/2012 08:58 groundviews @NalakaG Thank you Nalaka. However, the story is a launchpad: A platform for many eyes to work on available data, crowdsourcing many truths. 13/09/2012 08:41 groundviews @Narmadha Perhaps moved, and compelled to reflect, rather than just enjoy, but yes, it was a compelling read. He always is. 13/09/2012 08:22 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: @groundviews this google sat pix story is excellent. Well done. Didn't the gosl say only 5-10k ppl in NFz in late A ... 13/09/2012 07:59 groundviews @Narmadha :) 13/09/2012 07:56 groundviews @francesharris0n Good. 13/09/2012 07:56 groundviews @francesharris0n Which we do not have. But assume there must be plenty of, here and elsewhere. 13/09/2012 07:47 groundviews @francesharris0n And please share with your networks. Nothing like this has been done before, and the more eyes on it, the better. 13/09/2012 07:47 groundviews @francesharris0n Thank you very much. The aim is not to authoritatively suggest, but comprehensively crowdsource alternative viewpoints. 13/09/2012 07:22 groundviews @SLCJ_Journalism @teearuna Most welcome. 13/09/2012 04:18 groundviews It's really heartbreaking to see students breaking down in tears when denied State Uni entry. #lka #srilanka 13/09/2012 02:20 groundviews Interesting read for HR NGOs & humanitarian org's | How Human Rights Watch got into the quasi-journalism business http://t.co/B343Rgw8 13/09/2012 02:14 groundviews RT @jehanlive: Read @meenakandasamy on #lka, implies every sports team going abroad should 'reveal' their home country's state of (polit ... 13/09/2012 02:06 groundviews Over 2,000 cops, 500 commandos fail to arrest Mervyn's son, Malaka http://t.co/JqQTX9n4 #lka #srilanka 13/09/2012 02:06 groundviews RT @7piliers: 'Our old neighbourhood completely disappeared...buildings remain empty, walls marked by bullets' http://t.co/kt6URbuj #Sri ... 13/09/2012 01:00 groundviews Incredible video of IDP population density in final months of war, from 2009 using Google Earth https://t.co/LezL4tnr #lka #srilanka 13/09/2012 00:59 groundviews Image Difference Analysis of war scarred terrain in Sri Lanka, from 2009 using Google Earth https://t.co/jg0X65Mg #lka #srilanka 13/09/2012 00:06 groundviews This summer, after 23 long years, I drove to Jaffna from Galle with my eldest daughter. We travelled through the... http://t.co/ES6Q14xi 13/09/2012 00:05 groundviews Moving and compelling | AFTER A LONG JOURNEY HOME: SOLITUDE IN JAFFNA AND THE SILENCE OF A CITY http://t.co/OfyZyJgc #lka #srilanka 13/09/2012 00:01 groundviews AFTER A LONG JOURNEY HOME: SOLITUDE IN JAFFANA AND THE SILENCE OF A CITY: [Editors note: Dr. Rajini Thiranagama ... http://t.co/GfaHa0EU 12/09/2012 16:38 groundviews RT @ShaadHamid: Ever heard of a "crowd-sourced" investigation into human rights violations? http://t.co/6yHeeGdX via @groundviews 12/09/2012 16:38 groundviews Sri Lanka Exports Fall Most in Three Years on Global Slowdown http://t.co/W2vAtsnI #lka #srilanka 12/09/2012 16:06 groundviews RT @TMnY: The Personal is Political http://t.co/wa1SxDgP 12/09/2012 15:50 groundviews The end of war in Sri Lanka, captured for posterity by Google Earth: When in early 2009, UNOSAT released satelli... http://t.co/aacxVqgO 12/09/2012 15:30 groundviews When, for obvious reasons, during the UN HRC sessions in March this year, a web news report titled Is Google Earth... http://t.co/GI5Mxaid 12/09/2012 15:19 groundviews The end of war in Sri Lanka, captured for posterity by Google Earth http://t.co/W2vAtsnI #lka #srilanka @lankasol 12/09/2012 10:06 groundviews Hilarious and spot-on, we assume from the geniuses at Sri Lanka Memes, which received today via email. http://t.co/OMTGa7AN 12/09/2012 03:53 groundviews Projected to future, a warning for #lka? | Barcelona Warns Madrid: Pay Up, or Catalonia Leaves Spain http://t.co/pwKLjZ9f HT @DeaneJ 12/09/2012 03:07 groundviews @LankaMuslims @apelankawe Is this now confirmed? 12/09/2012 03:05 groundviews @DushiYanthini @oneworldsa @werc4women Good story to flag to @womenandmedia as well. 12/09/2012 03:03 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: "@OneWorldSA: Sri Lanka: Jaffna’s women drive their way to financial independence http://t.co/irBS70GS" @werc4women # ... 12/09/2012 02:54 groundviews @jehanlive Couldn't have said it better. 12/09/2012 02:54 groundviews RT @jehanlive: Mervyn Silva has time to tie public servants to trees but ,apparently, has no time to tie down his own son. http://t.co/o ... 12/09/2012 02:54 groundviews RT @Vasugi: Pulled. RT @lankasol: House of Representatives, H. Res 177, re: Sri Lanka: http://t.co/JG1qefTb #lka 12/09/2012 02:53 groundviews RT @adaderana: Address the rights and freedoms of the Tamil community – South Africa tells Sri Lanka http://t.co/q2rmtP2a #lka #srilanka 11/09/2012 16:04 groundviews Australia refugee centre could boost Nauru #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella http://t.co/QFZtPcqX 11/09/2012 15:11 groundviews Let the games begin | “@SriLanka: G.L and #Sison discuss political developments http://t.co/8Xr5IH2V #lka #US #Srilanka” 11/09/2012 15:05 groundviews For @DMbreakingnews: Wijeya Group has the best infoviz in #lka's MSM today | The Do’s & Don’ts Of Infographic Design http://t.co/5yWXFGPQ 11/09/2012 14:42 groundviews RT @Global_Bearings: PTSD is definitely not an American illness; the massive trauma from #SriLanka wars only beginning to be recognized ... 11/09/2012 14:17 groundviews @Joviarul Thanks for excellent production on Mediated, that captures the raison d'être of the art & exhibition https://t.co/Sl9I1EOj #lka 11/09/2012 14:15 groundviews Wonderful! | Women, religion & free expression at core of burgeoning talks on Tunisia’s constitution http://t.co/9r4ge5eX @womenandmedia 11/09/2012 13:42 groundviews Video on Mediated: Hard data on Sri Lanka, through art http://t.co/C2BZ0USn #lka #srilanka @SaskiaFernando 11/09/2012 13:41 groundviews @francesharris0n Thank you - actually pre-ordered the book, and Amazon says delivery around 15 Oct. Can't wait. 11/09/2012 13:32 groundviews Video on Mediated: Hard data on Sri Lanka, through art: Mediated is an art project that essentially seeks to cre... http://t.co/iD2Ove8q 11/09/2012 13:29 groundviews Young Asia Television covers opening night of Mediated exhibition. Via https://t.co/Sl9I1EOj http://t.co/lztgFKSR 11/09/2012 13:02 groundviews A blogger's take on Mediated https://t.co/r1UpmhIS It's on till the 15th. Details & location http://t.co/CYFqcgww #srilanka #lka 11/09/2012 12:19 groundviews @francesharris0n Fascinating. 11/09/2012 12:19 groundviews @francesharris0n Must read / will read. Frustrating to hear so much about it with no copy in hand. 11/09/2012 12:03 groundviews @francesharris0n So if we get this, lat-long co'ords for attacks on hospitals were got from said doctor? Under duress? 11/09/2012 12:02 groundviews @SriLanka Why is no one attending asking the President about the 18th Amendment and parliamentary independence in #lka #srilanka 11/09/2012 12:00 groundviews @SriLanka For a blessed moment, we were ready to pop the champagne. 11/09/2012 11:57 groundviews @cfhaviland He's right. You can't do it with drones. Like in #lka in '09, you need manned craft & ground forces for best democratic results. 11/09/2012 11:55 groundviews RT @Nirmanusan: #US envoy to visit #SriLanka to discuss war report http://t.co/dmnzuWUz #warcrimes #genocide 11/09/2012 11:53 groundviews @Nirmanusan The demand itself has merit. But you can't live in glasshouses and pontificate on merits of transparency. RTI for #lka anyone?! 11/09/2012 11:53 groundviews RT @Nirmanusan: What a funny joke? #SriLanka seeks #transparency in #OCHA funding http://t.co/SpsCwzjm 11/09/2012 11:52 groundviews @francesharris0n Hi Frances, can you please clarify that last tweet. Where all the 7 hospitals hit, or just 5, or 2? 11/09/2012 11:49 groundviews RT @SriLanka: #SriLanka'n Immigration to #Italy : Reflections and Anecdotes http://t.co/6rfM85Ei 11/09/2012 10:46 groundviews @cfhaviland @ponnambalamad @azzamameen Good one Charles, and complements this story by the @TheEconomist nicely http://t.co/c0enf13C #lka 11/09/2012 10:31 groundviews RT @jehanlive: @cfhaviland nice report. but a simple act of including Tamil in name boards can make millions happy and more welcome.#lka 11/09/2012 10:02 groundviews @sunili @joviarul Quite. 11/09/2012 09:53 groundviews @sunili @joviarul They exist, and occasionally emerge. Will possibly get worse. This is a self-proclaimed "manic depressive crazy"! 11/09/2012 09:41 groundviews If in #srilanka you curate comments on website, these are the fringe lunatics you encounter from time to time https://t.co/JQhOtnng #lka 11/09/2012 09:40 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: War tourism in #SriLanka: my TV report now online. http://t.co/HJhaMZdB @PonnambalamAD @groundviews @azzamameen #lka #t ... 11/09/2012 09:01 groundviews Hearing that management of Lakbima (i.e. Thilanga & Co) deleted cartoon off web. @RangaJayasuriya's defence of it in limbo? #lka #srilanka 11/09/2012 08:16 groundviews @TMnY Consider penning it down. Seriously. 11/09/2012 06:47 groundviews @TMnY Let's just say it's not exactly the kind of journalism one can look up to… 11/09/2012 06:46 groundviews @mbmrameez Heard same story on many occasions, but cannot verify / confirm. 11/09/2012 06:46 groundviews RT @teearuna: @groundviews @Apelankawe @vijaysappani @RangaJayasuriya Self-regulation by press actually serves FoE not opposite? see htt ... 11/09/2012 05:38 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Disastrous interpretation of EPC elections. 'set back for power sharing' http://t.co/UG1VvLrS #Tamil Civil Society warn ... 11/09/2012 05:27 groundviews Hypocrisy? How about more fiscal transparency at home to start with? | SL seeks transparency in OHCHR funding http://t.co/rsUdL1l5 #lka 11/09/2012 04:03 groundviews Mullikulam: The continuing occupation of a school by the Sri Lankan Navy: “This is my home, this is my sister’s ... http://t.co/B7MMOP6J 11/09/2012 03:56 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: #Tamil activists concerned that UN OHCHR mission to #lka might not have adequate access to assess ground situ in NE htt ... 11/09/2012 03:54 groundviews @Apelankawe @rangajayasuriya But why remove in the first place? This is now bizarre - a public defence of content that is already deleted. 11/09/2012 03:51 groundviews @Apelankawe One fears to think about the visuals of what @rangajayasuriya would find a more direct sexual connotation @womenandmedia #lka 11/09/2012 03:50 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: "subtle sexual connotation"? LoL @RangaJayasuriya 11/09/2012 03:50 groundviews RT @teearuna: Pretty weird (on many levels) RT @Apelankawe: Where did this come from? Why? nation.lk -Questionnaire for FUTA members htt ... 11/09/2012 03:50 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Bold and laudable act by Mahinda, if true | Iran tried to influence Mahinda against ‘Midnight Children’ http://t.co/XBNUMqF3 11/09/2012 03:33 groundviews @Apelankawe @deccannews It's hard to be original. 11/09/2012 02:45 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: A rehash of GV article? @groundviews Sri Lanka toon targets PM, CM | Deccan Chronicle http://t.co/3JBmyP7K via @deccannews 11/09/2012 02:37 groundviews Australian families reach out to boatpeople http://t.co/V5uunQBQ #lka #srilanka @sunili @ABRFOTO @SharnelleVella 11/09/2012 02:35 groundviews While China's laughing to the bank | Norochcholai still limping http://t.co/Ry5ooCk7 #lka #srilanka 11/09/2012 02:34 groundviews Disturbing | 4,000 Lankans take their own lives every year http://t.co/craoVsbM @mhpss @teearuna #lka #srilanka 11/09/2012 02:26 groundviews Mediated is an art project that essentially seeks to create greater awareness around and engagement with aspects... http://t.co/P7XeFXlT 11/09/2012 02:24 groundviews FINAL WEEK to see Mediated: Data meets Art - http://t.co/luNXUYMq #lka #srilanka @SaskiaFernando If in or around #Colombo, please visit! 11/09/2012 02:01 groundviews The villagers and Church leaders are determined to continue their dialogues and appeals to the Government and the... http://t.co/imkkJwCb 11/09/2012 01:59 groundviews Mullikulam: The continuing occupation of a school by the Sri Lankan Navy http://t.co/IA0gAo8T #lka #srilanka @lankasol 11/09/2012 01:41 groundviews Why I stand by our cartoon: The LAKBIMAnEWS cartoon on Sunday seemed to have ruffled some feathers. Going by the... http://t.co/rLQ2hzPo 11/09/2012 01:34 groundviews @dhume01 Think everyone knows the answer to that. 11/09/2012 01:21 groundviews Is our cartoon vulgar? I would say, vulgarity, like beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. While puritans... http://t.co/smyyvLUm 11/09/2012 01:19 groundviews Why I stand by our cartoon http://t.co/yOCpfH9a #lka #srilanka @Apelankawe @teearuna @MelGuna @womenandmedia @MsAMR25 @lohang @vijaysappani 10/09/2012 16:44 groundviews RT @nkashokbharan: What happened to innocent SL pilgrims in TN is outrageous but the cartoon published in Lakbima is extremely opprobrio ... 10/09/2012 16:43 groundviews RT @SarongJohnnie: @gopiharan @sumaiyarizvi It's just pathetic and irresponsible editorial judgement on the part of Lakbima. Very unbeco ... 10/09/2012 16:43 groundviews @MelGuna No idea, and unlikely. 10/09/2012 16:42 groundviews RT @Huntsmanh: @meenakandasamy While creative freedom is appreciated, vulgarity is not!. A similar cartoon on Rajapaksa would have finis ... 10/09/2012 16:41 groundviews RT @KTheena: That cartoon on Lakbima is as idiotic as the rabid nationalists in #srilanka and #TamilNadu. 10/09/2012 16:37 groundviews US House of Reps resolution calls for greater media freedom in #srilanka http://t.co/48cvHQqR Will be voted on this week #lka @AmanthaP 10/09/2012 16:27 groundviews Expressing support for internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary... http://t.co/6SDkiO3E 10/09/2012 16:26 groundviews H. RES. 177 | New resolution on post-war #srilanka tabled in #US House of Representatives http://t.co/48cvHQqR #lka #srilanka @USEmbSL 10/09/2012 16:00 groundviews Religious majoritarianism combined with political authoritarianism - that, tragically, is the cast of Sri Lankan... http://t.co/oHyA7u37 10/09/2012 15:59 groundviews RT @vipulananda: RT@httweets: What a tragic fall — Hindustan Times http://t.co/nd4RmBYJ #LKA #Srilanka #LK #Lanka #Tamil 10/09/2012 15:58 groundviews RT @teearuna: @MsAMR25 @groundviews @apelankawe @womenandmedia Lack of contrition / maturity in Lakbima response thus far pitiful for na ... 10/09/2012 15:53 groundviews @Apelankawe That's automatically generated by Twitter embed. 10/09/2012 12:28 groundviews @teearuna Keen to see that too but unlikely to come about, we fear. 10/09/2012 12:28 groundviews RT @teearuna: @groundviews Agree. I'd like to see substantive engagement with principles/guidelines. Relevant to our recent exchange re ... 10/09/2012 11:52 groundviews @teearuna 3. Guidelines & standards the paper itself has fully subscribed to, but with publication of the cartoon, prima facie, violates. 10/09/2012 11:52 groundviews @teearuna 2. However, as @womenandmedia and others note, endorse holding editor & paper accountable under PCC, and SLPI guidelines. 10/09/2012 11:52 groundviews @teearuna 1. In conversing with David Blacker & @nigelvnugawela , have to agree with them that submission to dismiss was uncalled for. 10/09/2012 10:59 groundviews RT @womenandmedia: WMC condemns cartoon in Sunday Lakbima on the 9th of September, 2012 http://t.co/AuafxQRN @groundviews @teearuna @ape ... 10/09/2012 10:50 groundviews Ruling UPFA wins provincial elections but with reduced votes http://t.co/s4R4RrKh #lka #srilanka 10/09/2012 10:33 groundviews Letter to the Sunday Lakbima – Request for Apology http://t.co/oTIkdkRe #lka #srilanka via @womenandmedia @Apelankawe @teearuna @lankasol 10/09/2012 09:48 groundviews Post War, LLRC, HumanRights, Democracy, Tamil Politicle Prissoner, Education | Vikalpa Updates - http://t.co/MhDJe8if 10/09/2012 09:46 groundviews @RangaJayasuriya Given your avowed stance reg. FoE, why is the cartoon now deleted? Surely you could & should have stood your ground? #lka 10/09/2012 09:44 groundviews Acting Editor of Lakbima defends cartoon https://t.co/9ZZwjVwe but deletes it from website?! http://t.co/K81eLu78 #lka #srilanka @Apelankawe 10/09/2012 09:39 groundviews @MsAMR25 @teearuna @apelankawe @womenandmedia They are working on response. 10/09/2012 09:08 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Since we are talking of cartoons these days http://t.co/AXrAA0yS 10/09/2012 09:07 groundviews @Apelankawe Noted, thanks. 10/09/2012 09:02 groundviews @teearuna @apelankawe Sections 6.3, 6.4 (i) of Code of Ethics http://t.co/UwqPk6oA, prima facie, contravened by Lakbima cartoonist? #lka 10/09/2012 08:04 groundviews Tilak Jayaratne: Indomitable Broadcaster with a Stubborn Conscience http://t.co/nGnLjoh9 @NalakaG #lka #srilanka 10/09/2012 07:42 groundviews @AnuradhaKHerath Are the numbers in this story verified? True that CEB meter reader gets ~60k a month? @theyrc @MelGuna 10/09/2012 07:40 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #Tamil Nat Alliance says gov won #Eastern Prov elec only thru "gross abuse" of state resources/intimid'n. Wants 2 form g ... 10/09/2012 07:40 groundviews @MelGuna @dmbreakingnews To be fair by him, there's no public outcry or sustained protests against his actions and expression. 10/09/2012 07:26 groundviews The point is proxy-speak, proxy-attacks and proxy-campaigns are a way of life for Sri Lanka’s ruling... http://t.co/RVwxU9MI 10/09/2012 07:24 groundviews Another insult by Sri Lanka: It’s time #India took a stand http://t.co/SH5ZEtDu #lka #srilanka @lankasol 10/09/2012 06:59 groundviews Around 150 submissions have come in to date. Perera-Hussein Books has offered to seriously consider publishing... http://t.co/KocWSeaS 10/09/2012 06:58 groundviews Dropping the final hints: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction - http://t.co/u2IrY5QH #lka #srilanka Please send a story or two! 10/09/2012 06:44 groundviews A revealing interview, with a household name in #srilanka | With So Many Clowns, No Room For Entertainers http://t.co/X3WleGca #lka 10/09/2012 06:42 groundviews As opposed to... | Police to conduct 24 hour operations from today to apprehend drunken drivers- adaderana.lk #lka #srilanka 10/09/2012 05:17 groundviews RT @bfonseka: Last few lines in the editorial sends a msg the govt should not ignore- Winners and losers http://t.co/bpHjyoiN #lk #srilanka 10/09/2012 05:16 groundviews RT @mbmrameez: Will the powerful military push for justice or turn a blind eye? Mervyn’s son in new scrape http://t.co/GhcxMFca #lk #sri ... 10/09/2012 05:14 groundviews RT @7piliers: If you want to learn more about the #development #recovery #humanitarian work of the United Nations in #SriLanka follow: @ ... 10/09/2012 04:28 groundviews RT @MelGuna: #Australian families reach out to #SriLankan boat people http://t.co/4kLihsdH #lka 10/09/2012 04:19 groundviews A solution should be based on giving effect to a set of equitable and transparent principles. The Remedy 2... http://t.co/sxCOOt0H 10/09/2012 04:18 groundviews RT @teearuna: @groundviews Hope cartoon controversy doesn't escalate tensions further or inspire violence @lankasol @RKKrishnan @NMenonR ... 10/09/2012 04:17 groundviews The Z-score imbroglio: Towards a fair and simple solution http://t.co/S1xzDmHg @theyrc @6percentforedu #lka #srilanka 10/09/2012 03:40 groundviews A tasteless cartoon, Twitter and Indo-Sri Lanka relations: On Sunday, for some unfathomable reason, Lakbima – a ... http://t.co/9gqs166A 10/09/2012 03:36 groundviews While it is the nature of social media to peak quickly over an issue or event and then as quickly forget and move... http://t.co/VoqrSBoP 10/09/2012 03:34 groundviews A tasteless cartoon, Twitter & Indo-Sri Lanka relations http://t.co/LvE6IF0P #lka #srilanka @lankasol @RKKrishnan @NMenonRao @vijaysappani 09/09/2012 21:53 groundviews The Z-score imbroglio: Towards a fair and simple solution: Image courtesy Tharunaya I will assume in this articl... http://t.co/akLQZPph 09/09/2012 18:59 groundviews @LankaMuslims Missed this - any further updates? 09/09/2012 18:59 groundviews RT @LankaMuslims: An Army Major was hospitalised this morning following an assault by Malaka Silva, son of Min Mervin Silva at a 5 star ... 09/09/2012 16:08 groundviews @teearuna @apelankawe @msamr25 @rkkrishnan @bundeljayse @dmbreakingnews Absolutely agree! 09/09/2012 15:57 groundviews @Shaahima Of course he was very impressed with Ministry of Crab :) 09/09/2012 15:52 groundviews RT @Shaahima: I suppose it's only expected that when a cricketer pens a travel post,it positively reeks of endorsement: http://t.co/XGfU ... 09/09/2012 14:59 groundviews @vijaysappani @rkkrishnan @apelankawe Emailed @womenandmedia. 09/09/2012 14:50 groundviews @MsAMR25 Dream on. 09/09/2012 14:47 groundviews @Apelankawe @rkkrishnan @bundeljayse @dmbreakingnews 2. Hope quick, unequivocal apology via Acting Editor will prevent tit-for-tat attacks. 09/09/2012 14:47 groundviews @Apelankawe @msamr25 @rkkrishnan @bundeljayse @dmbreakingnews 1. If PCC wants to dismiss this on technicality, it risks a great deal more. 09/09/2012 14:39 groundviews @MsAMR25 @apelankawe @rkkrishnan @bandeljayse @dmbreakingnews You must be joking. PCC's idea of rapid is usually weeks. 09/09/2012 14:39 groundviews @Apelankawe @rkkrishnan @bandeljayse @dmbreakingnews It can be argued that said cartoon offended under #1 of code http://t.co/RRoBeOuy 09/09/2012 14:32 groundviews @Apelankawe @rkkrishnan @bandeljayse Worried this damn thing will, not unlike @DMbreakingnews photo, escalate tensions in TN & here. 09/09/2012 14:27 groundviews @Apelankawe @rkkrishnan @bandeljayse It's a he, and it's been escalated to him. Given condemnation by #lka Prez Spox too, response likely? 09/09/2012 13:23 groundviews @RKKrishnan @apelankawe @baalivirus It has been brought to the attention of acting editor. Will revert if there is any response. 09/09/2012 11:29 groundviews @Apelankawe @rkkrishnan @baalivirus @pmoindia Who IS the Editor of Lakbima now? 09/09/2012 11:26 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: WTF? I am just trying to imagine the thought process of Hasantha Wijenayake when he drew this. http://t.co/VDvim6lZ #sick 09/09/2012 11:22 groundviews Sri Lanka's ruling party wins provincial election http://t.co/147VYNBw #lka #srilanka 09/09/2012 11:20 groundviews This presents an opportunity, but not for facile regime change in the near term. There are growing opportunities... http://t.co/Hgn8Z8H9 09/09/2012 11:15 groundviews A diplomatic slap in the face? | Permission Denied http://t.co/Wvgy5Nc3 #lka #srilanka #india 09/09/2012 11:14 groundviews The recent attack on pilgrims including women and children by some Tamil nationalist outfits is a shameful... http://t.co/IsB1xmmp 09/09/2012 11:12 groundviews Let us eat our guts and pick our souls http://t.co/LC2h265X #lka #srilanka #india 09/09/2012 02:41 groundviews Provincial Council Election: Real-time updates: @mhmhisham is turning out the best updates on Twitter. #PCelecti... http://t.co/TNxuxMfK 09/09/2012 02:20 groundviews @mhmhisham is turning out the best updates on Twitter. #PCelectionsLK and #ep2012 are key hashtags aggregating... http://t.co/nn8GqbCC 09/09/2012 02:16 groundviews Provincial Council Election: Real-time updates http://t.co/bTfEbqzZ #lka #srilanka #PCelectionsLK @mhmhisham @lankasol 09/09/2012 01:48 groundviews Save for Ravaya, not a single MSM outlet in #lka has a public editor | My Turn in Between the Readers and the Writers http://t.co/tYwR97T4 09/09/2012 01:41 groundviews This time, from India | 95 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees detained after migration bid http://t.co/IMz67C9s #lka #srilanka 09/09/2012 01:38 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: great job @mhmhisham on #SriLanka regional election, best source for me out here on work in South Korea.. 09/09/2012 01:38 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Racial divides appear to be widening going by latest #SriLanka regional election results 09/09/2012 01:37 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: TNA and UPFA neck to neck as to who will emerge as single largest party in the East. The winner takes 2 additional seat ... 09/09/2012 01:35 groundviews The long arc of Nandikadal http://t.co/rss5Lwgd #lka #srilanka 08/09/2012 22:01 groundviews Youth in Sri Lanka need a chance: Photo courtesy Beyond Borders The Sri Lankan government shut down state univer... http://t.co/eQjkn5PM 08/09/2012 19:43 groundviews Rage in India spotlights Sri Lanka's war victims http://t.co/pBU0qGE0 #lka #srilanka #india 08/09/2012 18:58 groundviews @teearuna Agree. 08/09/2012 14:56 groundviews Sri Lankans voted Saturday in a provincial assembly election seen as a test of whether ethnic minority Tamils... http://t.co/viWxL56U 08/09/2012 14:54 groundviews Sri Lankans vote in provincial election seen as a test of whether Tamils still want self-rule http://t.co/8FjBr3Il #lka #srilanka 08/09/2012 14:49 groundviews RT @akeenan23: #SriLanka provincical elections a farce; abolish executive presidency, says normally cautious Daily Mirror editorial http ... 08/09/2012 12:35 groundviews VERIFY: Didn't realise GoSL handpicked the tourists? | Shock And Awww! http://t.co/qxNCd9Au #lka #srilanka @cfhaviland @lankasol 08/09/2012 11:47 groundviews PC polls: voter turnout as at 4pm: Kegalle 56%, A'pura 53%, Polonnaruwa 50%, Batticaloa 55%, Ampara 55%, Trinco 55-60%- adaderana.lk #lka 08/09/2012 11:45 groundviews Sri Lankans vote in key provincial election http://t.co/2FSXjxSY #lka #srilanka 08/09/2012 08:16 groundviews @rkguruparan We can be absolutely sure that the planned regulation of online "news" sites isn't going to happen over the next 2 weeks... 08/09/2012 08:15 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Essential reading as the FUTA strike continues. RT @philosophybites: On academic freedom and democracy http://t.co/cGyl ... 08/09/2012 07:55 groundviews Sandya Ekneligoda's statement to @UN_HRC UPR session on #srilanka http://t.co/mqVeh2vk She speaks for so many others #lka @lankasol 08/09/2012 07:47 groundviews Rather damning | Lack of enthusiasm among voters – monitors http://t.co/SKY7OGim via @DMbreakingnews #lka #srilanka 08/09/2012 07:36 groundviews RT @theyrc: 2012 A/L crisis worsens. No examiners for papers #lka #srilanka #education crisis http://t.co/BqtQ1054 08/09/2012 05:20 groundviews RT @google: Boldly go where no man has gone before w/ today's interactive Star Trek doodle. More info: http://t.co/yDr962kA http://t.co/ ... 08/09/2012 02:41 groundviews @DMbreakingnews Yes, and the 18th Amendment gives him the ability to do just this. Right? 08/09/2012 02:38 groundviews @cfhaviland Will it be online too Charles? 08/09/2012 02:38 groundviews @AmanthaP Better yet, open that data to public? Why should tax payer supported data collection remain closed to a few? 08/09/2012 02:38 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Why is that we need mj events, droughts floods, 4 officials to wake up to changing weather patterns/they mst monitor dat ... 08/09/2012 02:09 groundviews RT @StateDept: Assistant Secretary of @State_SCA Robert Blake travels to #Nepal, #Maldives and #SriLanka, September 10-14: http://t.co/w ... 08/09/2012 02:02 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: The correspondent | i am http://t.co/M56914Un via @iam_project 08/09/2012 01:53 groundviews @lankasol Works fine for us - but try http://t.co/QoOfhAav Watch the video. 08/09/2012 01:52 groundviews When we returned to Yala after a break, Raja was missing. Since the LTTE attack on the park a few years earlier,... http://t.co/7Ee3z6u2 08/09/2012 01:50 groundviews Poignant, and a note of caution | Why did Raja die? http://t.co/Yuqopt6z #lka #srilanka @ashadevos 07/09/2012 19:27 groundviews In Memoriam: Tilak Jayaratne: Tilak’s journey in search of people’s media, from the Sunday Times Tilak Jayaratne... http://t.co/RO6gmek3 07/09/2012 19:11 groundviews In Memoriam: Tilak Jayaratne http://t.co/zUq9Qok9 #lka #srilanka 07/09/2012 10:11 groundviews For one of President Obama's top fundraisers, the appointment last year to an elite group of State Department... http://t.co/Nwei8EBa 07/09/2012 10:06 groundviews Very interesting reading | Obama, Clinton Fundraiser Appointed to National Security Panel http://t.co/ejDstwiH #lka #srilanka @lankasol 07/09/2012 06:50 groundviews @SarongJohnnie To be fair by the suspect, does anyone know what the Chinese are doing in #srilanka? 07/09/2012 06:48 groundviews RT @HalikAzeez: Does #lka really need an 88 floor tower plus 3 more towers of office/living space? Check hilarious comments on this http ... 07/09/2012 04:10 groundviews @benzo12s Thanks. 07/09/2012 04:10 groundviews Clearly, it's silly season down in TN | Tamil outfit protests against hotel employing Lankans http://t.co/KtnKtXFh #lka #srilanka 07/09/2012 04:02 groundviews @philiprajamohan @rkguruparan Do voters care to recall, and hold them accountable? We think not. This is our political culture. 07/09/2012 04:02 groundviews power cuts will not be imposed from today, until further notice-Ministry of Power & Energy-Daily Mirror SMS #lka #srilanka 07/09/2012 02:34 groundviews @mwikramanayake Yes. And it's all one big "Tamil diaspora" really. One big bad bunch. Possibly all living together too, somewhere. 07/09/2012 02:31 groundviews Letter sent by TNA leader R. Sampanthan to President on EP elections http://t.co/dOQNof8X #lka #srilanka via @dbsjeyaraj @lankasol 07/09/2012 02:30 groundviews Ironically, it's the GoSL who can't cope either | Diaspora unable to cope with LTTE’s defeat http://t.co/9TkVlFjJ #lka #srilanka 07/09/2012 02:27 groundviews @rkguruparan Largely in Sinhala, but interesting video to watch http://t.co/PHMwT1Gg See 5:47 for Keheliya's "intelligence" & principles. 07/09/2012 02:17 groundviews @rkguruparan Intelligence? 07/09/2012 02:16 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Rambukwella says Jayalalitha's action is evidence for the evils of devolution. (Virakesari). This man's intelligence co ... 07/09/2012 01:52 groundviews Amnesty’s appeal to T.N. government http://t.co/HAsSiuHd #lka #srilanka #india 07/09/2012 01:28 groundviews @mwikramanayake @sunili At the time we said this https://t.co/v8xcuavx 07/09/2012 01:27 groundviews @mwikramanayake @sunili Yes he did. See http://t.co/77Row9nz 06/09/2012 17:50 groundviews Muslims and the Eastern Provincial Council Elections in Sri Lanka: Kingmakers or Pawns?: Photo via Colombo Teleg... http://t.co/crV0whGO 06/09/2012 17:16 groundviews The lack of debate and dialogue within the Eastern Muslim community on post-war concerns and needs facilitated by... http://t.co/lLS13gaw 06/09/2012 17:14 groundviews Muslims and the Eastern Provincial Council Elections in #srilanka: Kingmakers or Pawns? http://t.co/5Esi1peX @mhmhisham @aufidius #lka 06/09/2012 17:14 groundviews @mhmhisham @lankamuslims Very sad to hear, but unsurprising come to think of it. 06/09/2012 16:52 groundviews RT @LankaMuslims: SLBC Muslim Radio Service used to campaign for the Gov in eastern elections.Religious programs mixed with Political sa ... 06/09/2012 16:46 groundviews Interesting analysis, and disturbing times ahead | Jayalalitha's gambit http://t.co/Xf70iq1i #srilanka #india #lka 06/09/2012 16:44 groundviews How then should leading Tamil politicians, such as the chief minister, who are trying to position themselves to... http://t.co/8xHFjOis 06/09/2012 16:41 groundviews Interesting report | US: Torture and Rendition to Gaddafi’s Libya http://t.co/zrf2h6bc via @hrw 06/09/2012 16:21 groundviews @thegrimhope Au contraire, it's very good coverage of all what the MoD does in #lka today, from logistics to vege deliveries. 06/09/2012 12:51 groundviews Full transcript: Sri Lankan envoy on Tamil Nadu tension http://t.co/Vpijvnav #lka #srilanka #india 06/09/2012 12:46 groundviews RT @xelene: Motherland superior than Feminism. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? Source : #lka #police #website http://t.co/afea0yOz 06/09/2012 12:41 groundviews Photos of the pilgrim's buses attacked in Tamil Nadu recently http://t.co/wdVjik0E Flagged by @cfhaviland #lka #srilanka #india 06/09/2012 12:40 groundviews @cfhaviland @rkkrishnan @dmbreakingnews Excellent find - thanks! 06/09/2012 10:56 groundviews Diatribes against, or attacks on, Lankan citizens, and any strain on Indo-Lankan ties would, inversely, make the... http://t.co/UlTQTeTF 06/09/2012 10:55 groundviews Minority rights in Sri Lanka aren’t helped by targeting its visiting civilians http://t.co/pwESL02p #lka #srilanka 06/09/2012 09:57 groundviews Thought we couldn't afford any more thermal power generation? | CEB to establish new thermal power plant in Jaffna http://t.co/UwWKI3nM #lka 06/09/2012 09:38 groundviews @RKKrishnan @dmbreakingnews Without acknowledging us, they've deleted said image from http://t.co/c8aEUlbD See before http://t.co/hBpAe5RW 06/09/2012 09:34 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: A pettah tamil trader says instructions to organise protest came from President's catchers. Some traders intimidated to ... 06/09/2012 08:29 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #Tamil Nat Alliance leadr tells #SriLanka Prez #East province elex on Sat likely "not free/fair" bcs o gov's"intimidatio ... 06/09/2012 08:28 groundviews RT @easwaranrutnam: "@colombogazette: JHU says a ban on animal sacrifice not a violation of religious freedom http://t.co/MZnZMjRd #sril ... 06/09/2012 06:46 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Protest expected in front of the Indian HC this afternoon,Shops in fort area also asked to close by a Govt backed trade ... 06/09/2012 06:33 groundviews @officialunp Thanks - look forward to a constructive engagement on matters of mutual interest. Best of luck. 06/09/2012 06:22 groundviews Opening night of Mediated http://t.co/YxSOVMtm via @DMbreakingnews Life Magazine http://t.co/TqTEVzaX #lka #srilanka @SaskiaFernando 06/09/2012 06:19 groundviews Opening night of Mediated... http://t.co/IdO3HsLr 06/09/2012 05:45 groundviews @SarongJohnnie @dmbreakingnews It's just incredibly shoddy journalism. 06/09/2012 05:37 groundviews 2. Screenshot of @DMbreakingnews news story with inaccurate, file image. Somebody must have authorised its use? http://t.co/hBpAe5RW 06/09/2012 05:37 groundviews 3. Will @DMbreakingnews take responsibility for inflamed tensions in #lka by readers who think this was actually damage caused by Indians? 06/09/2012 05:37 groundviews @DMbreakingnews 1. You use image from Dambulla bus bombing by LTTE in '08 to illustrate article on recent incidents in Tamil Nadu on pg. A8. 06/09/2012 04:48 groundviews @SNSalgado You're a rare individual on Twitter in #lka who sources tweets accurately, all the time. Will use as example in lectures. Tx. 06/09/2012 04:46 groundviews @officialunp Welcome. Can we expect real engagement with core issues, or is this seen as primarily a party propaganda too? #lka #srilanka 06/09/2012 04:40 groundviews Good piece, not only for central issue, but damning critique of MSM's lack of real journalism http://t.co/jWHUfxz7 #lka #srilanka 06/09/2012 04:39 groundviews Last week, the Diocese of Jaffna issued a report that raised serious doubts about the government’s claims,... http://t.co/QZ77C8dX 06/09/2012 02:30 groundviews RT @TwitterForNews: Introducing our new tool that makes it easy to embed interactive timelines of Tweets on any website: http://t.co/CgD ... 06/09/2012 01:51 groundviews The Island has an interesting take on WEF rankings http://t.co/w8ytSecI Can someone explain to us what this all means? #lka #srilanka 06/09/2012 01:20 groundviews As opposed to a 10-place jump in the previous year, Sri Lanka has suffered a 16-place relegation in the latest... http://t.co/e8fLzTKf 06/09/2012 01:18 groundviews More good news for foreign investors | Sharper slip in Sri Lanka’s rank in global competitiveness http://t.co/59mrIlSy #lka #srilanka 06/09/2012 01:11 groundviews View the stunning 'Kerosene', part of film festival on reconciliation https://t.co/mSQ1RSNF here http://t.co/V5l6iMhp #lka #srilanka 06/09/2012 01:09 groundviews A film festival on reconciliation: Brochure https://t.co/mSQ1RSNF Schedule https://t.co/NutxvILN #lka #srilanka http://t.co/bhJsmFh8 06/09/2012 01:06 groundviews ‘Reconciliation’ is on everyone’s lips in Sri Lanka today but there is little agreement on its meaning. Is it... http://t.co/Gi2k6DOb 05/09/2012 18:15 groundviews @teearuna @cpjasia :) Tech is easy, and there are lots of other ideas we have. Narratives need to be sensitively handled though. 05/09/2012 18:10 groundviews @teearuna @cpjasia As a design concept, like http://t.co/PJfl4FJf. Able to see many stories (1,610 here), yet focus sharply on one. 05/09/2012 18:03 groundviews Google News realtime coverage of dip in #India-#srilanka relations https://t.co/1wwcWbcw #lka @lankasol 05/09/2012 17:31 groundviews RT @WBeducation: 93% of the girls in #SriLanka now complete basic education #girlseducation #edstats 05/09/2012 17:28 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: @meenakandasamy I respect your sentiments, commitment but disagree with your solution. Why no condemnation against 'stra ... 05/09/2012 17:28 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: A powerful dissenting voice in India in support of boycotting Sri Lanka. Must read. http://t.co/3Ddhjvzg 05/09/2012 17:24 groundviews @teearuna @cpjasia Agree - challenge is also to avoid parasitical showcasing and journalistic voyuerism. Need to care enough, to follow up. 05/09/2012 17:24 groundviews @teearuna @cpjasia 3. Perhaps more stories, not less, can help? The more, told through diverse media, the more catharsis & discussion? 05/09/2012 17:24 groundviews @teearuna @cpjasia 2. But even with montage of the personal, do people care? How many recall Slave Island's stories? http://t.co/1Eg8AYAP 05/09/2012 17:24 groundviews @teearuna @cpjasia 1. Friedman and others would argue, the individual story, and indeed, the story of girl child, is the most compelling. 05/09/2012 13:45 groundviews RT @mediafound: #Srilanka: #Australian #social media campaign to dissuade asylum seekers http://t.co/ameyF1fo 05/09/2012 13:45 groundviews RT @USEmbSL: The introductory video of new U.S. Ambassador to #SriLanka & #Maldives, Michele Sison? http://t.co/00emrcH1 @State_SCA 05/09/2012 13:35 groundviews @DMbreakingnews The DM Editor Blog was last updated on 5 Jan 2012. Why has it gone dormant for long? http://t.co/trwvjKJr #lka #srilanka 05/09/2012 13:27 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: University lecturers says they will not attend lectures despite Universities reopening #lka 05/09/2012 13:01 groundviews All universities which were closed on August 21 will be opened tomorrow- Ministry of Higher Education-Daily Mirror #lka #srilanka 05/09/2012 09:33 groundviews @RKKrishnan :) 05/09/2012 09:21 groundviews India, Sri Lanka Ties Hurt by Violence http://t.co/obryLro9 #lka #srilanka 05/09/2012 08:29 groundviews @RasCeylon Engage with http://t.co/Q4bvSezs by @nigelvnugawela & http://t.co/M51AeLMT by @rkguruparan Much more via comments in posts. 05/09/2012 07:09 groundviews When I first met Sandhya Eknelygoda in May 2010 in her home outside Colombo, she was a distressed mother of two... http://t.co/h4sV8FPt 05/09/2012 07:06 groundviews Sandhya Eknelygoda speaks for Sri Lanka's disappeared http://t.co/073l0SLo #lka #srilanka via @cpjasia 05/09/2012 06:39 groundviews RT @RKKrishnan: my friends in #srilanka should understand that a province in #India is an autonomous unit. #Centre doesn't and cant inte ... 05/09/2012 06:38 groundviews @USEmbSL But the question is, do they look as dapper as Horatio Caine? 05/09/2012 06:36 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: As #SriLanka pilgrims mobbed in #TamilNadu #India intolerance, SL Muslims hounded in North #lka. Navy says it's wrongly ... 05/09/2012 06:35 groundviews RT @Panhinda: Sri Lankan tourists follow travel advisory, stay indoors. http://t.co/IQdliMTB #lka 05/09/2012 06:06 groundviews Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu: A messy situation http://t.co/uat0T7gj #lka #srilanka 05/09/2012 06:06 groundviews Sri Lankan Tamil issue: Vying for political points, Tamil Nadu parties silent on attacks http://t.co/ygb3AjhY #lka #srilanka 05/09/2012 05:59 groundviews @RasCeylon They are all in the public domain, and out of context, may seem to be attacking their work. Please read up on GV and elsewhere. 05/09/2012 05:14 groundviews @RasCeylon We, and many others, fundamentally disagree of SLU's approach to reconciliation, but certainly don't recommend disengagement. 05/09/2012 05:04 groundviews Helluva achievement | Pradeep Sanjaya won the first ever medal for Sri Lanka at the Paralympics by winning the... http://t.co/OUxUaQnQ 05/09/2012 03:28 groundviews RT @RKKrishnan: Remarkably sober reporting by #DailyNews on #srilankan pilgrim incident. stated facts, #MEA releases. Need of the hour w ... 05/09/2012 03:22 groundviews Compelling read | Transcript: Michelle Obama's Democratic Convention Speech http://t.co/9Jvu8iLI #DNC2012 05/09/2012 03:17 groundviews RT @TwitterForNews: The end of @MichelleObama's speech drove 28,003 Tweets-per-minute at its peak. @MittRomney peaked at 14,289 TPM at # ... 05/09/2012 03:07 groundviews Installed & checked live today. It works, very well in fact | Liveblog from @wordpress http://t.co/JD0nkf4y Good for #lka bloggers on WP. 05/09/2012 03:05 groundviews Noticing much larger image sizes on NYT and other mainstream US based news sites. Clearly, this is because of the Retina display. 05/09/2012 03:02 groundviews RT @Panhinda: This NYT article ignores the plight of fishermen in Sri Lanka's war ravaged north. http://t.co/90Irvjsl #lka 05/09/2012 03:01 groundviews @theyrc @6percentforedu A very good piece. One hopes FUTA responds to some of the concerns noted therein. 05/09/2012 03:01 groundviews RT @theyrc: Are the #futa demands credible? Opinion on the morality of the @6percentforedu strike http://t.co/gbBvpydk #lka #srilanka #u ... 05/09/2012 02:59 groundviews @bfonseka Has anyone seen a draft? One hopes it is better than '07 Draft Bill, which you / @CPASL critiqued http://t.co/X0F80aXP #lka 05/09/2012 02:40 groundviews @SriLanka #UN SG toured Menik Farm after the end of the war but was oblivious to http://t.co/4Sog3dwC One hopes she is more free to observe. 05/09/2012 02:39 groundviews @SriLanka That's a rhetorical question, right? 05/09/2012 02:38 groundviews CONGRATULATIONS! | “@adaderana: Pradeep Sanjaya wins Sri Lanka’s first medal at Paralympics http://t.co/w7Rylnoi #lka #srilanka” 05/09/2012 02:21 groundviews (Audio) Sinhalese journalist on why some SLankans need asylum http://t.co/Jx8qtrSj #lka #srilanka Thanks @francesharris0n 05/09/2012 02:06 groundviews @RKKrishnan @mhmhisham @azzamameen 3. When we've taught in class to mid-career journos, they simply can't formulate critical questions. 05/09/2012 02:06 groundviews @RKKrishnan @mhmhisham @azzamameen 4. That in a nutshell is why no distinction is made between propaganda & deeper truths. Good for any Gov. 05/09/2012 02:06 groundviews @RKKrishnan @mhmhisham @azzamameen 2. A system predicated on teaching mindless genuflection, through rote and regurgitation. 05/09/2012 02:06 groundviews @RKKrishnan @mhmhisham @azzamameen 1. A big difference between literacy and media literacy. It's also to do with our education system. 04/09/2012 18:09 groundviews @mhmhisham @azzamameen @rkkrishnan Larger issue for us is civic education, or lack thereof. We have voters, not citizens. 04/09/2012 18:08 groundviews @mhmhisham @azzamameen @rkkrishnan Admittedly, it's power lies in its simplicity & mass appeal. Why change or rephrase what clearly works? 04/09/2012 16:03 groundviews @mhmhisham On that score, and on the issue of election violence http://t.co/C7JifDaS its clear avg. voter really doesn't give a damn? #lka 04/09/2012 15:50 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: the way #lka Gov is blatantly misusing state media for elections, its evident that the ruling party is not as comfortable ... 04/09/2012 15:22 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: For 1st time Erik Solheim will talk about his role in trying to broker a surrender in #srilanka. oct 5,uk. Tickets ... 04/09/2012 15:17 groundviews @MsAMR25 @lankasol Thanks. 04/09/2012 15:17 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: #srilanka 's Attitude to International Threatening: The Upcoming UPR http://t.co/G75xnJvJ @groundviews @lankasol 04/09/2012 14:16 groundviews CPI (M) concerned over ‘hostility’ towards Sri Lankans http://t.co/3G4OZXDX #lka #srilanka 04/09/2012 14:16 groundviews Sri Lanka to receive U.N. rights team http://t.co/gTD0ZPKx #lka #srilanka 04/09/2012 14:16 groundviews Miracle of Asia's narrative need more polish? | Refugees in India reluctant to return http://t.co/IlJGlVPk #lka #srilanka 04/09/2012 14:04 groundviews More important than how Rauff Hakeem expressed himself is the point he was trying to make. The phrase ‘saffron... http://t.co/jqJO70Hf 04/09/2012 14:03 groundviews Somehow missed reading this excellent piece | Apologising for saffron terror http://t.co/gTEVPbZQ #lka #srilanka 04/09/2012 13:37 groundviews Press release by #lka MEA over the attack on the buses today, notes that #India has provided safe passage & security. http://t.co/G8AJtTBb 04/09/2012 11:45 groundviews RT @adaderana: No need to panic over mobbing incidents in TN - MEA http://t.co/KfC4S9R2 #lka #srilanka 04/09/2012 11:38 groundviews Surprise, surprise | UPFA tops polls law violations list http://t.co/C7JifDaS #lka #srilanka 04/09/2012 11:37 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Compared to Jaya even Karunanidhi sounds sensible! Sigh | The Hindu : DMK not averse to Sri Lankan players visits: http ... 04/09/2012 11:36 groundviews Protests continue against Lankan pilgrims in Tamil Nadu http://t.co/K0LTREHu #lka #srilanka #india 04/09/2012 10:57 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: @groundviews Bashana on radio australia now too http://t.co/onVBGjSt 04/09/2012 10:56 groundviews @cfhaviland @akbarmea Charles, this response is to #lka Govt PR, *before* the attacks on the buses. Hence our tweet https://t.co/nfp0bimz 04/09/2012 10:37 groundviews @sathapalan We've been more than around. We've been very vocal. Do your research & homework boy, and get some critical perspective. 04/09/2012 10:32 groundviews @cfhaviland Puts @AkbarMEA's assurances (made before this incident) of safe passage for them under scrutiny. #lka #srilanka 04/09/2012 10:30 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Aftr being hounded @ Catholic shrine, #SriLanka pilgrims attacked as travel by bus in #TamilNadu #India http://t.co/RTbF ... 04/09/2012 10:29 groundviews Via http://t.co/cVFnaGkL In response to a media query on the... http://t.co/GMjKOe3Q 04/09/2012 10:28 groundviews RT @Panhinda: RT @akbarmea: #India responds to #SriLanka's travel advisory. http://t.co/AtQiVp7W #lka 04/09/2012 10:28 groundviews @AkbarMEA Sorry, just to be clear - that's 200k from #srilanka to India over 2011? Thought Indians coming to #lka greater. 04/09/2012 10:24 groundviews @SNSalgado @adaderana @dinidu And http://t.co/78QuL3wK. Thanks. 04/09/2012 10:23 groundviews RT @CTBreak: Sri Lankan Pilgrims' Buses Attacked Again In Tamil Nadu http://t.co/pBFv7yT6 #lka 04/09/2012 10:22 groundviews What the devil? | The 5 buses carrying pilgrims from #lka to Trichy airport have been attacked, says @adaderana SMS update #srilanka 04/09/2012 09:49 groundviews @firstpostin on our report looking at disappearances in #srilanka | A ‘disappearance’ every five days: report http://t.co/5GWqHLcU #lka 04/09/2012 09:42 groundviews Sri Lanka’s civil war may have ended in 2009, but peace still eludes many of its citizens. Already under fire... http://t.co/z4RCK0i0 04/09/2012 09:22 groundviews @Joviarul Realised why we missed it - helpful to put that descriptive text when you post, so that readers get an idea of video content! :) 04/09/2012 09:15 groundviews @Joviarul Brill. 04/09/2012 09:14 groundviews RT @SNSalgado: Lankan pilgrims to be flown back on special flight http://t.co/s43S6hza #TamilNadu #India #Politics #SL #LKA 04/09/2012 09:14 groundviews RT @HalikAzeez: From having travel warnings issued against us to now issuing travel warnings against others (Thamilnadu) #lka has come a ... 04/09/2012 09:08 groundviews @Joviarul You should request to join the FUTA FB group page and post this video up there as well - https://t.co/Ac4TZaqN #lka #srilanka 04/09/2012 09:07 groundviews RT @Joviarul: Academic Action on the State of Higher #Education http://t.co/24MmdJna @6percentforedu @theyrc @SLcampaign #Sri Lanka #lka ... 04/09/2012 09:04 groundviews @teearuna @slcj_journalism From 9 years ago & still relevant | Suicide Sensitive Journalism Handbook http://t.co/jtvEmFPU via @CPASL #lka 04/09/2012 09:00 groundviews RT @SarongJohnnie: Today, Colombo is a divided city - between those who love the rain and those who don't. #lka 04/09/2012 08:51 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: Very important piece > A disappearance every five days in post-war Sri Lanka.http://t.co/MpFK6X6I via @groundviews 04/09/2012 07:59 groundviews @francesharris0n Just a small correction - Bashana's not Down Under, as noted in the report as well. 04/09/2012 07:43 groundviews RT @SaskiaFernando: Artist Chandraguptha Thenuwara, who exhibits his work this month in a show with Jagath Weerasinghe, speaks to YA... ... 04/09/2012 06:54 groundviews @benzo12s Thanks. 04/09/2012 06:54 groundviews Life in post-war Jaffna (video) http://t.co/MwpiaYRz #lka #srilanka Related story at http://t.co/VUzAFF16 @lankasol 04/09/2012 06:04 groundviews In conversation with Chandraguptha Thenuwara: Art, politics and education in Sri Lanka: Chandragupta Thenuwara i... http://t.co/k2xBPSTs 04/09/2012 05:49 groundviews Celebrated artist Chandraguptha Thenuwara talks about importance of FUTA's agitation over education http://t.co/jdJuHKkU #lka #srilanka 04/09/2012 05:47 groundviews Chandragupta Thenuwara is one of Sri Lanka’s best known artists. As noted online, he is the director of the... http://t.co/iBlssUgt 04/09/2012 05:45 groundviews In conversation with Chandraguptha Thenuwara: Art, politics and education in #srilanka http://t.co/jdJuHKkU @6percentforedu @theyrc #lka 04/09/2012 02:31 groundviews @rkguruparan An insult to everyone from or close to Matara, rest assured. 04/09/2012 02:30 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Former BBC correspondent's book on the final war in Sri Lanka RT @francesharris0n: one month till my book #sctd is out ... 04/09/2012 02:29 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: CBK is on a visit to Jaffna. http://t.co/FD1yXru5 Don't think she was ever in J during her 10 yr presidency #lka #Tamil 04/09/2012 01:10 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Well Said! The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : A dangerous game http://t.co/ZL2zFMrS 04/09/2012 01:03 groundviews RT @benzo12s: @indica @Groundviews Sri Lanakan Christian pilgrims attacked in Tamil Nadu, seek safety in church http://t.co/RWdccj7s 03/09/2012 16:44 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: We know Rajapakse regime is becoming dictatorial but still #Shame on #Jayalalitha for dragging citizens of #lka to cater ... 03/09/2012 16:18 groundviews @SriLanka @rkkrishnan Tend to agree, but clearly #lka's MEA would have calculated fallout, also given planned visit of MR to India? 03/09/2012 16:13 groundviews @RKKrishnan @philiprajamohan @srilanka Bloody opportunist! :) Though fare reductions to India in general greatly appreciated. 03/09/2012 16:12 groundviews @philiprajamohan @rkkrishnan @srilanka Not sure, but @lankasol suggests a shot at Jayalalithaa https://t.co/O5phTHSb 03/09/2012 16:11 groundviews @RKKrishnan @srilanka Indeed. 03/09/2012 16:09 groundviews @RKKrishnan @srilanka Suspected as much. Interesting how this will pan out then, in the days to come. 03/09/2012 16:05 groundviews @lankasol May well be, but wonder how Centre will react, also in light of impending visit of Big Kahuna. 03/09/2012 16:01 groundviews @RKKrishnan @srilanka See https://t.co/FTfkEVst Can't recall a similar advisory in history of diplomatic relations? Even in 80s? Can you? 03/09/2012 16:00 groundviews RT @RKKrishnan: @SriLanka About 200 #lka pilgrims were held up near a church near #Tiruchi coz of a protest. Police dispersed, and r giv ... 03/09/2012 16:00 groundviews RT @MelGuna: #SriLanka foreign ministry advises nationals to avoid #India's Tamil Nadu following rising number of intimidation #lka 03/09/2012 15:59 groundviews Is this unprecedented? Sri Lanka's government advises all nationals to desist from visiting Tamil Nadu until... http://t.co/k3rs85Jm 03/09/2012 15:57 groundviews #lka Govt asks all nationals to desist from visiting Tamil Nadu until further notice. Travel to all other states ok. http://t.co/n6lskcuf 03/09/2012 14:59 groundviews May we just say that it's for repartee's like this that we dig Obama | https://t.co/oXhKUP6M Clint just lost his glint. @USEmbSL 03/09/2012 14:53 groundviews So far in 2012, 2992 Sri Lankans have arrived by boat on Australian shores, compared with 211 in 2011. Another... http://t.co/u2qbn0Vt 03/09/2012 14:32 groundviews @7piliers @socialbakers Total number already increased by over a thousand. http://t.co/UXgecCjJ 03/09/2012 14:30 groundviews RT @7piliers: Detailed statistics #Facebook users in #SriLanka - 74th highest in the world http://t.co/OQtuosf7 via @socialbakers 03/09/2012 14:29 groundviews Big increase in number of Sri Lankans putting to sea http://t.co/kfVi9naU #lka #srilanka @sunili @SharnelleVella 03/09/2012 14:29 groundviews RT @dr_sam_pari: Exiled #SriLanka journos say #Australia Oppositn statmts false;say ethnic strife is still rampant http://t.co/LXVjZ8Eb ... 03/09/2012 14:22 groundviews Bizarre | http://t.co/HCCByt0q site totally blank on privacy policy, terms of use & disclaimer! #lka #SRILANKA http://t.co/TrMk8M3k 03/09/2012 14:11 groundviews Sri Lanka shuts sole refinery after pipeline damage http://t.co/tMCcdnL6 #lka #srilanka 03/09/2012 14:07 groundviews @mbmrameez @apelankawe Been speaking to parents we know whose children sat for exam. Kids are distraught and don't want to sit exam again. 03/09/2012 14:06 groundviews @mbmrameez Cheers. 03/09/2012 14:03 groundviews @mbmrameez @apelankawe Thanks. What is the news source? 03/09/2012 13:31 groundviews Interested in talking with someone who can help develop equivalent of EPNewsHub for #lka's political tweeps http://t.co/pZzgCbNs #srilanka 03/09/2012 12:54 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Anxious parents in #SriLanka wait for daughter Vasanthamala 2 weeks aftr she #disappeared. Confusing messags frm authori ... 03/09/2012 12:54 groundviews @cfhaviland Almost impossible to rein in people who reign. 03/09/2012 12:53 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #SriLanka faces Universal Periodic Review on its #HumanRights record on November 1st. Will perpetrators of #disappearanc ... 03/09/2012 12:21 groundviews Statement from the Citizens’ Commission on the Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern Province http://t.co/e6AUqYsm #lka #srilanka @lankasol 03/09/2012 12:01 groundviews Surely, this can't be right? | President Refuses To Pay Lawyers For Housemaid On Death Row http://t.co/YvL88Tn1 #lka #srilanka 03/09/2012 07:15 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Where is Vasanthamala? Young woman in N #SriLanka, disappeared since Aug 21. Told parents was held by CID. @groundviews ... 03/09/2012 02:04 groundviews In late July 2012, the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) released in Tamil, Sinhala and English, three... http://t.co/BJt9d1EC 03/09/2012 02:03 groundviews REMINDER: A range of content to combat growing surveillance and censorship of online content in #srilanka http://t.co/zqieU5xU #lka 03/09/2012 01:56 groundviews @NalakaG What GL may realise, the likes of the Rajapaksa brothers and Mervyn Silva might not. 03/09/2012 01:47 groundviews FOE Online in Sri Lanka | Videos for activists now on YouTube http://t.co/OwT7oo82 #lka #srilanka via @vikalpavoices 03/09/2012 01:21 groundviews Manel Tampoe: Perceptive Chronicler of Sri Lanka’s DDT Generation: One of the earliest photos of Manel Tampoe, a... http://t.co/8BJVSDCS 03/09/2012 01:16 groundviews FUTA launches its own YouTube channel http://t.co/7zU705uU @6percentforedu #lka #srilanka 03/09/2012 00:58 groundviews Manel was working on another book at the time of her death: on the history of conservation in Sri Lanka, where had... http://t.co/kvJmsE5t 03/09/2012 00:56 groundviews Manel Tampoe: Perceptive Chronicler of Sri Lanka’s DDT Generation http://t.co/1rjlrCqA by @NalakaG #srilanka #lka 02/09/2012 15:19 groundviews Hitting where it hurts | Sri Lankan minister rushes to UK over travel advisory http://t.co/vZW9lSk1 #lka #srilanka 02/09/2012 14:53 groundviews A film to see, that's deeply resonant in #srilanka too | The Act of Killing http://t.co/9BQ1PUcc #indonesia #lka 02/09/2012 14:14 groundviews Hard talking art http://t.co/nxu2JNiG by @anukshi in @CeylonToday #lka #srilanka See http://t.co/YxSOVMtm for details. Exhibition till 15th. 02/09/2012 14:10 groundviews But Mediated is more than just information visualization. Although all four artists were supported by hard data,... http://t.co/7xhuXWjn 02/09/2012 14:07 groundviews RT @7piliers: Article on #FoodSecurity #SriLanka -Facing an Uncertain Future http://t.co/lgRSdeAh via @groundviews 02/09/2012 07:52 groundviews RT @benzo12s: @groundviews Australian Government should return boats to Sri Lanka, says Opposition http://t.co/UBrxFU8P 02/09/2012 07:51 groundviews @benzo12s Just reading that article. Thanks. 02/09/2012 05:53 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: #srilankan asylum-seekers in custody in Indonesia | Radio Netherlands Worldwide http://t.co/eR8jhMO8 #lka 02/09/2012 03:39 groundviews @NalakaG Quite! 02/09/2012 02:33 groundviews Facing an Uncertain Future: A ‘non-suba anagathayak’: Photo courtesy Bindaas Madhavi While the so-called ‘rulers... http://t.co/9ZSrgVPG 02/09/2012 02:31 groundviews RT @TMnY: Those driving back to Colombo from the East- avoid Habarana road via sigiriya. Under construction and potential 2 hour delay c ... 02/09/2012 02:25 groundviews We could not help but give a belly laugh. Who are the traitors now?! | Govt. to cooperate with UNHRC http://t.co/f9xJbfC2 #lka #srilanka 02/09/2012 02:24 groundviews Being seen as a Chinese pawn can damage Sri Lanka at multiple levels. For instance Lanka can become a... http://t.co/z1ZCw9t0 02/09/2012 02:19 groundviews Facing an Uncertain Future: A ‘non-suba anagathayak’ http://t.co/Ae6QH0MC #lka #srilanka 02/09/2012 02:18 groundviews While the so-called ‘rulers’ prance about in their hubris, ignoring the global events that will also affect us,... http://t.co/zNsgEvt4 02/09/2012 01:53 groundviews At five critical junctures in Sri Lanka’s current education system – primary school admission, the Grade Five... http://t.co/H2ObZ5If 02/09/2012 01:52 groundviews Whither education? http://t.co/jKALN564 #lka #srilanka @theyrc @lankasol @6percentforedu 01/09/2012 16:12 groundviews RT @gopiharan: #TweetupSL 3 photos by @dialoglk https://t.co/u85CHmRK #lka 01/09/2012 15:16 groundviews RT @Info_Activism: Mediated: Expressing hard data and theory through art and information visualisation via @tlongers tlongers https://t. ... 01/09/2012 15:15 groundviews RT @janehenrici: On view in Sri Lanka: RT @Info_Activism: Mediated: Hard data & theory thru art & info visuals via @tlongers htt ... 01/09/2012 15:14 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: An #Iran agency on #SriLanka Prez Rajapaksa's visit 2 Tehran: Iran lauds SL resisting "colonialism, domineering powers" ... 01/09/2012 15:01 groundviews Quite frankly, the last Daily Show on the RNC is essential viewing. Tremendous insight, awesome satire http://t.co/8Vf8GZ88 @USEmbSL 01/09/2012 12:50 groundviews @DMbreakingnews Bet the report will never be finalised, made public and MSM won't follow up http://t.co/bk3IzcSR #lka #srilanka 01/09/2012 12:23 groundviews @Joviarul @youngasiatv Sorry but thought someone else wrote this. Episode is sadly a PSA for Govt. PSB needs to critique, not just commend. 01/09/2012 10:12 groundviews RT @UNSriLanka: #Malaria Nearly Eliminated in #SriLanka Despite Decades of #Conflict | @ReliefWeb http://t.co/C6h1fDg9 Source: Universit ... 01/09/2012 09:21 groundviews @Joviarul @youngasiatv What about privacy, access to footage, retention period & context? Has it helped stem http://t.co/bdKRkeIO #lka 01/09/2012 09:08 groundviews @Joviarul @youngasiatv "The Police Department is now better equipped to make Colombo free." Who writes this drivel at YATV? #lka #srilanka 01/09/2012 04:06 groundviews @MelGuna We stand corrected. It appears the site now mirrors the Foreign Minister. Thanks. 01/09/2012 01:21 groundviews Screen grab of MEA website related to last tweet. #lka #srilanka http://t.co/Nh9hUlGt 01/09/2012 01:20 groundviews #lka Ministry of External Affairs website now reflects our foreign policy - it's dysfunctional. @MelGuna loading for you? #srilanka 01/09/2012 01:09 groundviews @Apelankawe @usembsl State Dept travel advisory has no restrictions on US citizens entering Sudan http://t.co/jNxhJFfn 31/08/2012 17:45 groundviews Pot Needs to Call the Kettle Black http://t.co/XJ9psYGV #lka #srilanka #india 31/08/2012 17:44 groundviews Sri Lanka may have ended its armed conflict, but for its wounds to really heal, it needs to correct both its past... http://t.co/tw9V1jn7 31/08/2012 13:26 groundviews Sri Lanka Group Wins 2012 Water Prize For ‘More Crop Per Drop’ http://t.co/NV40fYGb #lka #srilanka 31/08/2012 12:03 groundviews Via @amnesty, a comprehensive critique of #lka's LLRC Action Plan http://t.co/Sl6EtOvL #srilanka @lankasol 31/08/2012 11:56 groundviews @pollyinthecity Trust you've read detailed critique of LLRC Action Plan by @CPASL http://t.co/ykp9pLA5 31/08/2012 11:54 groundviews If the Government of Sri Lanka fails to end the cycle of impunity in Sri Lanka the UN must be prepared to... http://t.co/75fLo7pt 31/08/2012 11:52 groundviews Indonesia rescues 43 Sri Lankans adrift for 9 days http://t.co/Sl6EtOvL #lka #srilanka 31/08/2012 11:52 groundviews @pollyinthecity Thanks. 31/08/2012 11:52 groundviews RT @pollyinthecity: Here's why #SriLanka National Plan of Action to implement #LLRC recs needs fixing http://t.co/ONOXFfek @groundviews #lka 31/08/2012 10:57 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: Demise of Mahanayake of Ramanna Nikaya Most Venerable Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thera is a Great Loss for #lka Was a beaco ... 31/08/2012 10:56 groundviews RT @adaderana: Pakistan arrests mastermind of Lankan team attack http://t.co/XOCyyj5K #lka #srilanka 31/08/2012 10:56 groundviews @cfhaviland @dmbreakingnews Charles, perhaps an interview with the Police spox or IGP is on the cards? Highly doubt local media will ask. 31/08/2012 10:55 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: "50,000 arrested since start July" says #SriLanka police chief acc. to @DMbreakingnews. Where R they now? Prompt trials ... 31/08/2012 10:54 groundviews @ACF_France @chetcutipauline Est la présentation disponible sur le web / sur l'internet en Anglais? Merci. 31/08/2012 10:48 groundviews Lawyer says detained Oceanic Viking translator is being 'punished' http://t.co/LGZCRsUR #lka #srilanka 31/08/2012 01:27 groundviews But toppling the government, Nirmal Ranjith, the FUTA president, laughs, “is not our business”. Now Mr Rajapaksa... http://t.co/tRy5scc2 31/08/2012 01:23 groundviews Excellent read | Sri Lanka’s universities http://t.co/DzzI9BNk #lka #srilanka @theyrc @lankasol via @TheEconomist 30/08/2012 18:53 groundviews A disappearance every five days in post-war Sri Lanka: Photo courtesy WSWS On 21st at 2.31pm, August 2012, 32 ye... http://t.co/N1u5JHqM 30/08/2012 18:14 groundviews The critical issue remains that the MoD itself admits that 38 abductions (including those foiled) took place in... http://t.co/fC9mg9l0 30/08/2012 18:13 groundviews Damning response to #srilanka's MoD and Gotabaya Rajapaksa | A disappearance every 5 days in post-war Sri Lanka http://t.co/bdKRkeIO #lka 30/08/2012 15:47 groundviews 2. Paying over 7 times more for SLT ADSL package, which offers at best 1/10 the speed. Something CAA and TRC should be concerned over #lka 30/08/2012 15:47 groundviews 1. For once, marketing seems (for now) to match reality. Etisalat's DC-HSPA+ speeds are fastest we've ever got in #lka http://t.co/1ozHLQzu 30/08/2012 15:34 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Look at the boat, scary MT @ABRFOTO Aussie surfers find stricken asylum seekers http://t.co/ktfxuyrU … #lka #srilanka #ref ... 30/08/2012 15:34 groundviews RT @iam_project: With Sri Lankan Portuguese Burgher and French roots meet Sister Irene Barthelôt a celebration of diversity #lka elders ... 30/08/2012 13:03 groundviews The Disappeared in Sri Lanka: Photo from HRW A speech made today at a Vigil to Remember the Disappeared in Sri L... http://t.co/j4E8pRYh 30/08/2012 12:58 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: if you go by #lka Gov's lame logic to stop Munneswaram on extremists' rqst, even chicken farms, beef stalls need to close ... 30/08/2012 12:37 groundviews The protection of human rights requires action, not words. Ensuring that those responsible for torture and... http://t.co/Tjm1wnqh 30/08/2012 12:33 groundviews The Disappeared in Sri Lanka http://t.co/nL91bRZE #lka #srilanka 30/08/2012 07:34 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: First, Gov didnt take action against #Extremists attacking mosques, now Hindu Temple ritual stopped, Next Haj Festival? # ... 30/08/2012 07:34 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Animal Sacrificing event will not take place this year bec of Presidents request says Cheif Priest of Munneshwaran Kovil ... 30/08/2012 07:04 groundviews RT @30StreetStudio: Meet (and support!) Sri Lanka's Paralympic Athletes competing at @London2012 http://t.co/rFcBGmeW #SriLanka #London2012 30/08/2012 06:39 groundviews Why not crowdsource funding? Suspect lots will pitch in? | #lka's Paralympians face resources challenge http://t.co/XDcwlJGe #srilanka 30/08/2012 05:50 groundviews This really is a debacle | Harsha slams SEC appointments http://t.co/VRfNPRUr #lka #srilanka @MelGuna 30/08/2012 05:47 groundviews RT @dinidu: In Vavuniya, hundreds of loved ones of disappeared gather, calling out for their kin to be found. #lka 30/08/2012 03:05 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Ships search for survivors - boat with 150 asylum seekers sinks off Indonesia @AP #SRILANKA http://t.co/6oorVTF3 30/08/2012 01:20 groundviews Cartoon of the day from Daily Mirror. http://t.co/KNFVLpgD 29/08/2012 13:40 groundviews Quaint instructions for accessing official Govt docs online, from mid-90's http://t.co/sqnrX0XF Amazing page is still there. #lka #srilanka 29/08/2012 13:19 groundviews @DatelineSBS Dateline programme on #srilanka's refugee outflows now on YouTube https://t.co/keWAk1jG #lka #srilanka 29/08/2012 12:49 groundviews RT @colombotelegrap: #lka #Rajapaksafamily| The One And Only Family http://t.co/GPzvvHov 29/08/2012 12:45 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Heavy, heavy rain in Colombo, but is it reaching #drought -hit areas, filling parched reservoirs, refreshing withered cr ... 29/08/2012 12:43 groundviews @SNSalgado @lankasol Good stuff isn't it? Some bottles of arrack around is all that's missing. 29/08/2012 12:37 groundviews We were sent this song this morning. Good stuff. | Sinhala Bells http://t.co/hl331iqb #lka #srilanka @lankasol 29/08/2012 10:39 groundviews "coming by boat is not a way that the Australian Government will tolerate" says Chris Bowen, Min for Immigration http://t.co/zgqM1xMP #lka 29/08/2012 09:15 groundviews Tamilnet again freely accessible on Etisalat. #srilanka has yet to embrace systematic extra-legal blocking of websites! http://t.co/gmRpWlhP 29/08/2012 09:07 groundviews Etisalat DC-HSPA+ speed test from Flower Road, Col 7 http://t.co/PxnLx1hh #lka #srilanka 29/08/2012 04:05 groundviews Getting some truly amazing submissions to the Hint Fiction project today. Wonderful reading. http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 #lka #srilanka 29/08/2012 03:23 groundviews @mhmhisham The Big Kahuna. 29/08/2012 02:09 groundviews @mhmhisham One wonders whether the man genuinely believes what he says? Numerous reports strongly suggest he is in cocoon #lka #srilanka 29/08/2012 02:07 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: "My son's life&death are used for political propaganda. Justice denied!"~Kalista Mariyadas (55),mother of Dilroks ... 29/08/2012 02:02 groundviews Open letter to Mark Davis, presenter of SBS Dateline on ‘Sri Lanka’s New Wave’: [Editors note: Watch SBS Datelin... http://t.co/J8TsRMId 29/08/2012 01:59 groundviews Open letter to Mark Davis, presenter of SBS Dateline on ‘Sri Lanka’s New Wave’, via... http://t.co/sxCU2eVj 29/08/2012 01:58 groundviews Open letter to Mark Davis, presenter of SBS Dateline on ‘Sri Lanka’s New Wave’ Via... http://t.co/RYNM4D0E 29/08/2012 01:35 groundviews Open letter to Mark Davis, presenter of @DatelineSBS on ‘Sri Lanka’s New Wave’ http://t.co/xfaDYnGZ @SharnelleVella #lka #srilanka 28/08/2012 19:21 groundviews Wanted: Sri Lanka hangman. Very light work. Only males need apply http://t.co/SdI3uppG #lka #srilanka 28/08/2012 14:32 groundviews Why are asylum seekers from Sri Lanka turning up on boats in Australian waters in ever increasing numbers?... http://t.co/teDUoG6q 28/08/2012 14:30 groundviews @DatelineSBS Thanks - was just going to tweet it. Looking forward to watching. SMS updates from viewers Down Under say it was very good. 28/08/2012 14:30 groundviews RT @DatelineSBS: @Groundviews All tonight's #DatelineSBS #SriLanka stories are now available to watch online... http://t.co/Bnp5xl7j 28/08/2012 12:33 groundviews RT @Nirmanusan: Shining Light on #SriLanka's Dirty Secret: the #Disappearance of #Prageeth Eknaligoda http://t.co/AhYhRhH2 #humanrights 28/08/2012 12:29 groundviews The violent civil unrest in Sri Lanka may be over, but the post-war freedom that people expected still hasn’t... http://t.co/R9Vv0TLD 28/08/2012 12:25 groundviews @SharnelleVella Of course! Online censorship also figment of our imagination. We are 100% fabricating all this - http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj #lka 28/08/2012 12:18 groundviews @DatelineSBS Hearing from @SharnelleVella who is watching the programme live that it's very good. Looking forward to web stream. 28/08/2012 08:07 groundviews Photos from the opening of Mediated https://t.co/CTvaGarc Exhibition details here http://t.co/YxSOVMtm Please go & see #lka #srilanka 28/08/2012 07:17 groundviews Handbook on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) in Tamil. Via... http://t.co/SU9SJRxO 28/08/2012 07:12 groundviews In July, published, unpublished, casual and budding writers were invited to contribute to what will be the first... http://t.co/X4sAFUEI 28/08/2012 07:10 groundviews 40 stories more: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction - http://t.co/1hDnJjcz #lka #srilanka Please write in and share! 28/08/2012 06:09 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #Tamil prisoner from Colombo jail "in coma, with ear bandaged, critical, hospitalised" says @ManoGanesan MP. Ministry co ... 28/08/2012 06:09 groundviews RT @WHOASriLawi: "French kissing the Buddha" - on the scandal, hypocrisy and impunity of religion. A very good read http://t.co/hEY5cNne ... 28/08/2012 05:15 groundviews @DatelineSBS Excellent, thanks so much. 28/08/2012 03:02 groundviews When Neil Armstrong took that first ’small step’ on to the Moon, at 10.56 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 20... http://t.co/EPiE7Ezu 28/08/2012 03:02 groundviews A Child of Apollo Salutes His First Hero: Remembering Neil Armstrong http://t.co/K9bjd2l9 by @NalakaG #lka #srilanka 28/08/2012 02:06 groundviews Animal sacrifice row again in Sri Lanka http://t.co/ulw5w13a #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 22:04 groundviews A Child of Apollo Salutes His First Hero: Remembering Neil Armstrong: Apollo 11 bootprint When Neil Armstrong to... http://t.co/l66gjVeh 27/08/2012 18:27 groundviews I am not a Sinhalese-only president says Mahinda Rajapaksa http://t.co/nDlwrTzq We believe Lee Kwan Yew http://t.co/rXEyOoxP #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 18:21 groundviews Rural entrepreneurship in post-war Sri Lanka: Jobs for youth and ICTs: Her day job aside, Sandya Salgado is a Di... http://t.co/ImWfDQlT 27/08/2012 18:16 groundviews Her day job aside, Sandya Salgado is a Director of the Foundation for Advancing Rural Opportunity and approached... http://t.co/26bwLgTi 27/08/2012 18:13 groundviews Rural entrepreneurship in post-war Sri Lanka: Jobs for youth and ICTs http://t.co/R04qSz0K #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 17:22 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: "Women are forced to take up sex work in former war zones to feed their families"~activist from the East. #Livelihood ... 27/08/2012 14:45 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: "How many women died in war?;How many women were raped?;How many women have disappeared?.We need to know"~Dr.Nimalka ... 27/08/2012 14:45 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: "Statistics reveal accountability. Statistics play a part in reconciliation"~Dr.Nimalka Fernando. #PostWar #Reconcili ... 27/08/2012 12:32 groundviews Inside Huawei, the Chinese tech giant that's rattling nerves in DC http://t.co/GCzfvQwh Also read http://t.co/A8quoRGV #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 12:16 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Total number of MPs from Northern province drops from 16 to 11 following post-war update of electoral register http://t ... 27/08/2012 11:36 groundviews RT @samarajiva: Serial incompetence in #SriLanka education requires rethinking of delivery mechanisms not policy investigations of imagi ... 27/08/2012 11:36 groundviews @adaderana Arrant madness - for how long can an inept Govt claim 'conspiracies', local & international, as reason for current chaos? #lka 27/08/2012 11:33 groundviews @GCSCoughlan @peacepalace @richardwalker7 Also read French kissing the Buddha https://t.co/uxUEqOEH #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 11:32 groundviews @YaldaHakim @datelinesbs Will this programme be available online for viewers outside of Australia? 27/08/2012 11:32 groundviews RT @YaldaHakim: RT @datelinesbs: Why increase in #asylumseekers leaving #SriLanka for #Australia? Watch tomorrow #DatelineSBS special... 27/08/2012 11:30 groundviews RT @theyrc: Govt. should change its priorities viz. #education & #highereducation: Interview with Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri- http: ... 27/08/2012 06:21 groundviews Public Perceptions of the LLRC in Trincomalee: Photo credit JDS President Mahinda Rajapaksha appointed the Lesso... http://t.co/sCugeeTc 27/08/2012 05:40 groundviews Good stuff! | Asking Strangers About Sri Lanka! http://t.co/AvZauAl0 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 27/08/2012 05:35 groundviews Public Perceptions of the LLRC in Trincomalee http://t.co/lPuy76Wp #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 05:34 groundviews This commission was supposed to achieve truth and reconciliation, however, evidence shows that it hasn’t achieved... http://t.co/aPlT31VJ 27/08/2012 05:19 groundviews Still no sign of LLRC Final Report in Sinhala or Tamil. Does anyone know where to download from? #lka #srilanka http://t.co/5aJoIHio 27/08/2012 04:58 groundviews Livelihoods absolutely vital in northern Sri Lanka http://t.co/Bl7PuZVo #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 04:58 groundviews The best news yet | Catchment areas get rain http://t.co/JpGXgNkW #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 02:58 groundviews Japan can be Sri Lanka's liaison with West: Akashi http://t.co/bqTJF08j #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 02:45 groundviews A-Z of Sri Lankan English: U is for up http://t.co/CkAeuNNc #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 02:45 groundviews The verb cope up is one which divides opinion: is it acceptable Sri Lankan English, or simply an error? It is... http://t.co/x2xjvctQ 27/08/2012 02:44 groundviews A-Z of Sri Lankan English: U is for up: The verb cope up is one which divides opinion: is it acceptable Sri Lank... http://t.co/MCxUAsd9 27/08/2012 02:42 groundviews For at least a week, we hope | Norochcholai finally repaired http://t.co/Kj3meNYK #lka #srilanka 27/08/2012 01:43 groundviews So glad pact.lk is now back online. Archived full site for offline access https://t.co/y9V0NJVw @cepaSL @TMnY #lka #srilanka 26/08/2012 16:24 groundviews Same ineptitude reflected in #srilanka | After Violence in #India, a Crackdown Online http://t.co/9eM99nbu #lka See http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj 26/08/2012 16:16 groundviews More good news for #srilanka's foreign investment | Sri Lanka stock market roiled by scandal http://t.co/iU6ApOko #Lka 26/08/2012 14:34 groundviews #lka Govt says we are in middle of power crisis. This is High Level Road, around 8.50am today. Conservation #fail http://t.co/oA2856V9 26/08/2012 11:33 groundviews A country which cancels compulsory English and IT courses for its new university entrants but compels them to... http://t.co/skbD2qHv 26/08/2012 11:30 groundviews @HalikAzeez @anushwij See http://t.co/YxSOVMtm and please go take a look in person. 26/08/2012 11:26 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Oil re-leaking frm sunk ship #SriLanka since Sat eve: marine #environment head Samaratunga. But spill minor/5 places fin ... 26/08/2012 11:15 groundviews RT @SaskiaFernando: Sanjana Hattotuwa, curator of SFG's show, opening this week, writes about how the show came together and hints at... ... 26/08/2012 02:34 groundviews VERIFY & INVESTIGATE THIS STORY: UN exposes use of cluster munitions in Vanni War [TamilNet, Thursday, 23 August... http://t.co/r7cStsnP 26/08/2012 02:31 groundviews What is @UNSriLanka's response to this news article? | #UN exposes use of cluster munitions in Vanni War #lka #srilanka http://t.co/5N3IcTX8 26/08/2012 02:27 groundviews Cluster munitions laws inadequate, say activists http://t.co/qDWGZr74 26/08/2012 02:25 groundviews RT @7piliers: @UNSriLanka : source of information on what # humanitarian # development work @UN #UnitedNations & partners are doing ... 26/08/2012 02:24 groundviews RT @theyrc: #futa is now on twitter. follow @6percentforedu for regular updates on its trade union action. #srilanka #lka #university crisis 26/08/2012 02:24 groundviews RT @rangi_fern: An act of negligence can have widespread consequences. This oil spill could/should have been prevented. #SriLanka 26/08/2012 02:20 groundviews Sri Lanka intercepts 98 boatpeople headed for Australia http://t.co/AmJMjHHd #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella 26/08/2012 02:10 groundviews Mahinda Chintanaya works! | Around 40 politicos, mainly from govt. ranks on the mat http://t.co/Q0uGyac4 #lka #srilanka 25/08/2012 19:48 groundviews French kissing the Buddha http://t.co/Bj4tWeU8 #lka #srilanka @Melaniegouby 25/08/2012 19:48 groundviews The same JHU that rightfully calls the photos by the French uncivilised is revealingly silent over the... http://t.co/j2dHxpiG 25/08/2012 10:22 groundviews @yamulk basically does what the organisers should have in 1st place | #Colombo Music Festival (Day 2) http://t.co/cgd6FGxE #lka #srilanka 25/08/2012 10:00 groundviews Sri Lanka seeks fair assessment of its human rights record http://t.co/e7L9FV7W #lka #srilanka 25/08/2012 09:58 groundviews But silencing critics is younger brother's forte? | Elections will silence critics: Lankan president http://t.co/UHIuaNgN #lka #srilanka 25/08/2012 09:57 groundviews Jayalalithaa writes to PM on training of Lankan personnel http://t.co/LWoeM54R #lka #srilanka 25/08/2012 09:57 groundviews Scabs of War and Tourism in #Colombo http://t.co/PoM8NhAf #lka #srilanka 25/08/2012 09:47 groundviews RT @milindat: Foreign #SocialMedia gurus can help you, as much as they can help you select the best Matara bath kadey in #SriLanka #fb 25/08/2012 09:47 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: Coast Conservation Department urged public to inform of oil slicks on coasts from Mt Lavinia to Negombo hotline 0718 ... 25/08/2012 09:46 groundviews Govt can't even agree on facts | DMC dismisses threat http://t.co/Psd2w1ry MEPA says otherwise http://t.co/gTg3cQet #lka #srilanka @NalakaG 25/08/2012 02:03 groundviews RT @vipulananda: #Oil slick threatens popular Sri #Lanka tourist resorts http://t.co/ATKQOBRq #LKA #Srilanka 24/08/2012 18:09 groundviews A Chinese firm which designed Sri Lanka's only coal power plant said recent repeated failures were due to... http://t.co/z4uaW5R1 24/08/2012 18:07 groundviews Chinese firm says Sri Lanka plant failed after overuse http://t.co/mPw22SPD #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 18:07 groundviews AT the next Olympics, one of the shooters selected to represent Sri Lanka could be a former sniper of the Tamil... http://t.co/idt481m9 24/08/2012 18:06 groundviews Taming the Tigers of Sri Lanka's bloody past http://t.co/Gnadd89L #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 18:03 groundviews Sri Lanka braces for oil slick http://t.co/TgyQDheE #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 16:33 groundviews About 2,000 teachers and students held a mass rally in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, a day after the... http://t.co/u7bwnKOz 24/08/2012 16:31 groundviews Sri Lanka students and academics rally over education http://t.co/ThxNHLia #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 15:29 groundviews RT @sajahq: 2 survive to tell of Sri Lankan abduction squads http://t.co/UUBoYoy4 via the AP #srilanka #lka 24/08/2012 15:07 groundviews ‘Save State Education’ in Sri Lanka: Photos and video from FUTA rally in Colombo: Image courtesy Vikalpa As note... http://t.co/jVcQC9xT 24/08/2012 14:57 groundviews FCO ignores SL and adds further warnings to travel advisory http://t.co/iWvz5Ii7 #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 14:56 groundviews Migration: New Australian refugee quota welcomed http://t.co/3IWnzqRl #lka #srilanka #australia 24/08/2012 14:25 groundviews RT @lankasol: taking a look at http://t.co/XRMhUNxh — #lka Collaborators include Ameena Hussein, Asanga Welikala, Iromi Perera, @anushwij 24/08/2012 14:24 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: London-bound tonight: #SriLanka #Paralympics team capt/High Jumper Lal Pushpa Kumara (R),Long Jumper Dumeera Maduranga h ... 24/08/2012 14:22 groundviews RT @samarajiva: More reason for downwind #SriLanka to get involved in safety monitoring of #Kalpakkam & #Kundankulam nuclear plants: ... 24/08/2012 14:21 groundviews "Three years since the war ended, the surviving young Tamils are being indefinitely detained without due process.... http://t.co/RZzpljt8 24/08/2012 14:19 groundviews RT @Nirmanusan: 'Insensitivity to atrocities reflects our moral decline' - Ruki Fernando http://t.co/19y27nsy #humanrights #Tamil #SriLanka 24/08/2012 14:19 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: President instructed the IGP not to investigate into the insults directed at him by parliamentarians & politicia ... 24/08/2012 14:19 groundviews @DMbreakingnews Magnanimous, till you realise younger brother's penchant to take care of everyone who runs afoul of family… #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 14:12 groundviews As noted in the mainstream media, “thousands of university teachers, undergraduates and trade unionists marched... http://t.co/xkkO1Tpi 24/08/2012 14:12 groundviews ‘Save State Education’ in Sri Lanka: Photos and video from FUTA rally in Colombo http://t.co/W9SZBqvp #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 13:56 groundviews @DMbreakingnews Honestly, why on earth is this news? Come on - this insults, more than informs http://t.co/paG8xCKL #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 13:50 groundviews @DushiYanthini Can you please add context to that statement? Surely she wasn't advocating greater culture of secrecy? 24/08/2012 13:41 groundviews RT @Vasugi: Higher education in Sri Lanka | School's out http://t.co/q9UXnPIi @TheEconomist on FUTA #lka 24/08/2012 13:40 groundviews The closing down of 21 universities and educational institutes was strongly criticised, even by pro-government... http://t.co/skDa7ZQP 24/08/2012 06:16 groundviews RT @bfonseka: Highly recommend all to check this out- Mediated: Portraying hard data on Sri Lanka through art http://t.co/cyImvTFv @grou ... 24/08/2012 06:14 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: With #SriLanka disapp'ces in spotlight, my March BBC piece. 1 man "beaten all over body" B4 abduction, said gov officer ... 24/08/2012 06:07 groundviews Polluting our sea, Kadirgamar re-imagined, science and gender | Groundviews - http://t.co/uuHerAdT #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 05:29 groundviews It's official then. Our Met Dept has windows to look out from | http://t.co/qU2qqLKS #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 03:48 groundviews RT @NalakaG: When goons run a country like their personal fiefdom, even feeding stray cats on roadside becomes an 'offence'! #lka http:/ ... 24/08/2012 02:58 groundviews Mediated, an exhibition around a new aesthetic that seeks to communicate constitutional theory, hard data from... http://t.co/wB66Yf6M 24/08/2012 02:58 groundviews Mediated: Portraying hard data on Sri Lanka through art: Mediated, an exhibition around a new aesthetic that see... http://t.co/vtRdcS2X 24/08/2012 02:57 groundviews Mediated: Portraying hard data on Sri Lanka through art http://t.co/YxSOVMtm #lka #srilanka @lankasol 24/08/2012 02:50 groundviews Keeping track of and railing against so many conspiracies must take its toll on the man | http://t.co/Q9HqBn97 #lka #srilanka 24/08/2012 02:50 groundviews Demands for inquiry into Sri Lanka 'white van' abductions http://t.co/m0NCb6mZ #lka #srilanka 23/08/2012 16:05 groundviews RT @anushwij: Just back from a wonderful preview/opening of Mediated at Saskia F'do Gallery. Cheers to @sanjanah for pulling me in as a ... 23/08/2012 10:23 groundviews RT @MelGuna: #SriLanka to expand #Hambantota #port with new China loans http://t.co/oUjj5Yij #lk 23/08/2012 10:15 groundviews @RukiJayaratna Again, deflection over the condemnation of the indefensible. When argument so roundly lost, rally inanity. Good luck. 23/08/2012 10:11 groundviews @RukiJayaratna We suspect you've read it, but not comprehended it fully. We hope, in the fullness of time, you do. 23/08/2012 10:07 groundviews @RukiJayaratna Balance is in flagging the hypocritical outrage over French tourists when impunity like http://t.co/Z37CZEUY is unpunished. 23/08/2012 09:58 groundviews @RukiJayaratna You don't choose to focus on Dambulla. Why? It's called "a lame, lame argument" http://t.co/k5Dm0NwQ #lka #srilanka 23/08/2012 09:54 groundviews @RukiJayaratna It's all the rage now? But where's the outrage over Dambulla? Why not put them those monks to prison too? Why condone it? 23/08/2012 09:48 groundviews @RukiJayaratna Both disrespect the Dhamma. One makes news & the law applied. The other, forgotten. To repeat, it's a national hypocrisy #lka 23/08/2012 09:45 groundviews @RukiJayaratna A "balanced view" that condones Dambulla's violence & is yet incensed by tourist behaviour reveals your & #lka's mindset. 23/08/2012 09:41 groundviews @RukiJayaratna Why double standards? Why hold tourists accountable for a behaviour & decorum our own monks don't abide by? #lka #srilanka 23/08/2012 09:39 groundviews @RukiJayaratna #srilanka jails tourists for defiling Buddhism, but allows its own brutish monks to go scot free http://t.co/JlBUmwBU #lka 23/08/2012 09:38 groundviews @RukiJayaratna Quite right. There weren't any French involved in the defiling of the Dhamma in Dambulla. National hypocrisy, no less. #lka 23/08/2012 09:33 groundviews @RukiJayaratna If you don't mean the film, bravo! You figured it out. 23/08/2012 09:32 groundviews @RukiJayaratna Keep up with the news, and the connection will be rather clear. We assume you do read the news? 23/08/2012 09:29 groundviews @RukiJayaratna Nothing, in fact. Those depicted and quoted in the article, on the other hand, clearly do. 23/08/2012 09:23 groundviews #srilanka's message to all tourists - only Sri Lankans can defile & insult the Dhamma & the Buddha http://t.co/Z37CZEUY #lka 23/08/2012 09:20 groundviews If it weren't for the future of so many, this would be farce | No English, ICT for university entrants this year http://t.co/lpfvXfU0 #lka 23/08/2012 08:21 groundviews @SriLanka @mhmhisham @usembsl @tweetupsl He's going to be airlifted in a chopper to Colombo. Possibly US made Bell. Will he boycott? 23/08/2012 07:31 groundviews @mhmhisham @usembsl @tweetupsl This can only end badly. 23/08/2012 06:11 groundviews @AzzamAmeen Claims will be made that the UN, US Embassy in Colombo and the Norwegians were the cause of ill-health. 23/08/2012 06:06 groundviews @AzzamAmeen Quite possibly an overdose of conspiracies and patriotism. 22/08/2012 23:18 groundviews http://t.co/LZuKNG9l was once freely accessible on @EtisalatSL Not anymore. Online censorship grows. #srilanka #lka http://t.co/WbtYCDmi 22/08/2012 18:38 groundviews RT @Shaahima: Just got linked to this by a friend - A #SriLankan Anthology of Hint Fiction: http://t.co/01yq1O1H Fab @groundviews initia ... 22/08/2012 18:38 groundviews @Shaahima Please consider writing in! 22/08/2012 17:56 groundviews RT @MelGuna: Two survive to tell of #SriLankan abduction squads http://t.co/hu9EHAKT #lk @groundviews 22/08/2012 17:48 groundviews Just discovered this interesting video | Sri Lanka - From Past to Present http://t.co/TIIm9wy4 #lka #srilanka Via @Kadambari 22/08/2012 17:34 groundviews Progress, à la #srilanka | Sri Lanka government shuts down universities http://t.co/C22VihOK #lka @theyrc 22/08/2012 15:52 groundviews Consumers are the real victims of blame game | Chinese designer says accusations unfair http://t.co/yePhwAP5 #lka #srilanka #china 22/08/2012 15:45 groundviews Opening tomorrow till 15th September | Mediated: Data meets Art - http://t.co/97rftvOX #lka #srilanka 22/08/2012 15:04 groundviews @mhmhisham :) Lots present at the event SMS'd us that reference! IPS luckily has @anushwij's strategic foresight for its new media work. 22/08/2012 09:37 groundviews Mediated focuses on what are often hidden facets of our lives, location and context. Four individuals – a... http://t.co/Z6xVbBbq 22/08/2012 09:35 groundviews 2 Survive to Tell of Sri Lankan Abduction Squads http://t.co/GFTA9ByS #lka #srilanka 22/08/2012 05:40 groundviews Protecting Sri Lanka’s Ocean: Sri Lanka is exposed as the worst polluter of the Indian Ocean. The new maps on hu... http://t.co/F2RtjFIN 22/08/2012 05:39 groundviews Further the effect on marine biodiversity, starting with the increased death toll to the pods of whales... http://t.co/ljrwbtJ0 22/08/2012 05:36 groundviews Protecting Sri Lanka’s Ocean http://t.co/JqzHabNQ @AmanthaP @NalakaG @ashadevos #lka #srilanka 21/08/2012 15:00 groundviews @ShaadHamid Yes. Need to just structure and update. And invite crowd to contribute too. 21/08/2012 14:50 groundviews Need to do something comparable in #srilanka | List of websites blocked in India http://t.co/K5gvrS0W #lka 21/08/2012 14:13 groundviews @USEmbSL Word. 21/08/2012 14:13 groundviews RT @USEmbSL: We’re happy to be a sponsor for the #TweetupSL 3 in #SriLanka 21/08/2012 14:04 groundviews While scientists probe causes and solutions in earnest, the government and voluntary organisations can... http://t.co/SRMNKRX6 21/08/2012 14:04 groundviews As has been argued, women do have a role to play in peace building and do so as the circumstances demand. However,... http://t.co/CUki9wEW 21/08/2012 14:03 groundviews LONG READ | Do women play a role in Sri Lanka’s ‘reconciliation’?: Gender dynamics in the transition from war to peace http://t.co/NZ3cVihd 21/08/2012 14:03 groundviews Science and Politics of Mass Kidney Failure in Sri Lanka http://t.co/KpWTC6pw via @NalakaG #lka #srilanka 20/08/2012 22:30 groundviews Do women play a role in Sri Lanka’s ‘reconciliation’?: Gender dynamics in the transition from war to peace: A mo... http://t.co/62pYGIhe 20/08/2012 21:24 groundviews Wonder why no MSM or Govt officials met our athletes coming back from Olympics? That they tried their best needs to be recognised? #lka 20/08/2012 19:25 groundviews RT @British_Airways: New route: Colombo, Sri Lanka, from Gatwick from 31 March 2013. The 777 service will run 3 times a week. Booking fr ... 20/08/2012 11:56 groundviews In pictures: War-ravaged Sri Lanka http://t.co/o1yr7rFP via @cfhaviland #lka #srilanka @ABRFOTO @Gemunua 20/08/2012 11:55 groundviews @cfhaviland Thanks! 20/08/2012 11:47 groundviews RT @CeylonToday: IMF Concerned Over The Resignation Of SL SEC Head: The International Monetary Fund on Monday rai... http://t.co/mDjckc7 ... 20/08/2012 11:47 groundviews RT @vipulananda: Sri #Lanka #GDP to reach $100bn soon — Central Bank Governor http://t.co/mdisvQHI #LKA #LK #srilanka #rupee 20/08/2012 11:34 groundviews @cfhaviland Charlie, that link doesn't go to your photos anymore - do you have direct URL? Thanks. 20/08/2012 11:34 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: War aftermath in NE #SriLanka: my pictures. http://t.co/xzaFCIJJ http://t.co/a1rSYFFM #lka 20/08/2012 11:32 groundviews @womenandmedia Clearly Jehan's smoking something very good. 20/08/2012 11:29 groundviews RT @anushwij: a sneak preview of my editorial in the forthcoming edition of @TalkEconomicsSL Digest | ‘It’s All About Jobs’ http://t.co/ ... 20/08/2012 11:27 groundviews Rather condescending? | Women MPs wanted a lesser quota than him http://t.co/cL8vesHm #lka #srilanka @womenandmedia 20/08/2012 11:19 groundviews #India upset over prime plot in #Colombo being sold to #China http://t.co/RoufJzKQ #lka #srilanka 20/08/2012 09:18 groundviews @TimesOnlineLK Heard him at TED 2011. Engaging speaker. Sadly, not a single mainstream media institution in #lka is close to AJ's model. 20/08/2012 09:13 groundviews RT @SriLanka: Do we need THIS? #GoSL to set up 8 domestic airports at Rs.750m. #Srilanka is 122 on the List of countries and dependencie ... 20/08/2012 09:11 groundviews The simple sentences six-year-old Minadi writes on paper should delight her mother. Instead, Vilasini Wakwella... http://t.co/aykdRbf5 20/08/2012 09:09 groundviews A moving piece by @AmanthaP | A Plea to a Pirate http://t.co/ApvjyyjJ #lka #srilanka 20/08/2012 09:02 groundviews @TMnY Photo please? @cfhaviland 20/08/2012 09:02 groundviews RT @TMnY: Neelan Thiruchelvam mural is visible again. Curiouser and curiouser. #lk 20/08/2012 07:11 groundviews Remembering Black July 1983 - http://t.co/LGFREDRp 20/08/2012 06:29 groundviews RT @gopiharan: UK’s Hello! mag picks Sri Lanka as one of the five most exotic and exciting destinations to visit in 2012 ! http://t.co/M ... 20/08/2012 06:28 groundviews @NalakaG @icta_srilanka Heads in the cloud? 20/08/2012 04:50 groundviews @teearuna And complete impunity. 20/08/2012 04:50 groundviews Rights Issues Mar Sri Lanka-EU Trade http://t.co/DDz8mz6X #lka #srilanka 19/08/2012 15:34 groundviews @sunili Cheers. 19/08/2012 15:24 groundviews Please take a look at the relatively short video on the top right corner of this webpage, which was broadcast... http://t.co/mYkNnHJD 19/08/2012 14:59 groundviews Email sent around after we saw #SN7's programme on #srilanka's asylum seekers, online here http://t.co/RWLVZ3Jp #lka http://t.co/a8M34fZq 19/08/2012 14:06 groundviews No risk too high for Sri Lankans wanting to migrate http://t.co/zS9nlvlC #australia #lka #srilanka 19/08/2012 13:31 groundviews RT @wfp_media: It's World Humanitarian Day! Please do something for others. And visit: http://t.co/HzJsmttd 19/08/2012 13:31 groundviews RT @UN: Now online for #WHD2012 -- @Beyonce’s #IWASHERE video shot at the #UN General Assembly: http://t.co/X7vKlnmI 19/08/2012 13:29 groundviews Sounds and looks sadly familiar? It's #srilanka redux | #UN leaves #Syria to its bloody fate http://t.co/Z0N2qt3R #lka @UNSriLanka 19/08/2012 06:00 groundviews Appears that #India is absolutely disgusted with #srilanka | http://t.co/dnc8V94c #lka via @timesonlinelk 19/08/2012 05:20 groundviews Add to currency of regime loyalty? | Over 4,100 Corruption Probe Reports Handed Over To President http://t.co/anicAvqC #lka #srilanka 19/08/2012 01:34 groundviews Science and Politics of Mass Kidney Failure in Sri Lanka: Much of Sri Lanka’s Dry Zone is currently grappling wi... http://t.co/SplkN6az 18/08/2012 19:34 groundviews RT @dhume01: The world's eyes are on #SriLanka says GL Peiris. [But not in the way he suggests.] v @groundviews http://t.co/u25Ok5mt 18/08/2012 19:03 groundviews Indeed they are, so what will the Rajapaksa's do? | All eyes on Sri Lanka now says GL http://t.co/Wuwyqsn6 #lka #srilanka 18/08/2012 19:01 groundviews @vijaysappani @rkkrishnan See http://t.co/FWE7qVs6 It's arrant madness. 18/08/2012 16:21 groundviews Excellent reading | How to spot a lame, lame argument http://t.co/k5Dm0NwQ via @Vasugi #lka #srilanka 18/08/2012 16:14 groundviews Joint Humanitarian and Early Recovery Update, Sri Lanka, July 2012 – Report 44 http://t.co/C1tMV519–-report-44 #lka #srilanka 18/08/2012 15:37 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: Eid Mubarak! Muslims will be celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow announced by the Grand Mosque short time ago #Srilanka ... 18/08/2012 15:25 groundviews RT @LankaMuslims: Moon was sighted in Mannar & Mutuwel, in Mutuwel the witness was a hafiz ACJU informs. Tomorrow will be the Eid Ul ... 18/08/2012 04:54 groundviews Brilliant new Long Read | Re-imagining Lakshman Kadirgamar in Contemporary #srilanka: A Different Reading http://t.co/rXpkAYR5 #lka 18/08/2012 04:52 groundviews Kadirgamar’s death, let there be no doubt, will continue to be a great tragedy. There was much that we could have... http://t.co/nfAgqW0s 18/08/2012 04:47 groundviews Re-imagining Lakshman Kadirgamar in Contemporary Sri Lanka: A Different Reading: From 2003, Lakshman Kadirgamar ... http://t.co/nVOtxvUC 17/08/2012 15:54 groundviews RT @EthanZ: Useful overview of Chinese soft power expansion in Africa, including net filtering support in Ethiopia. http://t.co/O95mYvRn 17/08/2012 15:44 groundviews At least for a couple of days… | Chinese funded power plant to resume operation in Sri Lanka http://t.co/KAh8RzDO #lka #srilanka #china 17/08/2012 13:31 groundviews Of course… | Sri Lanka says it has nothing to hide from UN http://t.co/IDVd7kDx #lka #srilanka 17/08/2012 13:31 groundviews Sri Lanka can wrap up demining soon - UN Resident Representative http://t.co/00KACZF7 #lka #srilanka 17/08/2012 13:27 groundviews Australia: ‘Pacific Solution’ Redux http://t.co/o1fAiePW #lka #srilanka #australia 17/08/2012 13:10 groundviews Way to go! | Sri Lanka SEC head resigns, blames powerful traders http://t.co/hyQW3Ym8 #lka #srilanka 17/08/2012 10:01 groundviews RT @humanrightsasia: #SRILANKA: An interesting #YouTube discussion on #torture in the country http://t.co/KusPrhIy #documentary 17/08/2012 10:01 groundviews @nuzster You should also read http://t.co/t7Y0huE0 17/08/2012 09:58 groundviews RT @Joviarul: #Leymah #Gbowee on #Post-War Recovery http://t.co/AGSnxMn7 #Liberia #Srilanka #lka #nobelpeaceprize #connections @YoungAsiaTV 17/08/2012 09:27 groundviews Photo of LLRC translation by Central Bank handing over docs to #lka Foreign Minister #srilanka http://t.co/VIoHOHlt 17/08/2012 09:17 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Buddhist Mob Backed by President&#8217;s Brother-In-Law Attacks Christian Pastor and Wife in Deniyaya http://t.co/DB ... 17/08/2012 09:17 groundviews @Apelankawe Indeed - but where are the downloadable versions? 17/08/2012 09:17 groundviews Does anyone know where to get Central Bank's LLRC Report translations in Sin & Tam? #lka #srilanka 17/08/2012 05:27 groundviews We believe that a free and open Internet can bring about a better world. To keep the Internet free and open, we... http://t.co/AN35kUFR 17/08/2012 05:26 groundviews We signed up to Declaration of Internet Freedom http://t.co/Rfp7epab @vikalpavoices translated to #Sinhala & #Tamil. Join us? #lka #srilanka 16/08/2012 15:35 groundviews RT @SLcampaign: Beautiful writing and an incredible story from Ruki & Jothi http://t.co/MozCsGdf #killingfields (ht @groundviews) 16/08/2012 14:45 groundviews You are invited to the preview of MEDIATED Data | Art curated by Sanjana Hattotuwa featuring work by Ameena... http://t.co/9xF0JX7Z 16/08/2012 02:56 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: After last week's death of 2nd #Tamil prisoner, civ soc figures say #SriLanka must seek #UN help in inquiry. My BBC rpt ... 16/08/2012 02:56 groundviews RT @NalakaG: Chest-thumping, conspiracy-loving, ultra-nationalist #lka Minister of Power suddenly quiet as China-supplied coal plant kee ... 15/08/2012 20:25 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Tamil Tigers' former chief arms procurer, "KP", now a #SriLanka gov protege, tours NE SL "with #Tamil diaspora members" ... 15/08/2012 20:24 groundviews We had spent time with Rajini and others like her while they were in Menik Farm, visited them after they went to... http://t.co/0YTuyeaT 15/08/2012 20:23 groundviews The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: The story of Puthukudiruppu http://t.co/O6mtu1J9 #lka #srilanka 15/08/2012 19:38 groundviews The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: The story of Puthukudiruppu: Rajini (pseudonym) was amongst the t... http://t.co/QzsMsJ6w 15/08/2012 16:36 groundviews RT @Joviarul: Dr. Jehan Perera on the Role of #Military and #Reconciliation http://t.co/wJLFcuG3 #SLA #North #Tamil #lka #Srilanka @Youn ... 15/08/2012 09:39 groundviews Sri Lanka's governing party has re-instated its party member and head of the Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha after... http://t.co/pbhja9b4 15/08/2012 09:38 groundviews RT @SNSalgado: Sri Lanka ruling party local council chairman accused of tourist murder re-instated http://t.co/e9sBTAYt #LKA #SriLanka # ... 15/08/2012 09:38 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: All hail our King! #SriLanka moving towards #WonderOfAsia !! >>> Power cut duration increased from tomorrow - CE ... 15/08/2012 07:34 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Rain drenching #Colombo at last. City sorely needs it. Grass had turned brown/yellow. Farmers/reservoirs need it far mor ... 15/08/2012 05:57 groundviews Military lingers in Tamil areas years after Sri Lanka's civil war http://t.co/C101SRLU #lka #srilanka 15/08/2012 05:31 groundviews Feeding cats on a public road risks arrest in Sri Lanka: My husband and I have established a cat café at the bac... http://t.co/stExKn1X 15/08/2012 05:27 groundviews All the confidence potential investors looking at Sri Lanka need. Issued by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce today. http://t.co/QlEW0yoL 15/08/2012 05:25 groundviews If you're an investor looking at #srilanka, read today's press release by Ceylon Chamber of Commerce #lka http://t.co/p1gTghSm 15/08/2012 05:08 groundviews In answer to the questions of bystanders who had been watching the incident, I explained that the police had been... http://t.co/gDVjR398 15/08/2012 05:06 groundviews Can't make this stuff up | Feeding cats on a public road risks arrest in Sri Lanka http://t.co/7gtxnY7V #lka #srilanka @nigelvnugawela 15/08/2012 04:58 groundviews EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction - http://t.co/1RfkapTN #lka #srilanka 15/08/2012 04:21 groundviews An important story | Visiting Myanmar’s Threatened Rohingyas http://t.co/A1Is81wC #Myanmar 15/08/2012 01:52 groundviews Swimming against the tide: Australia’s new asylum-seeker package: Photo courtesy Sydney Morning Herald Though la... http://t.co/4zNvep8r 15/08/2012 01:40 groundviews Though launched with much fanfare and media acclaim, Australia’s new raft of proposals embodied in the Houston... http://t.co/mD50zdkv 15/08/2012 01:40 groundviews Swimming against the tide: #Australia’s new asylum-seeker package http://t.co/OY9NaxHK #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella @ABRFOTO @sunili 14/08/2012 17:10 groundviews @Apelankawe @samarajiva Also, how can Govt explain this bizarre web censorship across ISPs? See https://t.co/YcznNaEO 14/08/2012 17:09 groundviews @Apelankawe @samarajiva Good luck with that. Each Twitter account, FB page, blog, YouTube channel etc is news. http://t.co/NnvE1HWv 14/08/2012 16:56 groundviews Interesting email we got, reproduced with permission of author. ### TV footages showed how the supporters... http://t.co/ogxk1CVT 14/08/2012 16:55 groundviews Interesting email | Possible involvement of Navy officers in mob behaviour after Rugby match in #Kandy #lka #srilanka http://t.co/JS4c3xAK 14/08/2012 16:46 groundviews Ask why? http://t.co/l86V2jGV loads on @dialogsl HSDPA but still blocked on @SriLankaTelecom #lka http://t.co/6SKLf6EV http://t.co/l4mHwlYL 14/08/2012 16:07 groundviews @antonpadmasiri Or ask Chinese Ambassador to explain? Any other country, this would have been the case. Chinese too are completely silent. 14/08/2012 15:29 groundviews Sri Lanka should withdraw bank note with malfunctioning Chinese coal plant http://t.co/x4qlObri #lka #srilanka 14/08/2012 14:27 groundviews #Australia set to send boatpeople offshore http://t.co/ciO34USA #lka #srilanka 14/08/2012 14:23 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: "It is time for #lka gov, authorities to shed some light into these women's darkened lives": @DMbreakingnews' Lakna P. h ... 14/08/2012 08:45 groundviews @DushiYanthini Super - email us address / location please. 14/08/2012 08:34 groundviews @DushiYanthini Your tweet https://t.co/nwcdwvp8 14/08/2012 08:22 groundviews @DushiYanthini How was it? And where is this? 14/08/2012 08:21 groundviews RT @Nirmanusan: #Tamil political #prisoners live in danger of getting killed: MP Suresh http://t.co/voqo1Lhw #humanrights #srilanka 14/08/2012 08:21 groundviews RT @globalvoices: #SriLanka: Noose tightens around online freedom of expression http://t.co/ijnsTRbU #censorship #netfreedom 14/08/2012 08:19 groundviews A new government regulation targets online freedom of expression in Sri Lanka. Every ‘news' website will now have... http://t.co/8w74SigE 14/08/2012 08:16 groundviews @ABRFOTO Up for us. 14/08/2012 03:55 groundviews @dhume01 No. Govt has yet to release official Tamil or Sinhala versions of LLRC Final Report, or Implementation Plan. 14/08/2012 03:53 groundviews Good news | Govt. perturbed over UN review team http://t.co/jaLAQnR6 #lka #srilanka 14/08/2012 03:51 groundviews RT @CPASL: Handbook on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) in Sinhala http://t.co/sz2oVUH3 #lka #srilanka 14/08/2012 03:50 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: Violence against women,sexual harassment&suppression have reached unprecedented levels in Sri Lanka"~Dimuthu Atti ... 14/08/2012 03:49 groundviews RT @vikalpavoices: UPFA, SLMC clash in Ampara http://t.co/BPqJ5G5B #srilanka #lka @Election 13/08/2012 18:44 groundviews Sri Lanka extends daily power cut as Chinese plant fails again http://t.co/JOwnHnsO #lka #srilanka 13/08/2012 18:35 groundviews Heard of a Sinhala Buddhist ‘Khomeini’?: Photo courtesy http://t.co/tKDALgXL “Our future society will be a free s... http://t.co/whGgegxF 13/08/2012 18:26 groundviews A few days ago, I received an invitation to be in the audience at the unveiling of a set of policies by the... http://t.co/1ApPxSMP 13/08/2012 18:25 groundviews Heard of a Sinhala Buddhist ‘Khomeini’? http://t.co/vE23PzEc #lka #srilanka 13/08/2012 06:02 groundviews The Govt's approach to education, extra-judicial killings, religious harmony and more | Groundviews Updates Via... http://t.co/BTIncaOe 13/08/2012 06:02 groundviews The Govt's approach to education, extra-judicial killings, religious harmony and more - http://t.co/o6CzTLLs #lka #srilanka 13/08/2012 04:33 groundviews RT @nigelvnugawela: Yes. Let's disregard education and health. | Allocate more funds for defence: Ratnasiri http://t.co/AnTppWO2 #srilan ... 13/08/2012 02:36 groundviews Building roads or applying lessons learnt will not help in this reconciliation. Because, no human being can... http://t.co/MFnYeIMY 13/08/2012 02:35 groundviews Justice and Truth in #srilanka http://t.co/NA8r5U3p #lka 13/08/2012 00:12 groundviews Justice and Truth: Photo credit: Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images via Foreign Policy I am no writer, no Politi... http://t.co/gueZqYRh 12/08/2012 17:13 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Navy lost & once President left the ground Navy supporters attacked Kandy Supporters including ladies and kids - Rep ... 12/08/2012 16:59 groundviews @NalakaG It seems like it. 12/08/2012 11:41 groundviews Good rebuttal of Govt spin | SC says no order on website registration http://t.co/t64QHXNZ #Lka #srilanka 12/08/2012 02:43 groundviews Completely agree with Central Bank Governor. If you out Govt, they come and break your limbs | http://t.co/YcS0oeYe #SRILANKA #lka 12/08/2012 02:37 groundviews Is it not embarrassing for a country to have senior diplomats write letters like this? | http://t.co/TuBpJ4Ti #lka #srilanka 12/08/2012 02:35 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: Today's cartoon on http://t.co/h83Q2TX9 is a such a sarcastic affairs of the mess and state impunity in #srilanka 12/08/2012 02:33 groundviews RT @azwaanameer: minister passing the buck for power crisis to previous govt. typical! http://t.co/8AIvnVDE #lka #incompetence 12/08/2012 02:33 groundviews RT @colombotelegrap: #lka The #Economy And The #CEB Could Be Heading For Disaster: #Norochcholi’s Long-Term Consequences http://t.co/Yl3 ... 12/08/2012 02:33 groundviews RT @NalakaG: @MelGuna #lka misadventure of #coal power plant that's always breaking down: BEWARE of Chinese w/ their loans & questio ... 12/08/2012 02:30 groundviews Inclusivity and information https://t.co/uklYr1qa #lka #srilanka 11/08/2012 20:52 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: "We lost our beloved brother to terror.He was a family bound person"~three younger sisters of Dilrokshan Mariyadas. # ... 11/08/2012 14:08 groundviews @vijaysappani @rkkrishnan Sorry, no. Only read that which was published in the media http://t.co/0VC6upAU 11/08/2012 14:03 groundviews @DushiYanthini Thought as much. FYI, @vikalpavoices is there as well. 11/08/2012 13:49 groundviews @DushiYanthini Who from the mainstream media is there to cover this? 11/08/2012 13:47 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: Tamil prisoner Dilrokshan Mariyadas(36) laid to rest in fishing hamlet Paasaiyoor|Jaffna. #Prisoner #Tamil #Assault # ... 11/08/2012 12:08 groundviews RT @USEmbSL: Yesterday Colonel James Robinson from #PACOM spoke at the #SriLanka Defense Seminar. Read his remarks here: http://t.co/MA ... 11/08/2012 12:06 groundviews RT @MelGuna: #SriLanka's energy situation "grave" says power minister http://t.co/tGgXEFjH admits coal power plant hastily built #lk #sr ... 11/08/2012 11:57 groundviews @Joviarul @tnamediaoffice @masumanthiran Up now - see https://t.co/Qxx4BQhc #lka #srilanka 11/08/2012 09:20 groundviews @ShashiTharoor Thanks, and would love another go in Galle. March 2013 can't come soon enough. 11/08/2012 08:47 groundviews What's happened to pact.lk? Any updates? @TMNY @CEPASL #lka #srilanka 11/08/2012 08:22 groundviews Truth and Myth in Sri Lanka http://t.co/GAcihsII #lka #srilanka 11/08/2012 08:12 groundviews Still no light on how exactly the President came to say 50% of LLRC recommendations complete? | http://t.co/DihRaEHa #lka #srilanka 11/08/2012 08:11 groundviews @Joviarul @kadawara Anoma's point about archiving A/V material also fundamental. We would also add web content (tweets, comments, posts etc) 11/08/2012 07:58 groundviews @Joviarul Interesting interview that opens up a whole raft of questions and issues for further discussion. 11/08/2012 07:52 groundviews RT @bfonseka: India needs to take relook at dealings with neighbours: SL President Mahinda Rajapaksa- http://t.co/fEmCQMVl #lka #SriLanka 11/08/2012 07:51 groundviews RT @bfonseka: Amnesty wants U.N. probe into Sri Lanka war crimes http://t.co/6OPL1QXa #lka #SriLanka 11/08/2012 05:00 groundviews The modern definition of a professional must be a human being who sees, understands and deals with the full... http://t.co/ulF2f9Aq 11/08/2012 05:00 groundviews Child Abuse: A Time for Deconstruction and Engagement http://t.co/nvbl8wHI #lka #srilanka 11/08/2012 04:48 groundviews Compelling PSA against environmental pollution in #srilanka | Yanna Rata Wate - Desmond De Silva http://t.co/7dyUo9XI #lka @vikalpavoices 11/08/2012 04:47 groundviews This is an excellent PSA against pollution of the environment. Please share widely. Yanna Rata Wate - Desmond... http://t.co/KZejZYe4 10/08/2012 22:45 groundviews Child Abuse: A Time for Deconstruction and Engagement: The politics of child abuse is no different from the poli... http://t.co/lHb33dIv 10/08/2012 17:19 groundviews Ketheeswaran Loganathan called generally as “Ketheesh” was assassinated Six years ago on August 12th exactly one... http://t.co/cgzl4cfV 10/08/2012 15:45 groundviews @vijaysappani @rameshnswamy @swamy39 @rkkrishnan Thanks much. 10/08/2012 14:33 groundviews RT @humanrightsasia: #SRILANKA: Truth and myth http://t.co/hf8CnHno #CustodialDeath #murder #torture #justice #RuleOfLaw 10/08/2012 14:31 groundviews RT @RKKrishnan: Now that #CPC has a new chairman, will #srilanka know what happened to the diesel that it imported? Can't say now, I guess 10/08/2012 14:30 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Unusual: an apology from a #SriLanka cabinet minister. (Apology is by #Muslim minister Rauff Hakeem to #Buddhists) http: ... 10/08/2012 14:22 groundviews Swamy’s prescription for reconciliation in Sri Lanka http://t.co/WXfTenpU #lka #srilanka #india 10/08/2012 14:22 groundviews Fiction or fact? | Sri Lanka's war- torn north records highest economic growth: CB http://t.co/jqEOPN11 #lka #srilanka 10/08/2012 14:19 groundviews Post-war #srilanka snapshot | Police attempted to disrupt prisoner’s funeral http://t.co/qXHcmgpU #lka 10/08/2012 14:01 groundviews RT @nigelvnugawela: It's unfortunate that the Sangha is unable to apologise for its intolerance | Rauff says 'mea culpa' http://t.co/NEa ... 10/08/2012 13:59 groundviews RT @FreeTheInternet: RT @groundviews @vikalpavoices translated Declaration of Internet Freedom to Sinhala & Tamil http://t.c... http ... 10/08/2012 13:54 groundviews @vikalpavoices translated Declaration of Internet Freedom to Sinhala & Tamil http://t.co/Rfp7epab Sign up! #NetDeclaration 10/08/2012 13:36 groundviews Excellent visualisation, but just wish the Guardian was this interesting in #srilanka's war too http://t.co/Hs436bVS #lka 10/08/2012 12:35 groundviews So why is #UN even sending experts, if #lka isn't even going to listen to any advice? http://t.co/fp75gEAx #srilanka @UN_HRC 10/08/2012 10:54 groundviews Australia rescues more than 200 from asylum boat http://t.co/RwPQAi92 #lka #srilanka 10/08/2012 10:47 groundviews The ‘Miracle of Asia’ and Higher Education: Along with a number of others in the original email list, including ... http://t.co/s54TsQST 10/08/2012 10:21 groundviews The ‘Miracle of Asia’ and Higher Education http://t.co/VxK4Vzl7 #lka #srilanka @theyrc @lankasol 09/08/2012 23:09 groundviews Civil society as a space for dissent in Sri Lanka http://t.co/QjJMyy8w #lka #srilanka 08/08/2012 21:29 groundviews @bundeljayse Small wonder, given younger brother's media skills? An indictment of media professionalism that Editors actually meet him #lka 08/08/2012 21:19 groundviews RT @labourstart: Sri Lanka: US retailer J Crew pulls out of Sri Lanka http://t.co/KzHortob 08/08/2012 18:18 groundviews RT @aufidius: A superb piece on 'Nation Building' in Britain, a concept Sri lanka can benefit greatly from http://t.co/8XCokro7 #lka #uk 08/08/2012 18:02 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: Power cut imposed for 2 hrs & 15 min in 58 towns & Colombo at daytime tomorrow (9) due to breakdown at Lakwi ... 08/08/2012 17:41 groundviews This is utterly reprehensible | Unruly spectators spoil fun for Indian fans http://t.co/o5O40vgV #lka #srilanka 08/08/2012 17:40 groundviews RT @IslandCricket: Unruly spectators in #SriLanka spoil fun for Indian fans | Sri Lanka | Cricket: http://t.co/FDc6fGc9 #LKA 08/08/2012 15:15 groundviews @ShashiTharoor Shashi, was there a recording of the conversation? Would love to hear it. Sanjana. 08/08/2012 15:15 groundviews RT @ShashiTharoor: Engaging,fun conversation w/ShehanKarunatilaka on his DSCPrize-winning novel Chinaman. Pity only50 delhiites turned u ... 08/08/2012 14:40 groundviews RT @LankaMuslims: The AG Dept has found sufficient evidence in the police report to file charges against Min Rishard. #lka #srilanka 08/08/2012 14:07 groundviews What does this really mean? | Over 51,000 foreigners visit former war zone in Sri Lanka http://t.co/ci4MWmTP #lka #srilanka 08/08/2012 13:46 groundviews RT @bfonseka: What has been done to apprehend those responsible? LTTE suspect at Vavuniya prison dies following assault http://t.co/MAnnRaLB 08/08/2012 13:44 groundviews @cfhaviland Another "heart attack" we suppose. Or perhaps it was really dengue? 08/08/2012 13:43 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: A second "LTTE suspect" dies aftr the alleged June assault on prisoners in Vavuniya #SriLanka; had been in coma. http:// ... 08/08/2012 13:40 groundviews @TypoInColombo @megtegal @thegutterflower Well some good things are still around - like you! :) Warts and all, #lka's home. 08/08/2012 05:29 groundviews No right to information in Sri Lanka http://t.co/hhQIlx88 #lka #srilanka via @cpjasia 08/08/2012 04:08 groundviews The Domestic Violence Act: Seven Years On: Photo courtesy Beyond Borders blog On this day in 2005, the Sri Lanka... http://t.co/sXgWu4Du 08/08/2012 04:03 groundviews Why on earth is this top secret? | SL sends human rights report to UNHRC http://t.co/Vz59O56i #lka #srilanka 08/08/2012 03:48 groundviews After my experience of violence, I reflected on it and I tried to find out more about this. I found that 60% of... http://t.co/kHxUyUin 08/08/2012 03:46 groundviews The Domestic Violence Act: Seven Years On http://t.co/PXqZr8Bg #lka #srilanka 08/08/2012 03:33 groundviews RT @globalvoices: #SriLanka: Buddhist Priest allegedly robs statue from Hindu temple http://t.co/0FZAGoPH 08/08/2012 03:33 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #China fishermen intercepted: #SriLanka now says "were never arrested"; boats were Lankan -but "violated 200-mile exclus ... 08/08/2012 03:32 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Chinese fishermen "freed" in eastern #Srilanka: but still some confusion on their status. BBC. http://t.co/ENcP385k #ch ... 07/08/2012 19:52 groundviews @milindat @tmny @womenandmedia Actually just arrest all the women for inviting rape on themselves. Since that is what women do. 07/08/2012 13:57 groundviews On the 3rd of August, after a three day visit to the island, a senior United Nations relief official praised the... http://t.co/STTL3JpI 07/08/2012 13:56 groundviews RT @Nirmanusan: Eluded #Peace, Denied #Justice: Bare facts and naked #truths http://t.co/LwfTMNuD #Tamil #Srilanka 07/08/2012 13:55 groundviews @milindat That's just brilliant. Clearly the national stats will now have to take out "willing" rape victims @womenandmedia @TMnY 07/08/2012 13:52 groundviews RT @milindat: The trend has shifted. Women are 'willingly' participating in Rape now! #SriLanka #LKA http://t.co/H3KkMY4c 07/08/2012 13:52 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Mistake in A/L paper now, whats happening to our education system #lka http://t.co/0P98hw9s 07/08/2012 13:36 groundviews The end of the music?: Photo by Sagara Lakmal De Mel At a time of general cultural degeneration and falling stan... http://t.co/nWOseWKc 07/08/2012 13:36 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Article recalls LTTE chopped off hand of would-be voter in 2005 elex: boycott to let in Rajapaksa & encourage war. h ... 07/08/2012 13:35 groundviews The end of the music? http://t.co/eDkacOpD #lka #srilanka @MelGuna 07/08/2012 13:21 groundviews 8% growth for '13 & 7.2% for '12. How accurate are these projections by CB governor? @CEPASL @talkeconomicssl http://t.co/HmXJ7GIy #lka 07/08/2012 13:18 groundviews 2011 Report on International Religious Freedom - Sri Lanka http://t.co/nU705QIz #lka #srilanka 07/08/2012 13:11 groundviews Those in search of political favours should not hijack our hard-working musical talent, leaving it abused,... http://t.co/39tvF7FL 07/08/2012 12:43 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom Sorry, but what on earth does THAT mean? BB latency & speeds are geo-fenced? What's the radius? Do you tell customers this? 07/08/2012 04:31 groundviews Very good reason to make sure activist blogs which are self-hosted are regularly updated! http://t.co/CISiPtKj #lka #srilanka 07/08/2012 04:23 groundviews @7piliers You're in Sri Lanka?! Welcome back after a long hiatus. Let me know when you're back in Colombo - Sanjana. 06/08/2012 21:43 groundviews @lankasol @bfonseka Yes - for a while. Major technical issue at the backend - nothing to do with Govt. 06/08/2012 20:53 groundviews @Nirmanusan But govt now denies their release?! http://t.co/QnEIiAFO 06/08/2012 20:44 groundviews RT @vipulananda: The Deception Of Self-Determination In Sri #Lanka — OpEd Eurasia Review: http://t.co/cUeph8ww #LKA #Srilanka #LK 06/08/2012 18:55 groundviews @mhmhisham The Min for Power seems to suggest there is a vast conspiracy at CPC. Vast. All will be revealed soon, we are told. 06/08/2012 18:53 groundviews @Nirmanusan In which case, we are but actors. The script and direction by the Chinese. 06/08/2012 16:19 groundviews RT @SLcampaign: Pattani Razeek's alleged killers walk free. A year since his body was found and no sign of justice http://t.co/u7MrbGKA #lka 06/08/2012 16:09 groundviews RT @AsiaSociety: RT @RANews: #SriLanka releases the 37 #Chinese fishermen detained by its navy for illegal fishing #China 06/08/2012 16:08 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom Furthermore, downgraded twice - from 16 to 8 then down to 4Mbps. Speaks volumes about quality of your "broadband" network? 06/08/2012 16:07 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom Shouldn't customer be informed BEFORE she/he signs up to package? We are effectively paying for speeds you can't deliver. 06/08/2012 15:40 groundviews Wonderful - must read | Hippocrates by @Vasugi http://t.co/zFOcOMdI via @GrantaMag #lka #srilanka @PhBooks 06/08/2012 15:37 groundviews RT @GrantaMag: 'In Tamil, there is a word for the place of ancestral origin; this is a word more powerful than home.' @VASugi on home: h ... 06/08/2012 15:26 groundviews Sri Lanka chapter in Country Reports on Terrorism 2011 via @StateDept http://t.co/cvVSDYV3 #lka #srilanka 06/08/2012 15:12 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Ian Paisley Jr, Northrn #Ireland MP, on his #SriLanka trip: "Building peace harder than making war" Listen http://t.co/A ... 06/08/2012 15:11 groundviews @AzzamAmeen They know something we don't? 06/08/2012 15:10 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom We are paying 8,890+ for line downgraded to 4Mbps by SLT engineers. Broadband in #lka remains a good idea #srilanka 06/08/2012 15:08 groundviews @AzzamAmeen @cfhaviland Interesting they have CID in major shopping malls. #lka #srilanka 06/08/2012 15:07 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Filming @cfhaviland for BBC Business prog @ Majestic City,CID officer approaches &asks is this against ?? against wh ... 06/08/2012 15:07 groundviews Listen to podcast by @cfhaviland on #srilanka http://t.co/FRiakSAs and read his disturbing report http://t.co/gpf99STb #lka 06/08/2012 13:00 groundviews What do you think of the LLRC report? I will not want people to die in vain. I have details about the deaths and... http://t.co/YpbpmlER 06/08/2012 13:00 groundviews An Interview with ‘Controversial’ Mannar Catholic Bishop Rayappu Joseph http://t.co/oYLRzRgl #lka #srilanka 06/08/2012 06:14 groundviews RT @SabaThambi: @groundviews Cricket forges links with Sri lankan asylum seekers and North Queenslanders in Australia http://t.co/arLuje2F 06/08/2012 05:57 groundviews For those who missed it, incl. my son, @NASA Curiosity's landing on Mars via screencast from my Mac http://t.co/IeUafxLX @NalakaG - Sanjana 06/08/2012 05:48 groundviews RT @NASA: #MSL: Here's one of the first images from @MarsCuriosity http://t.co/Zbm5obi8 06/08/2012 05:01 groundviews RT @iam_project: The I Am project remembers all those who lost their lives during the mosque massacres in 1990 http://t.co/INRGhJxC #lka ... 06/08/2012 04:42 groundviews Site moderation & curation on hold. We are currently watching NASA MSL landing live via http://t.co/qAXWxKdU http://t.co/WU12Z2qO 06/08/2012 04:33 groundviews RT @NalakaG: @cfhaviland @groundviews This #UK MP shud be reported to Ethics Committee in House of Commons? Singing for free travel can' ... 06/08/2012 04:32 groundviews @mwikramanayake Watching live NASA feed here - http://t.co/qAXWxKdU *Amazing* video of science behind landing https://t.co/cOmDFMJ6 06/08/2012 03:20 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Thought provoking reader reactions to my story on mass silence on rape in The Sunday Leader http://t.co/ozhpgM2s #SRILANKA ... 06/08/2012 02:54 groundviews @teearuna ICES itself needs to decide on path forward re defacement of Kynsey Rd mural. Your other ideas can be taken up by others. 06/08/2012 02:28 groundviews RT @IFEX: Media skeptical over Press Council Act amendments http://t.co/EcHFUOS7 | @eff #SriLanka 06/08/2012 02:18 groundviews @teearuna Arguably, perhaps it's better to preserve the defaced mural? Lends more power to the fact there is NO sanctity of life in #lka. 06/08/2012 02:17 groundviews RT @teearuna: Ideas for preserving the "Sanctity of Life" mural: 4) redo the mural, but multiply & spread with every erasure #lka #N ... 06/08/2012 02:17 groundviews RT @teearuna: Ideas for preserving the "Sanctity of Life" mural: 3) project mural design onto road from private property #lka #NeelanTir ... 06/08/2012 02:17 groundviews RT @teearuna: Ideas for preserving the "Sanctity of Life" mural: 2) reproduce mural design on walls/gates of your private property #lka ... 06/08/2012 02:17 groundviews RT @teearuna: Ideas for preserving the "Sanctity of Life" mural: 1) screen print T-shirts with the mural design #lka #NeelanTiruchelvam 06/08/2012 02:16 groundviews @teearuna The GV story has some photos of the mural just after it was repainted, taken in the night - http://t.co/kujLXurY 06/08/2012 02:13 groundviews @cfhaviland Daily News reportage convenient omits the paid for by SL govt part, and point about missing relatives http://t.co/s59HweUj #lka 06/08/2012 02:12 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: But #UK MP Bob Blackman adds thousands of #SriLanka origin ppl in UK have relatives unaccounted for; #LKA gov must ident ... 06/08/2012 02:12 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #UK MP Bob Blackman on #SriLanka visit, paid for by SL gov, says scale/pace of redevel'pmt "remarkable", island "at peac ... 06/08/2012 02:11 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Such disturbing cases seem to pile up: RT @AzzamAmeen 3 Army Soldiers arrested for raping a girl in Badulla-Colombo (Uda ... 06/08/2012 01:50 groundviews The Kattankudy mosque massacre in Sri Lanka: 22 years after http://t.co/7cUBtPXZ #lka #srilanka @lankasol @ABRFOTO @Gemunua @mhmhisham 06/08/2012 01:49 groundviews PREMIERE: The Kattankudy mosque massacre in Sri Lanka: 22 years after. Ramadan is a time for deep reflection and... http://t.co/0W4etbem 05/08/2012 22:10 groundviews The Kattankudy mosque massacre in Sri Lanka: 22 years after: During my recent visits to Batticaloa I met many el... http://t.co/Bvlb592U 05/08/2012 18:09 groundviews RT @teearuna: Considering small ideas for keeping alive the spirit of the Sanctity of Life mural & ideals behind it. Do share yours! ... 05/08/2012 16:56 groundviews Booker long list next? | Sri Lanka includes National Action Plan on LLRC recommendations in UPR report http://t.co/K5RUk46D #lka #srilanka 05/08/2012 16:43 groundviews For the Martians cometh anon | Sri Lanka tells its troops to remain on alert http://t.co/1Km7satQ #lka #srilanka 05/08/2012 16:40 groundviews Seems our recent timeline http://t.co/2RJG3l3t has piqued interest in timelines in general. We can advise, but can't create for others! #lka 05/08/2012 16:39 groundviews @ssukumaran The dataviz is by itself, very cool, but question we raise is one of accountability by those champion it http://t.co/tiElVzfa 05/08/2012 16:18 groundviews Small arms and ammunitions imports into Sri Lanka from 1992-2010: A latent hypocrisy?: Google has just released ... http://t.co/9P4WWj5j 05/08/2012 16:09 groundviews If anything, the UN HRC voting map compared to the trade of arms and ammunition strongly suggests that the arms... http://t.co/eGOpFOfC 05/08/2012 16:05 groundviews Small arms and ammunitions imports into Sri Lanka from 1992-2010: A latent hypocrisy? http://t.co/tiElVzfa #lka #srilanka @lankasol 05/08/2012 13:32 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: "Travelling across northern #srilanka is like criss-crossing from garrison to garrison." http://t.co/VLR8M7uU #sinhala #tam ... 05/08/2012 13:29 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Electoral Register Online. Now any voter can surf the web and check his/her name in the Electoral Register. http://t.co/ ... 05/08/2012 13:28 groundviews RT @Joviarul: Didn't Weerathunge say that #translations of the #LLRC will be available in a weeks time from the 26th of July or did he s ... 05/08/2012 13:11 groundviews Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Censorship of the internet is ‘a pity’ http://t.co/JUOYdAnd #lka #srilanka 05/08/2012 06:45 groundviews New dataviz from Google shows #srilanka's arms & ammunition trade. Figure seems too low? Via http://t.co/EOgmbFU6 http://t.co/0cGSXS4g 05/08/2012 06:35 groundviews But the government says it still fears a resurgence of the Tamil Tigers and it is not loosening its grip. In one... http://t.co/cE1vU4qH 05/08/2012 06:34 groundviews RT @Vasugi: The Neelan Tiruchelvam "sanctity of life" mural on Kynsey Terrace has been destroyed. http://t.co/3exLMMST http://t.co/lHGo ... 05/08/2012 06:34 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Inside #Srilanka's final battle zone: my #BBC report from Puthukudiyiruppu & Mullaitivu. http://t.co/9umDX2db & ... 05/08/2012 06:33 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: Post War – The Cries Of The Desperate And Destitute http://t.co/9nrZoquU #lka 05/08/2012 06:04 groundviews @TMnY @gehan99 Agree! 05/08/2012 05:11 groundviews @TMnY @gehan99 Incredible, in the fullest sense of the word. 05/08/2012 04:38 groundviews The murder of a nobody https://t.co/9HBoT8C9 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 05/08/2012 04:37 groundviews Full colour, full page advertisements, TV and radio spots, statues, commemorative days, speeches, billboards,... http://t.co/uecjDmq9 05/08/2012 04:36 groundviews Obliteration of Road Painting Commemorating Neelan Tiruchelvam on Kynsey Road (with photos) http://t.co/kujLXurY #lka #srilanka 05/08/2012 04:21 groundviews Obliteration of Road Painting Commemorating Neelan Tiruchelvam on Kynsey Road (with photos): Following the assas... http://t.co/rnHtOZNa 05/08/2012 04:15 groundviews On 3 August at around 8.30 pm a second attempt was made by around fifteen individuals, all dressed in civilian... http://t.co/aLXw6tsG 04/08/2012 12:05 groundviews Human Rights, The President in London, Politics, Reconciliation, Sri Lankan Tamil Cinema | Vikalpa Update - http://t.co/hRfNn00o 04/08/2012 04:13 groundviews RT @UN_News_Centre: Despite post-conflict gains, #SriLanka needs continued donor support – @UNOCHA official http://t.co/TqaSecnx 03/08/2012 22:22 groundviews The Urgent Need of a National Water Resources Policy: Sri Lanka is endowed with rich and sustainable water resou... http://t.co/XOI8R2dF 03/08/2012 14:48 groundviews RT @iam_project: 14,000 now following I Am facebook page. Help spread the word about the #lka narratives project https://t.co/AdB3I4M5 h ... 03/08/2012 14:09 groundviews @GTFonline Thanks. 03/08/2012 14:09 groundviews RT @GTFonline: very useful timeline on inception and implementation of #srilanka's LLRC from @groundviews http://t.co/jOQLb0xN 03/08/2012 14:08 groundviews He may have also forgotten he returned? | Duminda is back - Hirunika http://t.co/ao0izcXK #lka #srilanka 03/08/2012 10:56 groundviews A Critique of Political Fundamentalism in Sri Lanka: The mirror-like symmetries of dogmatic Sinhala and Tamil na... http://t.co/pFzxQQKu 03/08/2012 10:42 groundviews The mirror-like symmetries of dogmatic Sinhala and Tamil nationalism are occasionally remarked upon but not often... http://t.co/j02KhdBs 03/08/2012 08:22 groundviews @TMnY Guess no one in #lka will really use it, but imp. to note our curation is open & available as JSON & CSV http://t.co/2RJG3l3t 03/08/2012 08:19 groundviews Joint statement condemning statement by Sec. to Media Minister against Right to Information http://t.co/LHeZlEB3 #lka #srilanka (in Sinhala) 03/08/2012 08:18 groundviews @TMnY Thank you very much. 03/08/2012 07:19 groundviews Sri Lanka’s LLRC: A timeline from inception to implementation: Groundviews is pleased to present a new web based... http://t.co/8qzqnDoE 03/08/2012 07:16 groundviews Sri Lanka’s LLRC: A timeline from inception to implementation - http://t.co/JkJ9pq4z #lka #srilanka 03/08/2012 06:58 groundviews Groundviews is pleased to present a new web based timeline that traces key events and developments around the... http://t.co/P6k5M57s 03/08/2012 06:46 groundviews With close to 100,000 British tourists arriving in Sri Lanka every year, Nasir is well aware that his brother's... http://t.co/fQJiOj50 03/08/2012 06:45 groundviews Long wait continues for family of Rochdale's murdered Red Cross 'hero' http://t.co/wCQ4BN3V #lka #srilanka 03/08/2012 06:45 groundviews RT @peacemother1: @groundviews investigation in #srilanka seems to have stalled http://t.co/tor3dkts 03/08/2012 04:55 groundviews Groundviews and @vikalpavoices back online again. Apologies for any inconvenience. #lka #srilanka 03/08/2012 04:53 groundviews Experiencing server side technical issues on Groundviews and Vikalpa too. Looking into it. 03/08/2012 04:26 groundviews Experiencing some backend technical issues. Looking into it. #lka #srilanka http://t.co/j0vKIp9V 03/08/2012 03:24 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: "Journalists should have self confidence to challenge the authorities"~Kanak Mani Dixit. #Media #LKA http://t.co/VjeptIpu 03/08/2012 03:24 groundviews @AzzamAmeen Perhaps he forgot his flight number? 03/08/2012 03:23 groundviews @AzzamAmeen But zero accountability, even when a lying government is exposed? Who really cares? 03/08/2012 03:23 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Sports Ministry lies exposed. SM statement said only 10 officials in Olympics blaming the media but reports say they had ... 03/08/2012 03:22 groundviews RT @jayshreebajoria: Re: investigations into wartime abuses, #lka govt action plan reads more like inaction plan- J. Ross @hrw http://t. ... 03/08/2012 02:03 groundviews The Sri Lankan government’s failure to hold accountable those responsible for the execution-style slaying of 17... http://t.co/nvQyrPhH 03/08/2012 02:02 groundviews Sri Lanka: Massacre of Aid Workers Goes Unpunished http://t.co/uQ94AC8X #lka #srilanka 03/08/2012 01:53 groundviews Vital report to read for activists in Sri Lanka: The capability of repressive governments to monitor users of... http://t.co/0EAy5RMx 03/08/2012 01:31 groundviews Little incidents being blown out of proportion: President http://t.co/8aQ6y3NH Guess we can forget about http://t.co/jpX9Rye1 #lka #srilanka 03/08/2012 01:21 groundviews In sum, although Sri Lanka has ostensibly made great progress in the three years since the civil war ended, these... http://t.co/KDy2ySSZ 03/08/2012 01:21 groundviews Sri Lanka’s Fragile Gains In The Balance http://t.co/A0eUdxdJ #lka #srilanka 03/08/2012 01:20 groundviews Excellent tongue-in-cheek Editorial | Olympics: Why this hullabaloo? http://t.co/SDGrXmho #lka #srilanka 03/08/2012 01:18 groundviews Right to Information Act: Media organizations attack Herath http://t.co/eWNEAPe4 #lka #srilanka 03/08/2012 01:17 groundviews Buddhists Behaving Badly http://t.co/WfdW78da #lka #srilanka 03/08/2012 01:14 groundviews The Anuradhapura attack was not the only recent incident of Buddhists behaving badly in Sri Lanka. In April,... http://t.co/rLMOl8Vj 02/08/2012 17:41 groundviews @Vasugi It's awful - had one of #lka's most senior diplomats, now retired, say he was moved to tears by this, a reaction widely shared. 02/08/2012 06:46 groundviews #US welcomes LLRC action plan. See press release by @usembsl http://t.co/5x2ApnbB #srilanka #lka 02/08/2012 03:18 groundviews @platform_blog @vindic8d Thank you! 02/08/2012 03:18 groundviews RT @platform_blog: @groundviews See our writer @Vindic8d explore 'The Malevolent Reincarnation of Buddhism' in Sri Lanka and Burma http: ... 02/08/2012 01:42 groundviews Undocumented Sri Lankan Migration to Italy: Its Rise and Fall: Photo courtesy Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images More t... http://t.co/tSOKGsRg 02/08/2012 01:36 groundviews More than ten years ago the smuggling of people out of Sri Lanka by boat was thriving. While Australia is... http://t.co/iXsCb4c8 02/08/2012 01:36 groundviews Undocumented Sri Lankan Migration to Italy: Its Rise and Fall http://t.co/xcMnR144 #lka #srilanka 02/08/2012 01:21 groundviews Sports for All http://t.co/rrvUOsBZ #lka #srilanka 01/08/2012 17:40 groundviews 1. Muzammil should get a spine 2. We agree. Gota is perfectly capable of fooling himself http://t.co/dMk4CzjS #lka #srilanka 01/08/2012 10:12 groundviews Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies at 86 http://t.co/ghl5883t Glad to have met and heard him at Galle Lit Fest. RIP. 01/08/2012 04:38 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: @bundeljayse any idea when there will be an official translation in Sinhala and tamil of the LLRC report? 01/08/2012 00:45 groundviews @ssukumaran Marvellous. Thanks. 01/08/2012 00:44 groundviews RT @MelGuna: #SriLanka briefs diplomats on war-panel action plan http://t.co/jJcjoQit #lk #diplomacy 01/08/2012 00:43 groundviews RT @colombotelegrap: #US #ReligiousFreedom Report Says Attacks On Christian Churches By Buddhist Extremists Is Still Going On In #SriLan ... 01/08/2012 00:43 groundviews RT @Asia_Foundation: Find out how bicycle patrols are rebuilding trust b/t #police and communities in #SriLanka http://t.co/eE2f4MO5 01/08/2012 00:42 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: if #srilanka Gov has any decency Ministers S.B., Bandula & Susil should have resigned/sacked by now. But arent we the ... 01/08/2012 00:30 groundviews It is difficult to understand why the Navy is insisting on not giving back the land, houses and public buildings... http://t.co/st0XGiul 01/08/2012 00:29 groundviews @ssukumaran Have you submitted a story or two for Hint Fiction? :) 01/08/2012 00:28 groundviews The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: The story of Mullikulam http://t.co/2CbXHBTO #lka #srilanka 31/07/2012 22:05 groundviews The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: The story of Mullikulam: Photo courtesy National Fisheries Solida... http://t.co/T0Ng3feM 31/07/2012 15:11 groundviews RT @AsiaSociety: Photo of the Day: A Pensive Observer in Sri Lanka http://t.co/mwsLzx3m #AsiaBlog 31/07/2012 15:09 groundviews RT @NalakaG: My friend @KanakManiDixit is chief guest at #lka Journalism Awards by @SLPI. Hope he tells our #mediasaurus MSM editors a f ... 31/07/2012 15:08 groundviews @DMbreakingnews Richly deserved! Congratulations! 31/07/2012 15:07 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: Gihan de Chickera of Daily Mirror wins - cartoonist of the year 2011 at the Journalism Awards held at the Mt. Lavini ... 31/07/2012 11:48 groundviews RT @kataclysmichaos: Weren't 'saboteurs' behind electricity outage? : CEB to switch off 50% street lamps http://t.co/0ZEcdOhq #lka 31/07/2012 11:39 groundviews Interview with Kanak Dixit from '10 https://t.co/hituOOf9 @slpi #lka #srilanka #nepal #media Come to http://t.co/lYthLWt9 & see him live. 31/07/2012 11:37 groundviews Good news! | Kanak Mani Dixit in #colombo again for lecture at @slpi, 2 Aug, 4.30pm onwards. Details at http://t.co/lYthLWt9 #lka #srilanka 31/07/2012 11:34 groundviews Press Release noting that 50% of all street lamps will be turned off from 1 Aug http://t.co/BUNcnN5M #lka #srilanka 31/07/2012 11:30 groundviews @cfhaviland Thanks for retweet. 31/07/2012 11:30 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: The tragedy of Nimalaruban, #Tamil prisoner allegedly beaten to death in jail. @groundviews http://t.co/dD5o4t3d #srilan ... 31/07/2012 11:10 groundviews Ganesan Nimalaruban: A damning murder, funeral and silence: Photo credit: Vikalpa It is very likely readers of S... http://t.co/N1eynzoX 31/07/2012 11:05 groundviews It is very likely readers of Sinhala mainstream print media have no clue who Ganesan Nimalaruban was, or exactly... http://t.co/kMn1ZB6A 31/07/2012 11:04 groundviews Ganesan Nimalaruban: A damning murder, funeral and silence http://t.co/jpX9Rye1 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 31/07/2012 07:18 groundviews @MelGuna Does he ever listen to himself? No need to see #srilanka to be turned off by the country. 31/07/2012 07:16 groundviews RT @sunili: Our single-minded “stop the boats” approach in #SriLanka fails to address huge #humanrights problems http://t.co/gdfa8fIR ... 31/07/2012 07:16 groundviews @SriLanka It gets better (pun intended) in 2012 http://t.co/x38YZRpG 31/07/2012 07:15 groundviews @SriLanka None we know of - good to crowdsource this question. 31/07/2012 05:35 groundviews Without a Sinhala or Tamil translation of report? Wow. | Over 50% of LLRC recommendations implemented http://t.co/HWMl3giD #lka #srilanka 31/07/2012 01:48 groundviews Essential reading for #srilanka's own mainstream print media | Journalism’s Misdeeds Get a Glance in the Mirror http://t.co/Lqxfp6GW #lka 31/07/2012 01:09 groundviews Tisaranee's excellent article | Sri Lanka, Through The Bathiudeen-Mirror http://t.co/SL83iw6B #lka #srilanka 31/07/2012 01:07 groundviews Is this true? 30 officials for 7 athletes attend the London #Olympics? http://t.co/58gjnnJJ #lka #srilanka 31/07/2012 01:03 groundviews Ex-combatants look forward to a new life in Sri Lanka http://t.co/tOUJfGTP #lka #srilanka 31/07/2012 01:02 groundviews Govt. won’t introduce ‘Right to Information Act’ at the expense of national security http://t.co/OFN9Ni8G #lka #srilanka 30/07/2012 17:18 groundviews In conversation with M.A. Sumanthiran, TNA National List MP: M.A.Sumanthiran, is a National List Member of Parli... http://t.co/3BPnLTKA 30/07/2012 16:52 groundviews Tamil returned after Sri Lanka complaint http://t.co/qbVJC1gF #lka #srilanka 30/07/2012 16:37 groundviews M.A.Sumanthiran, is a National List Member of Parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). Groundviews has... http://t.co/gF4wTSOL 30/07/2012 16:36 groundviews In conversation with M.A. Sumanthiran, TNA National List MP http://t.co/p62NIi0J @rkguruparan @nirananketell #lka #srilanka 30/07/2012 12:43 groundviews For urgent action @TMnY @cepasl | pact.lk's hosting account has expired http://t.co/I0pw1sZC It would be a HUGE loss if site went down. 30/07/2012 12:26 groundviews @SriLanka @newsfirst_en Cheers - expect organisers to put it up too anon. Got invite, but work got in the way of attending. 30/07/2012 12:22 groundviews @SriLanka Link if available? 30/07/2012 12:18 groundviews Breaking the Ghostly Silence on Rape http://t.co/cdDNtYlF from @AmanthaP #lka #srilanka For @TMnY @kataclysmichaos 30/07/2012 12:05 groundviews Our advice from bitter experience, go for known evil (@SriLankaTelecom) over promises that never matched reality (@dialoglk's WiMax) #lka 30/07/2012 12:03 groundviews Repeated requests over months to improve QoS on @dialoglk WiMax connection in office to no avail. Discontinued. Switching to SriLankaTelecom 30/07/2012 11:37 groundviews Sri Lanka's most visited websites, courtesy a new web visualisation. http://t.co/veghlQsP 30/07/2012 11:34 groundviews 1. Visualisation of 350k websites has http://t.co/bwshVtnG as most visited site after Google homepage in #srilanka http://t.co/QBCAOyXa 30/07/2012 11:33 groundviews 2. HiruFM, Derana TV & Derana FM websites are most visited media websites according to new web viz #lka #srilanka http://t.co/cCVoGUNa 30/07/2012 11:33 groundviews 3. Visualisation of 350k websites referred to in previous tweets is here - http://t.co/Bizq8cTq via @gizmodo 30/07/2012 10:10 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: Karma and killings in #Myanmar - interesting piece and relevant to #srilanka and #buddhism http://t.co/f7VP1v4x 30/07/2012 10:09 groundviews @Dinoukc During Premedasa's time, there were lots erected across #srilanka. History doesn't record impact on national punctuality. 30/07/2012 10:07 groundviews RT @SarongJohnnie: Sri Lankans are leaving by the boat load. RT @DMbreakingnews Navy intercepts 3 boats carrying 103 migrants. http://t ... 30/07/2012 10:07 groundviews RT @ABRFOTO: @Dinoukc hey how many olympic officials from #lka have gone to the olympics? 30/07/2012 10:03 groundviews A quotidian response: Letter to President regarding religious extremism: On 4th July 2012, along with printed an... http://t.co/BX7VH97Y 30/07/2012 10:00 groundviews @SriLanka Thank you. Please use and share. 30/07/2012 09:57 groundviews More perfervid madness from #srilanka | Buddhist clergy wants birth control operations banned http://t.co/mjL9QNbq via @kataclysmichaos #lka 30/07/2012 09:37 groundviews Stunning photos of Sri Lanka, from James Morgan. From... http://t.co/a1T0nzsp 30/07/2012 09:35 groundviews Stunning images from #srilanka from @jamesmorganfoto http://t.co/gJvR8Ckg Thanks @SharnelleVella For @Gemunua @ABRFOTO @lankasol #lka 30/07/2012 09:30 groundviews Record for Sri Lankan arrests http://t.co/P6nw7yy2 #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella @sunili @ABRFOTO 30/07/2012 09:29 groundviews Bon chance! | Niluka beats world number 8 http://t.co/sTIcidT8 #lka #srilanka 30/07/2012 09:07 groundviews Fringe lunacy goes mainstream?! | The UN Sec Gen is helping TNA et al start another war for Eelam | http://t.co/fWVwHriT #lka #srilanka 30/07/2012 08:59 groundviews A quotidian response: Letter to President regarding religious extremism in Sri Lanka - http://t.co/NTEQ2qkR #lka #SRILANKA 30/07/2012 06:31 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Valechchennei, with its fishing port and nearby Kathankuddi appear to be hubs for people smuggling networks #SRILANKA 30/07/2012 06:30 groundviews @SharnelleVella Well put. 30/07/2012 06:28 groundviews @SharnelleVella 3. NION's no barrier to this disturbing trend, but it's there & easily referenced for campaigns on equality & co-existence. 30/07/2012 06:28 groundviews @SharnelleVella 2. With the JHU deeply entrenched & influential in the present regime, this violence is condoned if not engineered by them. 30/07/2012 06:28 groundviews @SharnelleVella 1. Unlikely anything more will result. NION's power is as lasting repository of opposition to religious extremism. #lka 30/07/2012 06:17 groundviews Letter from the Presidential Secretariat acknowledging receipt of the Not In Our Name printouts delivered on 4th... http://t.co/pOItUWzJ 30/07/2012 05:45 groundviews Like 0 civilian casualty policy? | 'No IDPs by mid-August' says Govt #lka #srilanka http://t.co/gC7GLdOG 30/07/2012 05:06 groundviews Got receipt of Not In Our Name letter to #srilanka's Prez http://t.co/L7AGUa99 No apology or condemnation yet! #lka http://t.co/Gp5biaW2 30/07/2012 03:03 groundviews The Writer Fighter http://t.co/EnDxyJbY #lka #srilanka 30/07/2012 02:55 groundviews Groundviews Update: Commemorating the '83 anti-Tamil pogrom, elections in the East and LLRC's fate From... http://t.co/PoUgpwtE 30/07/2012 02:53 groundviews Commemorating the '83 anti-Tamil pogrom, elections in the East and LLRC's fate - http://t.co/uK8Vsol4 #lka #srilanka 30/07/2012 02:48 groundviews @lankasol Yes you did - http://t.co/2upHj3Gm 29/07/2012 16:25 groundviews The Writer Fighter: Have you become a lance corporal, wing commander, lieutenant, private, sergeant, major gener... http://t.co/bb0TzBQ2 29/07/2012 13:43 groundviews RT @aufidius: Another interesting photoshop job by racist extremist Sinhala elements https://t.co/qRXTJ90I #lka 29/07/2012 11:27 groundviews Rich, considering his own record | Fonseka for ‘People Controlled’ media http://t.co/AjNb5tTG‘people-controlled’-media.html #lka #srilanka 29/07/2012 11:24 groundviews RT @kataclysmichaos: New Blog Post: Death, as a Final Destination http://t.co/4bal58e4 #lka #fb 29/07/2012 11:14 groundviews Tamil Civil Society Memo to the TNA regarding the Eastern Provincial Council Elections: Editors note: Also read ... http://t.co/zPkbr0LX 29/07/2012 11:08 groundviews We believe that by including the above in their election manifesto that there is a possibility that the TNA can... http://t.co/PyTUxOTd 29/07/2012 11:06 groundviews School closed early today. Amma was looking very jumpy when she came to pick me up, but she wouldn’t tell me why.... http://t.co/DuSB7Suy 29/07/2012 11:06 groundviews Powerful writing about 1983 pogrom | School closed early today http://t.co/LOAj7N2v #lka #srilanka @lankasol 29/07/2012 03:01 groundviews It is, as yet, not a given that the anthology of Sri Lankan Hint Fiction will make it to print. The prospective... http://t.co/uUpcJvxD 29/07/2012 03:00 groundviews #srilanka's collective trauma and Hint Fiction | http://t.co/b4RiB1NJ #lka @lankasol 29/07/2012 02:00 groundviews Why so late? | Sri Lanka conflict report to be released in Tamil next week http://t.co/pDUvpdWA See http://t.co/4kN3MaDH by @CPASL #lka 29/07/2012 01:57 groundviews Chandrika’s discourse: Former president of Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga at business centre of Grand Palace Ho... http://t.co/9YjsPbic 28/07/2012 21:49 groundviews School closed early today: Original photo from Ilankai Tamil Sangam School closed early today. Amma was looking ... http://t.co/UOw19ae2 28/07/2012 13:17 groundviews Deported Tamil recants tales of torture http://t.co/h4MuUE15 #lka #srilanka 28/07/2012 03:39 groundviews Moving images: Brutally murdered Nimalruban was buried, finally... http://t.co/JWq02HIU #lka #srilanka @ABRFOTO @Gemunua @lankasol 28/07/2012 03:38 groundviews Ask yourself: WHY isn't this story hitting mainstream media? http://t.co/xyAtrGmg #lka #srilanka @AmanthaP @MelGuna 28/07/2012 01:38 groundviews I’m tired. It’s midnight. I’m propped up Against the mud Like a cannon gun, To fight The battles you Criticise... http://t.co/ANpeL1Kr 28/07/2012 01:38 groundviews Lance Corporal http://t.co/W29tCpfQ #lka #srilanka 28/07/2012 01:32 groundviews The Sri Lankan civil war lasted for a quarter of a century, from 1983 to 2009, with an estimated hundred thousand... http://t.co/I0uJznV2 28/07/2012 01:29 groundviews BEFORE TOMORROW: TOURISM IN POST-WAR SRI LANKA http://t.co/YzdVYwTO @lankasol @Gemunua @ABRFOTO #lka #srilanka 28/07/2012 01:27 groundviews Returns will stop the boats: Sri Lanka http://t.co/8cpP9duD #lka #srilanka 28/07/2012 01:12 groundviews I have nothing against celebrating heroism in battle but I also believe that courage and heroism of the kind... http://t.co/riHT9zvP 28/07/2012 01:12 groundviews Jayasena and Rajakulendran: Heroes of a Lesser God http://t.co/IK9YPcxi #lka #srilanka @lankasol 27/07/2012 23:36 groundviews Jayasena and Rajakulendran: Heroes of a Lesser God: Wars are terrible things. They kill people, destroy their pr... http://t.co/xbINjeK4 27/07/2012 21:31 groundviews Lance Corporal: I’m tired. It’s midnight. I’m propped up Against the mud Like a cannon gun, To fight The battles... http://t.co/6RUCLnlN 27/07/2012 17:53 groundviews RT @SriLanka: #London court ordered CPC #Srilanka to pay $162 mn +intrst to Std Chartered bank on #hedging daeal- #Reuters #lka 27/07/2012 17:05 groundviews RT @TamilGuardian: Torture claims withdrawn by deported Tamil Asylum seeker after 16 hours of Sri Lankan Police custody 'inter... http:/ ... 27/07/2012 16:54 groundviews RT @akeenan23: First of many critiques to come: #srilanka govt LLRC ‘action plan’ is for int'l consumption not needs of SL http://t.co/r ... 27/07/2012 16:51 groundviews @MelGuna One does wonder if in Sri Lanka you have activists who aren't citizens?! 27/07/2012 16:50 groundviews Amongst memories of the cataclysmic violence that spread across Sri Lanka and which still marks this time of year... http://t.co/N58yM2Ty 27/07/2012 16:48 groundviews RT @open_security: #remember83 immense bravery amongst brutal violence. Almost thirty years on #SriLanka 'not nearer sanity or normalcy' ... 27/07/2012 15:56 groundviews @Flavbriatore It truly is bizarre to read, but indicative of the mindset that informs mega-development in #srilanka. 27/07/2012 13:51 groundviews Sri Lanka citizen activist calls for more budget transparency http://t.co/x01ruwL0 #lka #srilanka 27/07/2012 11:08 groundviews Heard of Mervyn Silva Mr. President? | Role of a politician should be exemplary to society - President http://t.co/AIq3sFXx #lka #srilanka 27/07/2012 11:00 groundviews Unbelievable! | New city to be erected in Sri Lankan capital with a Formula One race track http://t.co/72e5wh5x #lka #srilanka 27/07/2012 10:41 groundviews The most gut-wrenching section of the tour has to be the route of the final battles. It traverses ravaged... http://t.co/nrSZf7jH 27/07/2012 10:40 groundviews As simple as that | Those who fled Sri Lanka during war can come back now - Govt spokesman http://t.co/GQvLcYrc #lka #srilanka 27/07/2012 10:35 groundviews TNA unable to comment on Action Plan http://t.co/QzAYUlX4 #lka #srilanka 27/07/2012 10:12 groundviews Interview with Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga: Governance and politics today, future plans and prospects: On... http://t.co/w39PWKFf 27/07/2012 08:56 groundviews Happy to note that #Sinhala unicode font rendering under OS X Mountain Lion visibly & significantly better than Lion #lka #srilanka 27/07/2012 08:04 groundviews Await on 28th & 29th: A powerful poem on media freedom from the perspective of a soldier, and recollections of '83 violence #lka #srilanka 27/07/2012 07:48 groundviews LLRC roadmap: An ‘action plan’ to suit the US, not us!: Photo credit: Daily FT The government announced (26 July... http://t.co/rEDcWzA7 27/07/2012 07:41 groundviews Such is what the US State Secretary, Hillary Clinton sees as an “excellent mechanism” to address post war... http://t.co/QYfC3CYi 27/07/2012 07:40 groundviews LLRC roadmap: An ‘action plan’ to suit the US, not us! http://t.co/PmcvMh0e #lka #srilanka @usembsl #reconciliation 27/07/2012 07:37 groundviews @anushwij Thank you. 27/07/2012 04:31 groundviews Around two weeks ago, published, unpublished, casual and budding writers were invited to contribute to what we... http://t.co/TttYGlud 27/07/2012 04:30 groundviews UPDATE: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction - http://t.co/QIk3m7oL @Vasugi #lka #srilanka 27/07/2012 03:49 groundviews @AAMFasly @manoganesan @lankaenews @lankamuslims Thanks - for legal reasons, we were told, this wasn't broadcast on TV by TNL @YoungAsiaTV 27/07/2012 03:46 groundviews @bfonseka Wonder if @bundeljayse has any answers in this regard. Worth asking him anyway @SLcampaign @lankasol @akeenan23 #lka #srilanka 27/07/2012 03:34 groundviews @bfonseka Through what fora and means is this feedback requested? Will the process be transparent? What is the timeline? Also in E/S/T? 27/07/2012 01:49 groundviews Inadvertently sheds light of Gotabaya's mindset | US is the most insecure country in the world-Wimal http://t.co/oA74e06T #lka #srilanka 27/07/2012 01:24 groundviews @aufidius Thank you. 27/07/2012 01:24 groundviews RT @aufidius: Excellent interview with former President Chandrika Kumaratunga by @groundviews http://t.co/iXc5vjI4 #lka 26/07/2012 19:51 groundviews EXCLUSIVE: Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga: Governance and politics today, future plans and prospects http://t.co/TThPtOFk #lka #srilanka 26/07/2012 14:24 groundviews RT @akeenan23: .@groundviews #srilanka "NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LLRC" is now online. http://t.co ... 26/07/2012 14:23 groundviews @akeenan23 Merci. 26/07/2012 14:17 groundviews Anyone seen this action plan? | Sri Lanka: War abuse inquiries may take 5 years http://t.co/5NyvoLKA #lka #srilanka 26/07/2012 14:05 groundviews Sounds ominous | Sri Lanka says returned asylum seekers will be dealt according to law http://t.co/Fgs1fg0M #lka #srilanka 26/07/2012 14:05 groundviews @SLcampaign Yes it is - major technical issue on backend, proving hard to fix. *Nothing* to do with Govt. 26/07/2012 09:12 groundviews Human Rights, Tamil political prisoners, Media, Land, Reconciliation, | Vikalpa Update - http://t.co/FQKbDdnG 26/07/2012 07:12 groundviews RT @aufidius: @groundviews Here's the link again, will retweet, thanks for the tip http://t.co/rQIP8P28 26/07/2012 07:12 groundviews @aufidius Thanks. 26/07/2012 07:08 groundviews @aufidius Dysfunctional link. Please retweet? Thanks. 26/07/2012 05:03 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Very useful...more so now than ever b4 RT @groundviews: Defense tools for Sri Lanka's online onslaught http://t.co/9Y8mfJ1i 26/07/2012 04:38 groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/VQc23g8Q #srilanka #lka 26/07/2012 04:36 groundviews Norochcholai repairs over, Kerawalpitiya by Monday - CEB http://t.co/jtisJIDt #CEB #srilanka #lka #electricity 25/07/2012 19:15 groundviews RT @cpjasia: Posters and videos focused on digital communications security, from Groundviews (@groundviews)#SriLanka http://t.co/INR6vfxY 25/07/2012 19:02 groundviews Sanjana Hattotuwa, the founder of the citizen journalism website Groundviews, sent us the links to a new series... http://t.co/E7WKLyYw 25/07/2012 18:53 groundviews Defense tools for Sri Lanka's online onslaught http://t.co/f2pa8unJ via @cpjasia #lka #srilanka @TechChange @EthanZ @globalvoices 25/07/2012 17:42 groundviews Sri Lanka's war torn image still hurting economic prospects: diplomat http://t.co/WuNOcbBh #lka #srilanka 25/07/2012 17:21 groundviews @SLcampaign @newtactics Thanks, but that's not right at all. CPA's Twitter handle is @CPASL Has been around for months. 25/07/2012 11:13 groundviews Love the meme | “@nisald: So THAT'S why there was no powercut! via @xelene #lka http://t.co/DvJamQrQ” #srilanka 25/07/2012 11:12 groundviews RT @colombotelegrap: #lka By Jayantha Dhanapala and Prof. Savitri GoonesekereThe Arrogance Of Power: Story Of A Plane, A Pilot And A Pu ... 25/07/2012 11:12 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: It is so ridiculous that situ in #lka is so bad that CPA has to put this out http://t.co/q0x9Wo0N but cheers for it! #srilanka 25/07/2012 11:09 groundviews Sri Lankan politician arrested for human smuggling http://t.co/fS4tOjBp #lka #srilanka @TNAmediaoffice comment? 25/07/2012 10:55 groundviews As opposed to?! | Ranil fires all cylinders http://t.co/1VHucYs4 #lka #srilanka 25/07/2012 10:55 groundviews The writing on the campus wall http://t.co/XR6XkoYW #lka #srilanka @theyrc 25/07/2012 09:19 groundviews A video that showcases domestic and international legal frameworks, including our constitutional rights on the... http://t.co/s65SSDS8 25/07/2012 09:19 groundviews How activists and even ordinary users can create, disseminate, archive and engage with content on the web and... http://t.co/edl2DEDD 25/07/2012 09:19 groundviews How to be safe when browsing the web and producing content that may irk censorious authorities. Also contains... http://t.co/wIvmPQVh 25/07/2012 09:02 groundviews The institutional anchor of Groundviews, the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), released today three new... http://t.co/f8tEEwsJ 25/07/2012 06:26 groundviews Please share as widely as possible: New videos & posters on FOE online in #srilanka http://t.co/Ycm0VVPp @lankasol #lka 25/07/2012 04:30 groundviews @vijaysappani @usembsl 2. We do hope that Amb. brought up issues of accountability and civility with person who understands neither. 25/07/2012 04:30 groundviews @vijaysappani @usembsl 1. :) Diplomatic traditions trump brutes in high office? Good they met, for regime prospers in isolation. 25/07/2012 04:25 groundviews RT @SriLanka: Love this Headline - #SriLanka imposes daily power cut after #Chinese plant fails again http://t.co/qfP3WjeC #lka #China 25/07/2012 04:25 groundviews RT @theyrc: The agony of Z- scores: http://t.co/CiG109Uv via @DMbreakingnews #lka #universitycrisis #SL 25/07/2012 03:10 groundviews Can @USEmbSL confirm or deny whether US English 'shit fucks' were exchanged at this meeting? http://t.co/NjuTySSe Thank you. #lka #srilanka 25/07/2012 03:08 groundviews More than 1500 Sri Lankans have reached Australian territory by boat so far this year, an increase of more than... http://t.co/ArAvgEBq 25/07/2012 03:08 groundviews Incredible statistic: 700% increase thus far over all of 2011 in number of asylum seekers from #srilanka to #australia http://t.co/sBlFfG3v 25/07/2012 03:06 groundviews Australia caught in Sri Lanka refugee crossfire http://t.co/sBlFfG3v #lka #srilanka 25/07/2012 02:55 groundviews RT @bfonseka: Protesting calling for justice re threat ag Mannar magistrate by a Govt minister today @ 12.30 in front of the Supreme Cou ... 25/07/2012 02:02 groundviews @NavamaniLK Any updates on this? 24/07/2012 15:35 groundviews RT @iam_project: Our next Muslim elder is the formidable Mrs Rasheed from Kandy http://t.co/Sh2w0Ast #lka elders http://t.co/4Ysbfosb 24/07/2012 15:35 groundviews @ICTASriLanka How does this sit with growing online content censorship by SL Govt? http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj #lka #srilanka 24/07/2012 09:09 groundviews RT @TimesOnlineLK: Refugee flights prove costly; another boat with asylum seekers arrives from Sri Lanka . http://t.co/AxTr2sJi #SriLank ... 24/07/2012 09:07 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Thalayady, Jaffna coast. Sea perfect blue-green like Maldives. But no fotos allowed: High Security Zone. Army sez necess ... 24/07/2012 08:23 groundviews RT @NalakaG: After cocky minister mocked at other South Asian countries on their power shortages, #lka too now has daily power cuts! htt ... 24/07/2012 08:04 groundviews Second day running, http://t.co/LZuKNG9l accessible on @dialoglk WiMax #lka #srilanka http://t.co/aYacaCUl 24/07/2012 06:13 groundviews It's called convenient amnesia | Statement recorded from Duminda http://t.co/yg8BMZAL #lka #srilanka 24/07/2012 05:13 groundviews Interesting comment for @NalakaG on quality of radio DJ's today http://t.co/TVI7fyYc #lka #srilanka 24/07/2012 03:37 groundviews @RasCeylon Look forward to final film! :) 24/07/2012 03:33 groundviews The Living Seeds of Black July http://t.co/08dav949 #lka #srilanka 24/07/2012 03:30 groundviews Now in the running for an Orange or Booker | ‘No rapes committed by Security Forces in North and East’http://t.co/eEvIAc34 #lka #srilanka 24/07/2012 02:25 groundviews @anushwij Tx. In a country where one floor of CB refutes what another floor says in <24hrs, one hopes such loans actually help fiscal mngmt! 24/07/2012 02:18 groundviews @anushwij Good point. Any data or studies on whether in the past these kinds of facilities have helped, & to what degree, FDI & ratings? 24/07/2012 01:54 groundviews I will conclude by saluting all my many colleagues in the media who try to be the exception and not the rule, who... http://t.co/PQx9SFL0 24/07/2012 01:53 groundviews Whither Sri Lanka’s media? http://t.co/sofivlPG #lka #srilanka 24/07/2012 01:52 groundviews More debt repayments! Hurrah! | IMF starts talks with Sri Lanka on a new loan http://t.co/0m2Ezb54 #lka #srilanka 24/07/2012 01:49 groundviews CEB website's load shedding schedule link dysfunctional http://t.co/pHbi0LOj See https://t.co/uU1rScII for today's cuts #lka #srilanka 24/07/2012 01:30 groundviews Child Rape on the Rise in Sri Lanka http://t.co/xewwxhpE #lka #srilanka 24/07/2012 01:29 groundviews Asylum seekers return to living hell http://t.co/FwSwhxSg #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 22:13 groundviews Whither Sri Lanka’s media?: Image courtesy Now Public Having been through the grind in the field of Sri Lanka’s ... http://t.co/Dxxdxr8b 23/07/2012 18:14 groundviews Sri Lanka Analysis: Bridging the language divide in Sri Lanka http://t.co/Qw1FCCIK #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 18:12 groundviews RT @CitizenXSL: Independence of the judiciary vital - #prez http://t.co/A8A4fVmP ya right!! is this b4 or after he brought the 18th amen ... 23/07/2012 18:12 groundviews RT @AmarAmarasingam: Black July riots in Sri Lanka remembered 29 years later http://t.co/9K8I0qKx via @HuffPostCanada #BlackJuly #Rememb ... 23/07/2012 18:10 groundviews RT @Cokroach: Now on for public, chandragupta's unique art, "Monument & Other work" in memory of #BlackJuly @ Lionel Wendt #Tamil #s ... 23/07/2012 18:09 groundviews Sent home to 'arrest, torture' http://t.co/s50jLUuO #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 18:07 groundviews Basically, a gag order | Sri Lanka Defence Secretary calls on media to report crime responsibly http://t.co/9Q7dgTOl #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 12:42 groundviews Orwellian speak for guaranteed interference | Independence of judiciary will be ensured - President http://t.co/1T1Ge1LY #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 10:45 groundviews Inexplicable & possibly short lived - http://t.co/LZuKNG9l accessible over @dialoglk WiMAX today #lka #srilanka http://t.co/HOBoAWdc 23/07/2012 10:41 groundviews When guilty, flatly deny. Works every time. | Min. Bathiyutheen claims Mannar magistrate lied about him http://t.co/S9DBQ7rP #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 10:05 groundviews MoD tourism clearly flourishing | More Mi-17s for Sri Lanka http://t.co/Xlo8GOBM #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 09:51 groundviews @rkguruparan Just one?! :) 23/07/2012 09:51 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Photo from the Mannar protest organized by the combined bar associations of the Northern Province #lka #tamil http://t. ... 23/07/2012 09:04 groundviews Those in Sri Lanka, please apply! | 2012 Create UNAOC Challenge http://t.co/HUwdQYKM @mobitelsrilanka @dialoglk @etisalatsl #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 08:54 groundviews First broadcast on aired on the MTV, Shakthi and Sirasa terrestrial TV channels in Sri Lanka from 23rd to 30th... http://t.co/HHM1oa5U 23/07/2012 08:54 groundviews Never Again: Remembering ’83: First broadcast on aired on the MTV, Shakthi and Sirasa terrestrial TV channels in... http://t.co/j9966I2M 23/07/2012 07:48 groundviews Articles written to remember the anti-Tamil riots of July 1983 and 1958. This content was submitted to... http://t.co/OxH64arj 23/07/2012 07:39 groundviews Especially today | Articles written to remember the anti-Tamil riots of July 1983 and 1958 http://t.co/ZBRIkTDC #lka #srilanka @lankasol 23/07/2012 07:19 groundviews The Rebel Who Peddled Dreams: On Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi (1954–2012): Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi, who suddenly ... http://t.co/j6a1Qzq9 23/07/2012 07:19 groundviews Were they PUBLISHING pornographic material? If not, how is this even remotely relevant? | http://t.co/Yz6UUsSe #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 07:00 groundviews As we move into digital broadcasting, there is a danger of high tech gadgets edging out creative minds. As the... http://t.co/EBPKwZ7C 23/07/2012 06:59 groundviews The Rebel Who Peddled Dreams: On Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi (1954–2012) http://t.co/t01NevbQ #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 03:32 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: En route to Mannar. Northern lawyers converging to hold a protest in front of Mannar courts condemning threats issued t ... 23/07/2012 03:32 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Suresh MP confirms what I reported yesterday. Visiting Indian envoy to Jaffna insists that TNA should join the PSC http ... 23/07/2012 02:19 groundviews RT @nirananketell: People Power in the North and East: MA Sumanthiran http://t.co/fpF3VwUK #lka #srilanka #tamils 23/07/2012 02:07 groundviews Sad Passing of a Creative Genius: Nimal Lakshapatiarachchi: Nimal at a village promotion in 1988 Nimal Lakshapat... http://t.co/XXMHbBc8 23/07/2012 02:06 groundviews Nimal Lakshapatiarachchi was an icon. I first met him with my partners Viren Perera and Pradip Jayewardene when... http://t.co/s6pb7IQd 23/07/2012 02:05 groundviews Sad Passing of a Creative Genius: Nimal Lakshapatiarachchi http://t.co/yKosWEZC #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 01:45 groundviews A political consciousness is important. There are examples of Tamils in the country who tried to hide their... http://t.co/T9D2XwRN 23/07/2012 01:43 groundviews Negating that which negates us: In support of democratic dialogue http://t.co/TVPA1Jo6 #lka #srilanka 23/07/2012 01:40 groundviews Bi-lateral relations over robust investigations? | Sri Lankan High Commissioner: Blood on his sword http://t.co/BhFNY7Og #lka #srilanka 22/07/2012 22:27 groundviews Negating that which negates us: In support of democratic dialogue: Photo courtesy Sri Lanka Guardian Hundreds ar... http://t.co/20myO6up 22/07/2012 18:12 groundviews @sumaiyarizvi LOL. Superb. 22/07/2012 13:45 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Anantapuram #Srilanka: land full of mines/artillery pcs/mortars/shells. Army impounded big barrel worth of TNT. Palmyra ... 22/07/2012 13:28 groundviews @ruvanw We were sent this as well, and agree. 22/07/2012 13:28 groundviews RT @ruvanw: @groundviews Stuff about the economy that doesn't get reported in the media: http://t.co/LddlxG7z - quite scandalous! 22/07/2012 13:27 groundviews @TMnY Thanks much. Kannan's work for @cepaSL also highlight in this presentation http://t.co/EhgXyVT9 (Slide 38) #lka 22/07/2012 10:16 groundviews Banning news websites an insult to peoples’ intelligence http://t.co/19DjSKPF #lka #srilanka 22/07/2012 03:32 groundviews Deconstructing development in Sri Lanka: In conversation with Priyanthi Fernando: Priyanthi Fernando is the Exec... http://t.co/SDVuOzfn 22/07/2012 02:32 groundviews Priyanthi Fernando is the Executive Director, Centre for Poverty Analysis, an independent, Sri Lankan think-tank... http://t.co/AaMTnIW5 22/07/2012 02:32 groundviews Deconstructing development in Sri Lanka: In conversation with Priyanthi Fernando http://t.co/i51kAoF3 @cepaSL @TMnY #lka #srilanka 22/07/2012 02:30 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: BASL will initiate contempt of court proceedings against Minister Bathiudeen in the Court of Appeal tomorrow. http://t. ... 22/07/2012 02:30 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Ranil to be leader of UNP until 2018. LOL http://t.co/DbKAEBI7 #lka #tamil 22/07/2012 01:44 groundviews The National Soil Question: Part 2 http://t.co/3iz3rvuM #lka #srilanka 22/07/2012 01:24 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: Women strongly urge to stop the wave of violence against women and children.Please click http://t.co/52fi74Pf to read ... 22/07/2012 01:23 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Really inspiring work by female and male deminers (mostly local #Tamils) in far NE of #SriLanka. Making living plots saf ... 22/07/2012 01:22 groundviews RT @NalakaG: Do #lka employers trust their staff to work from home? Yes and No. Mix of views, experiences found. #telework http://t.co/ ... 22/07/2012 01:15 groundviews Cracking Sri Lanka’s human smuggling code http://t.co/6DUy6rlC’s-human-smuggling-code.html #lka #srilanka @sunili 22/07/2012 01:10 groundviews The day will come when the government will not be able face public opprobrium over the accumulation of and... http://t.co/gdauycmp 22/07/2012 01:10 groundviews Systemic, not regime change https://t.co/8ql4jbwF #lka #srilanka 21/07/2012 22:18 groundviews The National Soil Question: Part 2: Read Part 1 here. The effect of clearing the forests and allowing erosion of... http://t.co/krXpIpUk 21/07/2012 17:14 groundviews GoSL-Australia on collision course over refugee boats http://t.co/rqtcAn2q #lka #srilanka 21/07/2012 16:28 groundviews @CeylonToday What is the URL of this new website? Your story does not carry it. 21/07/2012 16:19 groundviews If as Mr. Sumanthiran says, the right of self determination does not necessarily mean that they must exist as a... http://t.co/WL5ZCqgn 21/07/2012 16:18 groundviews SRI LANKA & TAMIL SELF-DETERMINATION http://t.co/4za0kkX7 #lka #srilanka @TNAmediaoffice @rkguruparan 21/07/2012 15:59 groundviews SRI LANKA & TAMIL SELF-DETERMINATION: The announcement that elections to the Northern Provincial Council will be... http://t.co/uWAj26NE 21/07/2012 09:13 groundviews RT @NadeekaS: My new #blog post: From perceived impunity to apparent insanity. Please read and react. http://t.co/e0MlrAcS #mannar #Sri ... 21/07/2012 09:12 groundviews RT @Joviarul: "We don't have a law which states that that the state can takeover #land for security reasons" #Sumanthiran http://t.co/SY ... 21/07/2012 09:11 groundviews RT @theyrc: Universities may be brought under the purview of the minister (as opposed to UGC) http://t.co/r2iilI5a #FUTA #lka #universit ... 21/07/2012 09:06 groundviews #srilanka gets final IMF tranche, asked to watch inflation, state firms http://t.co/z3XTNzqT #lka @TalkEconomicsSL 21/07/2012 09:06 groundviews Why did this need to go to the AG? | AG informs SC: Body will be released to parents http://t.co/L1fBchLI #lka #srilanka 21/07/2012 09:06 groundviews @aufidius We sincerely hope so too! 21/07/2012 04:47 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Rauf Hakeem: "Dont want to comment about a fellow minister. But if his involvement is true condemn it as a lawyer" http ... 21/07/2012 04:31 groundviews Against rape and child abuse | It’s Not OK! http://t.co/2e0kA5bp #lka #srilanka via @WorldBank 21/07/2012 02:08 groundviews Thus, history demonstrates that the great soil capital of this nation was lost with the advent of colonial... http://t.co/foacYBhQ 21/07/2012 02:07 groundviews The National Soil Question: Part 1 http://t.co/s4r9jjQv #lka #srilanka 21/07/2012 02:01 groundviews Ramadan traditions with a digital twist http://t.co/N95OT93x For @aufidius @mhmhisham @LankaMuslims @NavamaniLK 21/07/2012 01:58 groundviews RT @iam_project: We extend our best wishes to all our Muslim followers beginning the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Ramadan Kareem #lka ... 21/07/2012 01:22 groundviews RT @ABRFOTO: Tamils: why we get on the boats http://t.co/4ngWjyVW #lka #srilanka @groundviews #australia 20/07/2012 22:10 groundviews The National Soil Question: Part 1: There are some very disturbing trends in the management of the land of this ... http://t.co/8tAaNqsb 20/07/2012 14:55 groundviews Surprise surprise | No result meeting (between President and stock brokers) http://t.co/diHVb9WS #lka #srilanka 20/07/2012 12:25 groundviews Internet and Social Media in Asia: Battleground for Freedom of Expression http://t.co/JoUI6aFX @sunil_abraham @anjakovacs #FOE 20/07/2012 12:23 groundviews Internet and Social Media in Asia: Battleground for Freedom of Expression, by FORUM-ASIA This publication aims... http://t.co/orlGIUzr 20/07/2012 11:07 groundviews RT @DushiYanthini: "What has the Government done to prevent this from happening?"~Rosy Senanayake. #WomenForWomen #LKA http://t.co/Kz7EeJQE 20/07/2012 11:06 groundviews RT @Nirmanusan: #SriLanka might lose the peace dividend http://t.co/IbKRxJwQ 20/07/2012 10:28 groundviews For effing sake, at least try to make propaganda less ludicrous? | http://t.co/5VUHaycC #lka #srilanka 20/07/2012 08:26 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: This article suggests UN had spread sheet prepared in Manik Farm of casualty data in #srilanka 09 war http://t.co/l ... 20/07/2012 08:24 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: "I bet my life that over 20,000 were killed in the last few months" expat UN staff on #srilanka 09 war. http://t.co ... 20/07/2012 06:03 groundviews Human Rights, The President in London, Politics, Reconciliation, Sri Lankan Tamil Cinema | Vikalpa Update - http://t.co/bw7vjsmy 20/07/2012 02:17 groundviews @teearuna The kind of question that would throw our Central Bank into a tizzy… @TalkEconomicsSL @anushwij @cepaSL 20/07/2012 01:09 groundviews Immediately following the violence against persons and the damage to business establishments there came the... http://t.co/d2GSWsis 20/07/2012 01:05 groundviews Handling disasters: The man-made disaster of July 1983 (Part 2) http://t.co/LCRWgBn0 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 19/07/2012 22:17 groundviews Handling disasters: The man-made disaster of July 1983 (Part 2): Photograph by Chandragupta Amarasinghe, courtes... http://t.co/D9M7pfAl 19/07/2012 18:50 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Fascinating/disturbing/plausible claims of #srilanka govt involvement in human smuggling. UN, Oz govt should read it. htt ... 19/07/2012 18:50 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Are #srilanka officials and military facilitating illegal emigration to reduce Tamil population & power in northeast? ... 19/07/2012 18:49 groundviews @cfhaviland And if you can't be the change you want to see, what real hope for systemic change? Regime change is just more or less of same. 19/07/2012 18:06 groundviews Sri Lanka's repayment of loans during past 15 years over two trillion rupees http://t.co/CpkM1uM3 #lka #srilanka 19/07/2012 15:36 groundviews RT @teearuna: An opposition that doesn't like elections. Does #srilanka stand a chance? RT @groundviews: http://t.co/XP2Bb6AH #lka #sho ... 19/07/2012 15:17 groundviews The best indication yet Mahinda Rajapaksa will remain President for at least next 6 years… | http://t.co/hZn80fUD #lka #srilanka 19/07/2012 15:06 groundviews @teearuna Indeed, but if seed information is debarred from public release, how to create data driven arguments for systemic change? 19/07/2012 15:01 groundviews RT @teearuna: Reverse Menik Farm manoeuvre? Release & Catch RT @groundviews: Is Govt complicit in human smuggling & trafficking? ... 19/07/2012 14:53 groundviews @teearuna Agree. 19/07/2012 14:25 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: Is violence justified in Theravada Buddhism? - page 2 | Ecumenical Review, The http://t.co/UbuVQ6YK #srilanka #buddhism 19/07/2012 14:24 groundviews RT @ssukumaran: i'm partial because my fam is from nainativu but lovely photos! RT @rtwdave: Journey to Northern #SriLanka http://t.co/b ... 19/07/2012 14:23 groundviews @cfhaviland @torontotamil @rangaba But is this increase due to moon phases? If not, what? Will GoSL continue blanket denial of boats? #lka 19/07/2012 14:20 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #SriLanka military spks tells BBC: No naval collaboration with organisers of illegal migration. Troops & police coll ... 19/07/2012 14:09 groundviews What does @TNAmediaoffice MP Sumanthiran got to do with story on sexual abuse?! http://t.co/09svqHI1 #lka #srilanka @DMbreakingnews 19/07/2012 14:01 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: Politics of the Mother Tongue ( Might be of interest to @groundviews readership) http://t.co/v0U6FKO8 19/07/2012 11:26 groundviews @NavamaniLK Read your tweets - congratulations on assurances received, and inshallah, they are promises kept, not just said #lka #srilanka 19/07/2012 09:47 groundviews RT @vipulananda: Seriously out of touch: revival of TESO makes a mockery of political predicament of Tamils in Sri #Lanka http://t.co/9k ... 19/07/2012 09:46 groundviews @sumaiyarizvi Best with some kasa kasa though? Also reminded of @Azra_tweets's watalappan, many moons ago. Heavenly. 19/07/2012 08:04 groundviews @sunili The Rajapaksa Family Tree (from 2009) via an email that did the rounds that year #lka #srilanka http://t.co/LJrwjz8f 19/07/2012 06:36 groundviews Example of what's wrong with #lka's society - we celebrate playing truant and LACK of education! Read 2nd point. http://t.co/lCMQNyXz 19/07/2012 06:05 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom Noted earlier. On SLT (ZTE) wireless router too, to rule out any equipment mismatch. Etisalat HSDPA better sometimes. 19/07/2012 06:05 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom The same as many others in #lka complain about. It's slow, and with very high latency. Fast at ungodly hours only. 19/07/2012 06:05 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom 3. There was more conversation about what was being consumed for b'fast than the technical issue. Go figure. 19/07/2012 06:04 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom 2. 2nd complaint at Nugegoda Teleshop had service rep calling another on mobile and lodging verbal complaint. No ref given. 19/07/2012 06:04 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom 1. Ref # not with us at present, but will check. Only got one. If only official service channels are efficient at you are. 19/07/2012 05:49 groundviews Worth seeing, if in #Colombo, featuring photos from @anushwij http://t.co/tWEAcinM 19/07/2012 04:22 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom 3. Paying astronomical price for speeds no better than lower end packages. Utterly ridiculous. #lka #srilanka 19/07/2012 04:22 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom 2. Expanding is one thing, quality of service another. Large and growing gap between promised speeds and reality #lka 19/07/2012 04:22 groundviews @SriLankaTelecom 1. 2 complaints in as many weeks over atrocious throughput on Web Master package. No response or fix to date #lka #srilanka 19/07/2012 04:13 groundviews RT @NalakaG: @groundviews nuanced & critical coverage of #lka human #smuggling & #trafficking is what rest of R media fails 2 do ... 19/07/2012 03:25 groundviews Namal denies smuggling people http://t.co/EjKvRX6s #lka #srilanka 19/07/2012 02:23 groundviews YouTube Now Lets You Blur Faces in Videos: What This Means for Safety-Minded Activists http://t.co/bvsbkiu8 19/07/2012 02:21 groundviews Speak no truth, hear no truth, see no truth | NCPA silenced on child abuse cases http://t.co/uITyDEDq #lka #srilanka 19/07/2012 02:16 groundviews Concern in Sri Lanka over rising number of child rapes http://t.co/hAhTVisf #lka #srilanka 19/07/2012 01:35 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Three on motorbikes tried to sabotage protest by carrying tiger flags. Chased away by organizers. Suspected to be SLA i ... 19/07/2012 01:30 groundviews SLMC did not get the blessings of the President before going alone for EP Polls says Presidential Spox via @adaderana SMS #lka #srilanka 19/07/2012 01:14 groundviews @nisald @indunan @binku @yoshrox Use data driven, evidence based arguments, analysis & advocacy. Data viz & new media can help with support. 19/07/2012 01:13 groundviews @AmanthaP @dinoukc Absolutely. And more questioning by journos. 19/07/2012 01:09 groundviews Is Govt complicit in human smuggling and trafficking? Read http://t.co/hnDCULnE @Dinoukc & @AmanthaP can follow up? #lka #srilanka 19/07/2012 01:08 groundviews Some people have said that it is curious that those coordinating these criminal activities have been able to... http://t.co/c136s3ze 19/07/2012 01:04 groundviews Troubled Waters: Corruption & Human Trafficking in Post-war #srilanka http://t.co/hnDCULnE @SharnelleVella @sunili @lankasol @ABRFOTO #lka 18/07/2012 22:09 groundviews Troubled Waters: Corruption and Human Trafficking in Post-war Sri Lanka: Photo courtesy Herald Sun Introduction ... http://t.co/VrQG8gDn 18/07/2012 17:43 groundviews We approve amendments to the Act : Theras http://t.co/otupDooo See also http://t.co/uxSpWTe8 #lka #srilanka 18/07/2012 17:42 groundviews La dolce vita | Nearly 400 Govt. members hold Swiss Bank accounts: Kiriella http://t.co/hfAt14sU #lka #srilanka 18/07/2012 17:04 groundviews @nisald @indunan @binku @yoshrox Sorry - not sure what is required? 18/07/2012 16:13 groundviews RT @article19org: #SriLanka minister #Rajapakse admits swearing, not threat to kill editor #Jansz. Instead swears abt @stephensackur htt ... 18/07/2012 16:11 groundviews RT @gopiharan: Deyata Kirula 2013 to be held in #Ampara. Development operation begins. http://t.co/InUc1ghD http://t.co/mdU7jhZq #lka 18/07/2012 16:04 groundviews Activists in #srilanka note | Face blurring: when footage requires anonymity http://t.co/WorzqalY #lka @vikalpavoices @NalakaG @YoungAsiaTV 18/07/2012 15:16 groundviews RT @WBeducation: Between 06-11 2825 new schools were constructed in #Srilanka #edstats 18/07/2012 15:13 groundviews RT @globalvoices: #Breaking #Syria: Netizens Say Countdown for #Assad Begins http://t.co/VQamDxqI #Damascus 18/07/2012 14:46 groundviews @NavamaniLK How did the meeting go? 18/07/2012 14:45 groundviews RT @Nirmanusan: Two TNA candidates withdraw due to threats http://t.co/NR96B9MA #Tamil #lka 18/07/2012 14:23 groundviews @Dinoukc @amanthap @ceycitizen Bril. Keep us posted. Publishing fairly explosive piece from The Social Architects tomorrow morning. 18/07/2012 14:16 groundviews Three Musketeers redux: Image from The Nation Close to four decades ago, Richard Lester’s film, “Three Musketeer... http://t.co/efsSurMD 18/07/2012 13:46 groundviews Today, there is ONLY ONE minority political alliance, the TNA, that still can negotiate independently. Tamil... http://t.co/zI2bPopg 18/07/2012 13:41 groundviews Jaffna peaceful protest disrupted by masked men http://t.co/6Y2kSNFQ #lka #srilanka via @JDSriLanka 18/07/2012 06:02 groundviews Gihan nails it in today's Daily Mirror. http://t.co/o2l77Cir 18/07/2012 06:01 groundviews Brilliant! | “@vikalpavoices: Cartoon of the day http://t.co/x1FA3WZM #srilanka #lka” 18/07/2012 05:56 groundviews @SriLanka Thanks for concern. Govt et al knows who we are, where we are. 18/07/2012 05:49 groundviews @DMbreakingnews That's, save for one word, a verbatim copy off an SMS sent by @adaderana Better to attribute in future? 18/07/2012 05:45 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Army blocking & threatening people enroute to nelliyady protest organized by the TNPF at Vallaiveli #lka #Tamil 18/07/2012 05:12 groundviews @Sal_D_Man @srilanka Absolutely. Nothing like seeing oneself on the menu to comply and conform? 18/07/2012 05:12 groundviews RT @Sal_D_Man: @SriLanka @groundviews to confidentialy threaten them rather than over phones and it getting ugly 18/07/2012 05:11 groundviews Another boat with 41 persons nabbed off Batticaloa last evening. It adds up to 334 persons nabbed within July via Ada Derana #lka #srilanka 18/07/2012 04:38 groundviews RT @NalakaG: #lka top demographer doubts process & outcome of 2011-12 national #census - and says so to state-owned newspaper! http ... 18/07/2012 04:37 groundviews The Resilience Series : Oral histories of Sri Lankan communities that are stronger than war or disaster ! From... http://t.co/W6oK9v5Z 18/07/2012 04:35 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: excellent stuff if your are researching the small voices in #srilanka http://t.co/OQzolNvt #counterpunctualhistory 18/07/2012 04:34 groundviews RT @AndrewBuncombe: Spokesman for #SriLanka's president declares support for return of death penalty. http://t.co/srb5A9vH 18/07/2012 04:33 groundviews RT @SriLanka: 5 editors were invited for a “confidential” dinner with the President, Gotabhaya & Lalith Weeratunge #srilanka #lka ht ... 18/07/2012 04:27 groundviews @SharnelleVella Another very good piece, with on the ground perspectives from North and East on this issue, appears tomorrow early a.m. 18/07/2012 04:10 groundviews Growing concern over human smudging and trafficking in Sri Lanka: Interview with ILO: On 2nd July, the Sri Lanka... http://t.co/WfSXDxB9 18/07/2012 04:03 groundviews RT @sunili: Related: ILO on “People Smuggling” & “Human Trafficking” at @SLPI press conf http://t.co/a2KhY4mA #srilanka #Asylum (via ... 18/07/2012 03:53 groundviews @sunili @abrfoto @amanthap Damn auto-correct! :) 18/07/2012 03:53 groundviews Growing concern over human smuggling and trafficking in #srilanka: Interview with ILO http://t.co/AT1R36vK @ABRFOTO @AmanthaP @sunili #lka 18/07/2012 03:51 groundviews On 2nd July, the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) organised a panel discussion on preventing human smuggling and... http://t.co/LJrZh9Fs 18/07/2012 03:48 groundviews Also @SharnelleVella and @lankasol will be interested in this interview | http://t.co/AT1R36vK #lka #srilanka 18/07/2012 01:34 groundviews Stand Athwart Censorship in Sri Lanka: In Tom Stoppard’s superlative play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead... http://t.co/i9msJRi2 18/07/2012 01:26 groundviews Attempted abduction of journalist and human rights defender Mr Shanta P Wijesooriya https://t.co/1zinhcuR #lka #srilanka 18/07/2012 01:14 groundviews We are then afforded the opportunity to respond to these individuals. In doing so, we may hope to persuade them... http://t.co/W8EY2AYj 18/07/2012 01:14 groundviews Stand Athwart Censorship in Sri Lanka http://t.co/r72jxaTK #lka #srilanka 17/07/2012 19:16 groundviews RT @CitizenXSL: @bundeljayse http://t.co/NMwZ0xxp can you confirm this? @groundviews my name is Roshan Siriwardena, a concerned citizen 17/07/2012 19:14 groundviews @Diya_Rakusa DMV? 17/07/2012 19:14 groundviews @HalikAzeez @tmny @womenandmedia Good point, worth thinking about. But his violence (verbal & physical) is really the Govt's violence #lka 17/07/2012 14:00 groundviews Six Sri Lankan journalists sue over their arrests, say gov't trying to stifle free expression http://t.co/4F8F4C5b #lka #srilanka 17/07/2012 13:25 groundviews @Refugees Cheers, and yes, cute shot. 17/07/2012 12:48 groundviews @Refugees Sorry, but what does a "Sri boy" mean? Did you want to say a Lankan boy? No such identity as "Sri". Surely UN should know? #lka 17/07/2012 12:36 groundviews @TMnY @halikazeez @womenandmedia Guess the point is that there needs to be serious record of outrage, lest silence is seen as acceptance? 17/07/2012 11:52 groundviews @HalikAzeez @tmny @womenandmedia @kataclysmichaos With respect, think it's girls and women who need to respond more, and more forcefully. 17/07/2012 11:43 groundviews The top five 1. Stunning beaches: Whichever you choose, they really are gorgeous. 2. Travelling by train: An... http://t.co/GBlXCgR3 17/07/2012 11:42 groundviews Given recent stories, a different timbre of reporting on #srilanka from #australia | http://t.co/pzxBvOqA #lka 17/07/2012 11:27 groundviews @arosha Agree - general malaise in #lka is to be satisfied with the ordinary. Mechanism on site to elicit crowd sourced definitions useful. 17/07/2012 08:43 groundviews Odious brute moralising | ‘Our girls expose what they shouldn’t’ http://t.co/77Row9nz @TMnY @womenandmedia @kataclysmichaos #lka #srilanka 17/07/2012 08:40 groundviews @SriLanka Thanks. Really don't know what to say... 17/07/2012 08:34 groundviews @arosha Also a very healthy debate in Sinhala on translation for 'reconciliation' | Prathisandhanaya or as we prefer, Samagisandhanaya #lka 17/07/2012 08:32 groundviews @arosha Which in itself is rather revealing, is it not, given absolute centrality of term and idea today, post-war? #lka #srilanka 17/07/2012 08:24 groundviews @arosha By same logic, we must all be happy that LLRC's Final Report is out in English, not in Sinhala or Tamil? A flaw is a flaw. #lka 17/07/2012 07:35 groundviews @SriLanka Sorry, what? Where did he say this? 17/07/2012 07:34 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: #SRILANKA Navy says it stopped four attempts to use trawlers to smuggle over 200 people to Australia in 7 days http://t.co ... 17/07/2012 07:33 groundviews @dbsjeyaraj We have a monumentally incoherent Ministry and Minister of External Affairs. Why add to the odious mess? #lka #srilanka 17/07/2012 07:27 groundviews Brilliant. Best way to address censorship is to ridicule it | CRAP, DO I OWN A NEWS WEBSITE? http://t.co/XRkaX7zH #lka #srilanka 17/07/2012 06:51 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: Colombo Beautification Means Less Trees http://t.co/KLPxqx0r #lka 17/07/2012 05:44 groundviews RT @cepaSL: Online Trilingual dictionary http://t.co/pNr60XYl 17/07/2012 04:41 groundviews Govt defines reconciliation via lens of accounting, not peacebuilding?! Via http://t.co/5hLxNlx6 #lka #srilanka #fail http://t.co/AFr4Mr8n 17/07/2012 04:10 groundviews To rephrase an old Sinhala adage, 'horage puthata pena kiyanawa wage' | http://t.co/WvNXcNYJ #lka #srilanka 17/07/2012 02:44 groundviews American Language & Gota’s Language: Any “Aadi Anandian” Who’d Take A Decent Stand? http://t.co/tzlSSW5R via @colombotelegrap #lka #srilanka 17/07/2012 02:37 groundviews I am looking for such “Aadi Anandians” (Old boys of Ananda) who would distance themselves from these threatening... http://t.co/0V6jECUC 16/07/2012 17:52 groundviews Essential reading for journalists et al | Truth in the Age of Social Media http://t.co/2hanaUW4 @AshokaNews @TechChange @PatrickMeier 16/07/2012 17:39 groundviews Sri Lanka stops more asylum seekers http://t.co/BLXWgfPT #lka #srilanka 16/07/2012 12:28 groundviews Good piece | what lies between what the govt says and what the govt does (what pun?!) http://t.co/OVbNdgOD #lka #srilanka 16/07/2012 12:27 groundviews Buddhist monks and party politics in post-war Sri Lanka: In conversation with Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe MP: Wijeyada... http://t.co/DuIsQYYD 16/07/2012 12:22 groundviews Towards the end of the interview, we talk about the growing religious intolerance in Sri Lanka, and in particular,... http://t.co/ZphJnlYQ 16/07/2012 12:21 groundviews @mhmhisham will be interested in this conversation with Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe - http://t.co/uxSpWTe8 #lka #srilanka 16/07/2012 12:20 groundviews Buddhist monks and party politics in post-war Sri Lanka: In conversation with Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe MP http://t.co/uxSpWTe8 #lka #srilanka 16/07/2012 05:59 groundviews @Dinoukc Can you / paper get through to him? Ask hard & necessary questions (and risk US English usage again)? 16/07/2012 05:58 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: SL Ambassador in Australia downplaying the boat people issue. No concern shown as to why the sudden increase #lka 16/07/2012 05:38 groundviews Understanding Sri Lankan Version of Elections: A New Dimension: Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters courtesy Chr... http://t.co/pGy00JMW 16/07/2012 04:21 groundviews Understanding Sri Lankan Version of Elections: A New Dimension http://t.co/4YrT3mIB #lka #srilanka 16/07/2012 04:18 groundviews I pose the question now to you – have we passed the history or is history repeating itself? We are faced with a... http://t.co/a2596Zk9 16/07/2012 02:28 groundviews Sri Lankan envoy backs the policy of turning back boats, amid spike in attempts by Tamils http://t.co/2MwUrw2d #lka #srilanka #australia 16/07/2012 02:02 groundviews @ruvanw This was in fact noted through audience questions at @slpi's press conf a few weeks ago. Panel didn't (couldn't) really answer. 16/07/2012 01:59 groundviews @NalakaG @apelankawe Plus its not just a matter of courts? As noted, it's engendering fear & self-censorship, through possibility of duress. 16/07/2012 01:58 groundviews @NalakaG @apelankawe In light of SC's ruling upholding Govt's myopic edict to register sites, is there yet cause to wonder? :) #lka 16/07/2012 01:53 groundviews @Dinoukc Could have been fancy dress party at Temple Trees. 16/07/2012 01:49 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #SriLanka police tell BBC 127 more boat people/4 helpers held since Sat. 8 Sinhala/rest Tamil. "16 are govt servants." H ... 16/07/2012 01:46 groundviews @Dinoukc Where? 16/07/2012 01:28 groundviews @NalakaG @apelankawe You've got it wrong? The power of censorship lies in how vague and over broad definitions are, for widest application. 15/07/2012 18:34 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: @groundviews I, a lankan, disseminate 'news', facts & opinions through tweets. The 100,000 rupee question is - shoul ... 15/07/2012 11:27 groundviews RT @kodeckmanu: @groundviews Sri Lanka’s ‘illiberal peace’: implications for Western influence http://t.co/MT2MKhav 15/07/2012 11:27 groundviews @kodeckmanu Thanks for that link. 15/07/2012 11:27 groundviews RT @nigelvnugawela: Terribly imbecilic | Is legalising prostitution, the solution to rape of women? http://t.co/Vwnitnmu #srilanka #lka 15/07/2012 10:09 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Rajpal's lame and transparent defense of the defense Secretary. I thought Gota had better friends. http://t.co/eK1l2rOi 15/07/2012 10:09 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Radhakrishnan of Hindu and Lakbima Rajpal get to the right people, zero in on issues, almost right questions but accept ... 15/07/2012 10:09 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Rajpal's take on Gota's tirade:"intemperate speech under grave and abrupt provocation"?? What?? Does he read what he wri ... 15/07/2012 10:08 groundviews @bundeljayse @apelankawe You don't respond to inconvenient truths - real or not, names have nothing to do with it? #lka #srilanka 15/07/2012 08:05 groundviews @bundeljayse What's good about "fully" (sic) page interview? It's adding insult to injury with Def Sec now openly lying?! #lka #srilanka 15/07/2012 07:59 groundviews @Dinoukc 'A new chapter' addresses the issues we talked about https://t.co/OrNJV1yJ reg. 'net regulations & news definitions #lka #srilanka 15/07/2012 07:52 groundviews RT @bfonseka: UPR Report Complete, Key Recommendations Not Implemented http://t.co/qHwDDc8q via @sharethis 15/07/2012 07:51 groundviews If you produce content on & live in #lka, you’re now liable for criminal prosecution, regulation and taxation http://t.co/SPtFQnYI #srilanka 15/07/2012 07:43 groundviews @Dinoukc Two boats today? It's like the flood gates have been opened, and those behind the smuggling see diminishing returns. 15/07/2012 07:42 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: Media have been barely touching the human smuggling, no one bothers to look at the cause behind the increase #lka 15/07/2012 07:42 groundviews @theyrc @womenandmedia Actually @mhmhisham and @aufidius may be interesting in commenting on that extraordinary submission too! :) 15/07/2012 05:49 groundviews @TMnY @amanthap @nationnewspaper Between recording in courts and Def Sec, who do you think the bets are in favour of? 15/07/2012 02:30 groundviews Hiding ugly realities behind attractive facades, which was honed on the ‘welfare villages’ has become a staple of... http://t.co/Vl3x1ZHH 15/07/2012 02:30 groundviews "Freedom of Expression and Rajapaksa rule are thus mutually exclusive. One will have to go." http://t.co/moScBQGF #lka #srilanka @lankasol 15/07/2012 02:27 groundviews @TMnY @amanthap @nationnewspaper See our tweets on this score, 1 - 7, published a short while ago. 15/07/2012 02:25 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: @bundeljayse Any updates on the death of prisoner in custody? 15/07/2012 02:15 groundviews But did you use foul language on the lady? I did not do so. I used words such as ‘bloody’ or whatever, not to... http://t.co/ClKCYrVO 15/07/2012 01:44 groundviews 7. According to #srilanka's Def Sec @TheEconomist, inter alia, working against him, out to get him, hate him, have done nothing for #lka 15/07/2012 01:44 groundviews 6. Gota asked "Who is Lasantha?" after he was killed. Now asks "Who are Mangala Samaraweera, The Economist, Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu?" #lka 15/07/2012 01:44 groundviews 5. @bundeljayse Def Sec says he didn't threaten or use foul language against Editor http://t.co/kDj2fw0R True or false? http://t.co/HTlSxfIl 15/07/2012 01:44 groundviews 4. Gota explicitly says "I did not use foul language to abuse her" http://t.co/kDj2fw0R but see transcript #lka http://t.co/9dqfaWdR 15/07/2012 01:43 groundviews 3. Would @USEmbSL and @StateDept care to comment on assertion made by Gota http://t.co/kDj2fw0R about 'US idiom', used on media in #lka 15/07/2012 01:42 groundviews 2. Says language he used was NOT against her, but against incident and words he used very commonly used in the US http://t.co/kDj2fw0R #lka 15/07/2012 01:42 groundviews 1. Incredible, in fullest sense of the word. Gota claims he didn't use foul language against Frederica Jansz http://t.co/kDj2fw0R #lka 15/07/2012 01:28 groundviews @AmanthaP @ajenglish Is Minelle on Twitter? 15/07/2012 01:20 groundviews On the internet and web censorship in #srilanka | A new chapter https://t.co/OrNJV1yJ @sunil_abraham @lankasol @InternetLiberty #lka 15/07/2012 01:19 groundviews The opportunity in all this lies in the impossibility of the intended goal – which is to control content with... http://t.co/piSTmz5I 14/07/2012 18:14 groundviews For the Blink of an Eye: Image courtesy Virtual Tourist I almost always enjoy my time in Jaffna. Riding on the A... http://t.co/XY2Q3yZ5 14/07/2012 18:12 groundviews What I should have told the tuk-tuk driver is that I am not sure that I have ever spent time in a more... http://t.co/fkDqbSlZ 14/07/2012 18:11 groundviews For the Blink of an Eye http://t.co/cmSMUMq7 #lka #srilanka 14/07/2012 15:29 groundviews Relief for Sri Lanka drought may come too late http://t.co/xxx1vr2f #lka #srilanka Video via @AJEnglish For @AmanthaP #lka #srilanka 14/07/2012 15:25 groundviews Talk to Al Jazeera - Rauff Hakeem: Sri Lanka's quest for justice http://t.co/q7HFSN0o @mhmhisham @lankasol #lka #srilanka 14/07/2012 15:23 groundviews Three years ago the war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers in Northern Sri Lanka, fighting to... http://t.co/F6mi25XL 14/07/2012 15:01 groundviews @teearuna @dmbreakingnews Hardly news. Period. 14/07/2012 14:59 groundviews RT @azwaanameer: #IFJ confused on its priorities. Defend #Media or not antagonize members? http://t.co/0HD5HV6u #lka @ifjasiapacific #p ... 14/07/2012 14:29 groundviews @Life_TimesSL Thanks a bunch, though you may need to speak with marketing in case it buggers sales projections. Good luck. 14/07/2012 14:22 groundviews @Life_TimesSL Thanks - found it useful to download the full issue as PDF. Might help to take down old site and put placeholder text? 14/07/2012 14:01 groundviews Joint Humanitarian and Early Recovery Update, Sri Lanka, June 2012 http://t.co/BL8F9erz–-report-43 #lka #srilanka via @UNOCHA 14/07/2012 13:55 groundviews @Life_TimesSL Is your website not being updated anymore? "This month's issue" loads April 2012. 14/07/2012 13:52 groundviews RT @gopiharan: Refreshing "Refresh Colombo" by @shiran_sanjeewa . A design concept for @refreshcolombo ! Isn't it awesome ?! :) http:// ... 14/07/2012 13:49 groundviews RT @dinidu: #Media activism and principles undermined by personal vendettas in #LKA: http://t.co/gxf1hX0c 14/07/2012 09:08 groundviews @TMnY Passed. Confirmed. Wanted to take photos and tweet but frankly was too depressed to do so. 14/07/2012 09:08 groundviews @dinidu Thought as much. Thanks. 14/07/2012 01:58 groundviews UN examines Lanka’s missing http://t.co/gnPLKtT5 #lka #srilanka 14/07/2012 01:36 groundviews @Apelankawe Complete silence from the usually loquacious indicates extent of Govt embarrassment @bundeljayse Read http://t.co/MMS59dif #lka 14/07/2012 01:33 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: @bundeljayse Any statement from President regarding Gotabhaya's interview with Fredrica Janz? He is his Minister, No? 14/07/2012 01:33 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: What noble advice would 'true sinhala buddhist', 'pig that eats shit' fame Gota have given the school children? http://t ... 14/07/2012 01:33 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: SLA Commander: "no civilian wants the army to leave' http://t.co/bzpH0nIB Meaning those of us who want the SLA to leave ... 14/07/2012 01:32 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: Great Idea for Integration! - Former Tamil Tiger snipers, sailors to join #SriLanka shooting, swimming team http://t.co/p ... 14/07/2012 01:29 groundviews Brief interview with Frederica Jansz: Gotabhaya | Federica | Dog http://t.co/9d3GX0Sg courtesy @vikalpavoices #lka #srilanka @Dinoukc 14/07/2012 01:26 groundviews @dinidu Wonder where the most arrivals are from? #India? 14/07/2012 01:24 groundviews RT @dinidu: Sri Lanka's June tourist arrivals up 21.6% from last year: http://t.co/kGxTyo0b #LKA #Tourism 14/07/2012 01:24 groundviews RT @vikalpavoices: Lets rally up against the Supperssion - M.A.Sumanthiran[Video] http://t.co/6FaOKNiw #srilanka #lka #media #protest 14/07/2012 01:23 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Virakesari reports SLMC has decided to contest with UPFA. 12 slots to be allocated. (6 in Amparai, 3 in Trinco and 3 in ... 14/07/2012 01:15 groundviews Whatever merits of letter & appointment, speaks to dangers of having working journos as intl. media freedom reps http://t.co/yXbrLOfH #lka 14/07/2012 01:09 groundviews Whale researcher Asha de Vos spends her days weaving a 6-meter boat through shipping lanes crowded with giant... http://t.co/pB3ZOfDU 14/07/2012 01:04 groundviews This is getting most interesting | Gota Went Berserk Because Of Madini http://t.co/MMS59dif #lka #srilanka Comments? @bundeljayse 13/07/2012 16:01 groundviews RT @akeenan23: #SriLanka "descending toward dictatorship"; gd story forgot to mention Gotabaya/Basil are US citizens; leverage exists. h ... 13/07/2012 13:43 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: Provincial Elections Anouncement = Price Reduction of Goods >> #SriLanka truely Wonder of Asia :D 13/07/2012 13:30 groundviews Good statement by @womenandmedia on increase of rape, abuse of girl children & gender based violence in #srilanka http://t.co/P8IvH127 #lka 13/07/2012 11:48 groundviews RT @ABRFOTO: Just spoke to Federica Jansz over the phone, seems shes is good spirits considering, such a strong women. #lka #srilanka 13/07/2012 11:47 groundviews RT @colombotelegrap: #lka The Writers In Prison Committee Of #PENInternational Joins #Article19 In Its Concerns For The Safety Of Frede ... 13/07/2012 11:43 groundviews Chinese weapons had been instrumental in helping the Sri Lankan government end the war. Now Chinese support is... http://t.co/4RLwu9MZ 13/07/2012 11:40 groundviews #srilanka descending toward dictatorship, critics say; US determined to remain engaged http://t.co/E8wj6L1r #lka 13/07/2012 10:31 groundviews Australian bound trawler with 41 pax incl 5 children onboard taken into Navy custody in the Trincomalee sea #lka #srilanka via Daily Mirror 13/07/2012 07:03 groundviews RT @vikalpavoices: Lets rally up against the Suppression[Video] http://t.co/ZY2csZrD #srilanka #lka #media 13/07/2012 07:02 groundviews RT @radzad: WikiLeaks: Rajapaksa, In A Harsh Tone,Told Daniels That MTV Would Face Consequences http://t.co/Xxf8VKWg #lka 13/07/2012 07:02 groundviews Realised how ironic it is to not put up many comments against Gotabaya using expletives, and how Govt really would like us shut down! #lka 13/07/2012 05:22 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Age-old Central Cinema building reportedly torn down in Colombo days after police sealed it off. http://t.co/nr9gEoI0 #s ... 13/07/2012 04:53 groundviews @cfhaviland Apols, said podcast was from 27 June, 12pm via Global News from the BBC. Link on iTunes http://t.co/Wz5aOfz9 It's a good one. 13/07/2012 04:27 groundviews Good piece | THE RISE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN #COLOMBO http://t.co/fXhvRnRy #lka #srilanka Tx @kataclysmichaos for tip. Any tracks online? 13/07/2012 04:19 groundviews RT @the_hindu: EDITORIAL: Northern provincial council elections should have been held soon after the war ended http://t.co/zbymBK2h #Sri ... 13/07/2012 04:18 groundviews RT @sunili: RT @RSF_RWB: #SriLanka - Interview with editor who was threatened by defence minister http://t.co/AV1qgn2L #media 13/07/2012 04:16 groundviews @TheCitizen1 It must be added that when using said signal light, it is customary to turn in the direction indicated, and not other way... 13/07/2012 04:15 groundviews RT @nisald: I get pissed off when i hear "Piritta|"on radio channel and they keep repeating how pure SL are when all the disgusting rape ... 13/07/2012 03:16 groundviews @ABRFOTO @milindat Agree. 13/07/2012 02:59 groundviews After its civil war, critics warn that the country is descending toward dictatorship. A photo spread from The... http://t.co/4XMerAYL 13/07/2012 02:57 groundviews Very nice photo essay | Defining the future of Sri Lanka http://t.co/Gma4zanw @ABRFOTO @Gemunua #lka #srilanka 13/07/2012 02:50 groundviews @cfhaviland There was at the end of that podcast a terrific recording of the ambient sounds of production at Bush House. It sounds historic. 13/07/2012 02:49 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: "Of course I feel threatened," says Sunday Leader ed Frederica Jansz at press demo after intemperate phone call from #Sr ... 13/07/2012 02:49 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #SriLanka gov anno's new fees 4 news websites: $750 registrtion; $375 per year. Journos demo agst June arrest of website ... 13/07/2012 02:49 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: "I can't afford 2 pay these new gov registration fees," ed of a #SriLanka news site says. Might have 2 shut down. Wonder ... 13/07/2012 02:42 groundviews Haven't read any any GoSL condemnation or statement to date on this remarkable tirade? http://t.co/MYUYOMwS @bundeljayse #lka #srilanka 13/07/2012 02:40 groundviews For @AmanthaP, @MelGuna and others | Developing Asia Journalism Awards http://t.co/KF9DvhJL #lka #srilanka 13/07/2012 02:39 groundviews FUTA Strike And Its Detractors: A Response http://t.co/XpZemz51 #lka #srilanka @lankasol @theyrc 13/07/2012 02:34 groundviews The problem with the state is not only its ethnocratic character. Its authoritarianism and militarism, the... http://t.co/fp7d9EzT 13/07/2012 02:33 groundviews Land and the National Question in Sri Lanka http://t.co/KlmYHrBW #lka #srilanka 12/07/2012 22:55 groundviews Land and the National Question in Sri Lanka: Image courtesy Sainthan Sivanesan on 500px I am thankful to the Nor... http://t.co/2K8YE2y7 12/07/2012 18:20 groundviews @ssukumaran But of course. Not an iota of doubt. Nada. Zilch. 12/07/2012 18:03 groundviews @MelGuna Unclear atm. 12/07/2012 18:01 groundviews More people boarding boats to #Australia http://t.co/0sVIRb7X #lka #srilanka 12/07/2012 17:50 groundviews Govt says it wants to filter 'row' (sic) filth http://t.co/zcolmizT Same Govt speaks in filth http://t.co/MYUYOMwS Go figure #lka #srilanka 12/07/2012 17:44 groundviews Today triumphalism abounds among Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhala population. The army found the pool in 2009,... http://t.co/UmuSl3mg 12/07/2012 17:43 groundviews A rebel stronghold becomes an unlikely tourist trap http://t.co/c0enf13C #lka #srilanka via @TheEconomist @lankasol 12/07/2012 17:39 groundviews Sri Lankan journalists protest against state media suppression (The Guardian) http://t.co/La1geDLr #srilanka #lka #media 12/07/2012 17:38 groundviews Lest we forget, leading bloggers appalled by Gotabaya's unique expression & website tax supported him & Govt a few months ago #lka #srilanka 12/07/2012 17:19 groundviews @jayshreebajoria Thanks for retweet. 12/07/2012 15:12 groundviews RT @ESPNcricinfo: Sri Lanka don't go for the win in Pallekele but get their first series victory since August 2009 http://t.co/wRLPZ944 ... 12/07/2012 15:11 groundviews RT @NalakaG: Any comments? UK Telegraph sums up #SriLanka #lka history in 6 words: Buddhism, tea, Ceylon, Tamils, tragedies, Murali http ... 12/07/2012 12:25 groundviews @antonnorbert Actually, in 3 months, the site and mobile versions will move completely into HTML5. Simply put, it will work fine on your BB. 12/07/2012 11:51 groundviews From February, but sadly, still relevant | Vihara Maha Devi: Where have all the trees gone? http://t.co/mqSQk2QA @TMnY @NalakaG @cepaSL #lka 12/07/2012 11:42 groundviews So damn typical: "When asked to elaborate on what was meant by the blanket term ‘news websites’ the Minster for... http://t.co/wSZt8l3z 12/07/2012 11:40 groundviews Good report from @kataclysmichaos | News websites to be charged Rs.1 lakh for registration http://t.co/zxHdEpr7 #lka #srilanka 12/07/2012 11:18 groundviews RT @SLcampaign: More sense on #puppygate, this time from @groundviews http://t.co/T10hmK1U 12/07/2012 10:47 groundviews In March 2011, Groundviews launched Sri Lanka’s as well as South Asia’s first civic media journalism app for... http://t.co/Gyu4TDO0 12/07/2012 10:46 groundviews Noticing a large number of our emails read on iPhones | Readers should download our iPhone app - http://t.co/TfRFewqQ #lka #srilanka 12/07/2012 09:18 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Sri Lankan Media organizations protest against media suppression #lka #mediaattack http://t.co/DYD4KQFB 12/07/2012 08:48 groundviews @drac Actually, it's focussed on web media censorship in particular. 12/07/2012 08:43 groundviews iRead from MD Gunasena sounds interesting http://t.co/HIAqfxB2 but their 'online' bookstore down! http://t.co/KgUxgMwl @smriti_daniel #lka 12/07/2012 08:03 groundviews @drac You can extrapolate a list from the reports we have up at http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj 12/07/2012 06:20 groundviews Freedom of Expression in #srilanka: How the #lka Constitution Fuels Self-Censorship and Hinders Reconciliation http://t.co/yqN1D4kk 12/07/2012 06:19 groundviews Arbitrary Detention in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka http://t.co/n7jfAn8W See also 1st piece on GV http://t.co/qSohhh2Y #lka #srilanka 12/07/2012 06:17 groundviews Sinister development, and will be interesting to get details of amendment, incl. definition of news site http://t.co/PJv0TI3m #lka #srilanka 12/07/2012 05:46 groundviews @TMnY @womenandmedia Thanks, but unpardonable that article does not acknowledge former IGP's idea to address rape http://t.co/QSEr229M #lka 12/07/2012 03:53 groundviews Around 35 stories so far for planned Anthology of Sri Lankan Hint Fiction http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 @PhBooks wants ~160. Write in! #lka #srilanka 12/07/2012 01:26 groundviews From the Hold: I don’t merit praise, who am I to suggest inventing the west moon for the Lankan imagination, or ... http://t.co/HZIS4SCf 12/07/2012 00:46 groundviews For @NalakaG | Fifty Years Ago Arthur C. Clarke Accurately Predicted We’d Be Able To Work Online in Our Pajamas http://t.co/cJphteO2 #lka 12/07/2012 00:30 groundviews I have called for his resignation or sacking on three occasions- the first in 2007. I do so yet again. The... http://t.co/ACErV4vP 12/07/2012 00:29 groundviews Gotabhaya Rajapaksha: Too Drunk with Power to Exercise it? http://t.co/MYUYOMwS #lka #srilanka @lankasol @cpjasia @akeenan23 @hrw 12/07/2012 00:28 groundviews @ABRFOTO Indeed. 11/07/2012 22:50 groundviews Gotabhaya Rajapaksha: Too Drunk with Power to Exercise it?: Still image captured from BBC video interview. Excer... http://t.co/Flu5khtJ 11/07/2012 17:30 groundviews RT @UN: Watch now: special event at UNHQ on impact of #socialmedia. http://t.co/dYIvFCVQ. Details: http://t.co/nNVSKPcI 11/07/2012 15:27 groundviews Would be good to get President's response to http://t.co/L7AGUa99 Not for us, but for 1,400+ who signed up @bundeljayse #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 15:24 groundviews #srilanka hitting international headlines for all the right reasons… | Gota explodes http://t.co/yGk09OPM #lka @lankasol @cpjasia 11/07/2012 15:23 groundviews SRI LANKA’s powerful defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, seemed to threaten a senior newspaper editor with... http://t.co/qKHRA9bb 11/07/2012 15:17 groundviews RT @Joviarul: Petition Save Sri Lankan Schools and Universities! http://t.co/zNgPFIAa via @ipetitions #lka #Srilanka #lka 11/07/2012 14:41 groundviews @TMnY And again, to think this was said live on public radio, with total impunity. It's mad @womenandmedia should write letter to President. 11/07/2012 14:40 groundviews @TMnY The gist in English http://t.co/8pEewiNJ is, by more than one source, confirmed as fairly accurate. Of course Sinhala more outrageous. 11/07/2012 14:36 groundviews RT @NalakaG: Interactive infographic on #dengue fever in #lka and prevention - simple and informative. http://t.co/kgVlB39g 11/07/2012 14:32 groundviews @TMnY 4. Will obvious post as podcast to GV if and when we get the recording. Till then, here is gist in English http://t.co/8pEewiNJ 11/07/2012 14:32 groundviews @TMnY 5. Gist of what was allegedly said in Sinhala provided to us by a listener - a mother, who heard it dropping children to school. 11/07/2012 14:32 groundviews @TMnY 3. Trying to get recording of programme from other sources, but unsure of success. @YoungAsiaTV will record this show henceforth. 11/07/2012 14:32 groundviews @TMnY 2. This didn't happen. We didn't want to say it in public for fear SLBC may pick up on public outrage and not broadcast. 11/07/2012 14:32 groundviews @TMnY 1. Sorry for being cryptic earlier. Told by some inside SLBC there was a possibility comments would go on air again, around 4.30pm. 11/07/2012 12:46 groundviews @azwaanameer @dinoukc We understand the FMM has issued a statement. 11/07/2012 10:13 groundviews RT @KTheena: Debating the pros/cons of capital punishment aside, some of the comments on this page border on the lunatic. http://t.co/Tz ... 11/07/2012 10:12 groundviews @Dinoukc And we've noticed growing 1-2 minute DNS resolution failures over past week or so. No particular site seems to be targeted. 11/07/2012 10:10 groundviews @n1rmalj @Dinoukc @SueKiri Google, http://t.co/v3SotstV & http://t.co/JXrkZFVt didn't resolve on SLT ADSL around 6.50am for around 10 mins. 11/07/2012 08:52 groundviews RT @tourismustv: Sri Lanka: Marriott Signs its First Hotel in Sri Lanka, the Weligama Bay opening 2014 http://t.co/O3mqfWVa via @ASIATr ... 11/07/2012 08:49 groundviews It's now like a boat a day?! | Australia responds to another boat 'in distress' http://t.co/Ian1SN4z @SharnelleVella @sunili #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 08:45 groundviews What the devil is going on behind closed doors? | Website administrator squeals to President http://t.co/Utv0R0am #lka #srilanka @cpjasia 11/07/2012 08:43 groundviews @TMnY For reasons we will make clear a bit later (or through DM/email), we are holding back on updates on this score. Please bear with us. 11/07/2012 08:25 groundviews The current political impasse suggests that Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict is far from over; the conflict endures... http://t.co/RCkNFVYa 11/07/2012 07:44 groundviews @AzzamAmeen Fully agree! 11/07/2012 03:38 groundviews Spoke with prospective Hint Fiction publishers @PhBooks who have great idea for book. Send your submission! http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 #lka 11/07/2012 03:24 groundviews RT @theyrc: #FUTA is doing everyone a favor by raising these issues-"A Tale of Two Patriots" http://t.co/GwRsQF4V #srilanka #universityc ... 11/07/2012 03:24 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Fifth of all asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat in 2012 from #SriLanka/1413 out of 5242/5 fold rise from 2011 - ... 11/07/2012 03:19 groundviews 2. The listeners tell us that he had made absolutely appalling statements on live radio about child abuse & the girl child #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 03:19 groundviews 6. Same SLBC Chairman openly incited hate against leading HR activists during last @UN_HRC session #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 03:19 groundviews 5. Awaiting one listener to send us in writing what she heard. SLBC's recordings impossible to get for public post-broadcast #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 03:19 groundviews 4. He is also alleged to have implied 7 year old girl killed recently by an older boy was actually in relationship with him #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 03:19 groundviews 3. He is alleged to have said that girls should be stitched up from the time they attain age #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 03:19 groundviews 1. We're getting calls and texts from listeners those who had tuned into SLBC Chairman's morning radio talk show #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 03:11 groundviews @SriLanka EPW article and one on Groundviews published yesterday (both tweeted) would suggest otherwise. 11/07/2012 02:23 groundviews Elections for the Northern Provincial Council in September 2013 - President told the Hindu news paper- adaderana.lk #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 02:08 groundviews However, the omnipresent military in the north also presents other serious concerns. Under the veneer of benevo-... http://t.co/PFo5V3Ej 11/07/2012 02:07 groundviews Essential reading | Notes on the Military Presence in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province | http://t.co/yAE8gtIX #lka #srilanka @lankasol 11/07/2012 02:03 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: We don't feel safe, #SriLanka Public Health Inspectors tell BBC after brutal murder of colleague inspecting house for de ... 11/07/2012 02:02 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: 1 army officer in northern Sri Lanka for every 5 people, indian reports says http://t.co/UkuEC3ye #lka 11/07/2012 02:01 groundviews RT @ABRFOTO: @bundeljayse Out of curiosity what were the 'problems' cartoonist had with the president & what did president do to sol ... 11/07/2012 02:01 groundviews India's struggle already is ours too | India's struggle for online freedom http://t.co/TK2mvqrR #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 01:45 groundviews Sri Lankan activists say Tamil Tiger rebel suspect beaten to death by officers in prison http://t.co/Mn4j3nAn #lka #srilanka 11/07/2012 01:07 groundviews Sri Lankan editor needs backup after minister's tirade http://t.co/GXQ6l9k8 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 11/07/2012 01:06 groundviews Jansz inherited the Leader's editorial position after Wickramatunga was killed by eight men on four motorcycles... http://t.co/oqSYxJhg 10/07/2012 09:53 groundviews @Dinoukc Any updates on this? 10/07/2012 08:47 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: wfp: 19000 kids under 5 estimated to suffer from acute malnutrition in Jaffna in #srilanka http://t.co/N2pvliLX 10/07/2012 06:36 groundviews @Gemunua @abrfoto Well said, and in the main, agree. 10/07/2012 04:32 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Inspiring new website and well-organised strike from #srilanka univ teachers' union. Can they withstand govt backlash? ht ... 10/07/2012 04:32 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Good analysis of #srilanka university teachers strike and its social and political importance http://t.co/oEwishu3 10/07/2012 04:28 groundviews @ABRFOTO Gemunu from AP really has a knack for being at the right place, at the right time. 10/07/2012 04:25 groundviews RT @SriLanka: ‘Keep Frederica Jansz Safe’, ‘Embassies In #SriLanka Should Raise Her Case’ – #ARTICLE19 - Dr Agnes #Callamard #lka http: ... 10/07/2012 04:24 groundviews RT @ABRFOTO: Photos: War Correspondent Marie Colvin’s Life in the Field http://t.co/oQCIhvtz via @VanityFair #journalism #media #lka 10/07/2012 04:09 groundviews @angrylion7 Good luck. 10/07/2012 03:42 groundviews @ChulaneejkA Thanks. It's very still now, but last night was extremely blustery. And that was before the Met Dept said it would be windy... 10/07/2012 02:26 groundviews @SriLanka Merely paraphrasing what passes for the shrill expression and vapid vocabulary of senior civil servants in #lka today. 10/07/2012 02:19 groundviews Gota’s War, though deeply flawed, is a book that anyone interested in the conflict should read. It is certainly... http://t.co/oFzwMrHd 10/07/2012 02:17 groundviews Good review | Chandraprema’s War: A Review Of Gota’s War http://t.co/xLMaFyaU via @colombotelegrap #lka #srilanka 10/07/2012 02:12 groundviews Read Gotabaya's comments on possibility of war crimes by SLA. Interesting shift in rhetoric? http://t.co/yteM6DXY #lka #srilanka 10/07/2012 02:10 groundviews Fuck. Shit. Fucking fuck. Kill. Shit Pig Fuck? | Secretary Defence Briefs Diplomats http://t.co/XA8MOJgl #lka #srilanka 10/07/2012 01:54 groundviews First-hand experience of July '83, the Army in Jaffna today, growing censorship and water management in Sri... http://t.co/SVzsVHgo 10/07/2012 01:53 groundviews First-hand experience of July '83, the Army in Jaffna today, growing censorship and water management - http://t.co/ixw9UNCW #lka #srilanka 10/07/2012 01:24 groundviews How Credible are the Latest Official Claims Concerning Troop Reductions in Jaffna?: Image courtesy Kevin Sites i... http://t.co/mpvL3iFc 10/07/2012 01:18 groundviews Given that the war has now been over three years, there is no apparent strategic reason to withhold information... http://t.co/KVwtWFU7 10/07/2012 01:15 groundviews How Credible are the Latest Official Claims Concerning Troop Reductions in Jaffna? http://t.co/fJpo36r1 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 09/07/2012 17:57 groundviews Sheer genius | Met.warns of strong winds http://t.co/lLVMilVC #lka #srilanka 09/07/2012 17:54 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Parents of #SriLanka #Tamil prisoner, dead in obscure circumstances, seek to bring him home for last rites. BBC: http:// ... 09/07/2012 17:54 groundviews @teearuna #Sinhala translations by @vikalpavoices of #Tamil media content http://t.co/ldOTpgs8 Non-issue for MSM #lka #srilanka 09/07/2012 17:33 groundviews @teearuna Completely off the Sinhala media radar too. 09/07/2012 16:55 groundviews The parents of a prisoner who died in obscure circumstances in Sri Lanka are locked in a battle with officials... http://t.co/lMJADkRS 09/07/2012 16:54 groundviews No English MSM coverage of this? | Parents of dead Sri Lankan Tamil prisoner 'denied last rites' http://t.co/4YIjqYTX #lka #srilanka 09/07/2012 15:40 groundviews Bit of a gale in #Delkanda - very strong winds. Any other parts of #Colombo experiencing this weather? #lka #srilanka 09/07/2012 13:54 groundviews Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka's Hidden War http://t.co/Vy5dgo3Y via @francesharris0n #lka #srilanka @lankasol 09/07/2012 09:16 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: More ancient trees being cut down in Colombo streets. This blogger feels powerless. Why's it happening? http://t.co/98ax ... 09/07/2012 08:03 groundviews Letter to President regarding religious extremism in Sri Lanka: Along with printed and bound copies of the over ... http://t.co/caYPQD4A 09/07/2012 07:45 groundviews To every single reader who signed up to this, THANK YOU http://t.co/L7AGUa99 #lka #srilanka We remain a principled, concerned minority. 09/07/2012 07:44 groundviews Letter to President regarding religious extremism in Sri Lanka http://t.co/L7AGUa99 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 09/07/2012 07:41 groundviews Along with printed and bound copies of the over 1,400 comments in Tamil, Sinhala and English generated by Not In... http://t.co/7OOqmIre 09/07/2012 07:11 groundviews Already getting some amazing contributions to Hint Fiction initiative. This is going to be fun http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 #lka #srilanka 09/07/2012 05:26 groundviews Sunday Leader has not one, but two Twitter accounts, both defunct! Why? @Dinoukc @sundayleader @sundayleaderlk 09/07/2012 05:19 groundviews A positive development for which @DMbreakingnews must be thanked for | Relief for brother and sister http://t.co/1AYGNcry #lka #srilanka 09/07/2012 05:16 groundviews Vital context on Gota issue | See http://t.co/PJk3qKmV & http://t.co/5c5VMjym then http://t.co/LWPbLlwV & http://t.co/3E2Y60Ho @Dinoukc #lka 09/07/2012 05:10 groundviews RT @Callum_Macrae: Gota Rajapaksa makes chilling threat to Sunday Leader journalist:'They will kill you!' Remember Lasantha #killingfiel ... 09/07/2012 04:23 groundviews @TMnY Just in English. 09/07/2012 03:48 groundviews @TMnY Please write in too! :) 09/07/2012 03:43 groundviews TNA says it has no faith in PSC http://t.co/aDwblsi6 #lka #srilanka 09/07/2012 03:27 groundviews RT @theyrc: Money spent on bringing down indian actresses could have paid don's salary for two years http://t.co/FG2TWf17 #srilanka #uni ... 09/07/2012 02:48 groundviews Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: This request to write in 25 words or less the hint of a larger narrative teases my M... http://t.co/jL9CVcZO 09/07/2012 02:47 groundviews @ABRFOTO True, but no need to tell you that some of the photos are well… difficult to digest and for photographer, risks consequences. 09/07/2012 02:46 groundviews In 2006, Sri Lanka stood on the brink of war. Q. Sakamaki, a Japanese born award winning photographer based in... http://t.co/j0ubEHH2 09/07/2012 02:45 groundviews @ABRFOTO And thanks for the link to to, and for @JDSriLanka for putting them up. 09/07/2012 02:44 groundviews @ABRFOTO We know of many photos, but not of published essays. Publishing some of them will take years. 09/07/2012 02:24 groundviews Poetry | Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow http://t.co/VEbN111C #lka #srilanka 09/07/2012 01:44 groundviews RT @TNAmediaoffice: Pics of #TNA #protest in #Mannar against #landgrabs by #army and fishing pass system http://t.co/foLYzJ7h #lka #sril ... 09/07/2012 01:44 groundviews RT @bfonseka: Editorial in The Island- Paradise lost http://t.co/bpHjyoiN 09/07/2012 01:33 groundviews Ok then | Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka calls for Arab Spring-style uprising http://t.co/XKe4qxsQ #lka #srilanka 08/07/2012 16:27 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Yet another evidence that media in this country is racist: @DMbreakingnews reported Nimalaruban's death as "LTTE suspec ... 08/07/2012 16:17 groundviews RT @Vasugi: ...the International Criminal Court has never investigated the case. Sri Lanka is a close ally of China." #lka #srilanka #ic ... 08/07/2012 16:16 groundviews RT @Vasugi: ... between government forces and the Tamil Tigers. Tens of thousands are believed to have been killed, but... (2) 08/07/2012 16:16 groundviews RT @Vasugi: #lka From http://t.co/TxT5j1ua : "At the bloody end of the civil war in Sri Lanka in 2009, 200,000 civilians were trapped on ... 08/07/2012 12:47 groundviews @SharnelleVella Not surprised. Thanks! 08/07/2012 12:45 groundviews Invitation to prospective writers: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction: Photo courtesy The Blue Bookcase Arou... http://t.co/qqVCrisb 08/07/2012 12:45 groundviews The Press Release: Invitation to prospective writers: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction - http://t.co/NPvbWRiK #lka #srilanka Pl share! 08/07/2012 12:41 groundviews @Mooresque Thanks! :) 08/07/2012 12:17 groundviews Prospective writers should anchor their story (or stories) to something very Sri Lankan – a phrase, place, event,... http://t.co/zLLqo8dT 08/07/2012 12:15 groundviews Call for submissions | A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 #lka #srilanka @lankasol @sunili @ShashiTharoor 08/07/2012 11:18 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Outrageous: story on #srilanka child soldiers quotes gov minister Karuna w/o mentioning he was LTTE's main recruiter! htt ... 08/07/2012 11:18 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Someone for #srilanka gov to arrest: Karuna says "LTTE leadership should be held responsible" for use of child soldiers h ... 08/07/2012 11:17 groundviews @SharnelleVella Which channel / programme? 08/07/2012 11:17 groundviews RT @SharnelleVella: Very interesting to be in #srilanka and hear the radio reports here about Julia Gillard and boat people. 08/07/2012 11:16 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Who is protecting safari drivers that kill rare species in #SriLanka parks? Rule of law lacking? What'll be effects on t ... 08/07/2012 11:13 groundviews Sri Lankan Tamil party claims several prisoners abused http://t.co/aNqOB2fJ #lka #srilanka 08/07/2012 10:59 groundviews What Mr Sumanthiran should have said is that if equal rights are not granted, then he, his party and his... http://t.co/7Ihar88T 08/07/2012 10:58 groundviews EQUALITY, UNITY, AUTONOMY, DEMOCRACY http://t.co/hVP4Wdc7 #lka #srilanka 08/07/2012 06:10 groundviews @thekingsolomons @colombotelegrap We agree. 08/07/2012 05:06 groundviews @Dinoukc @biggzio Understandably so. 08/07/2012 02:41 groundviews Senior economist Anila Dias Bandaranaike on Sri Lanka's economy in 2012. This is a very good presentation. From... http://t.co/LoKCsfw4 08/07/2012 02:40 groundviews Very interesting presentation on #lka's economy in 2012 http://t.co/MRZAaZkz #srilanka @TalkEconomicsSL @cepaSL @lankasol 08/07/2012 02:28 groundviews @nirananketell @akeenan23 The underlying economics of MSM don't support this kind of journalism. Need micro-blogs to tweets to bear witness. 08/07/2012 02:27 groundviews RT @akeenan23: What is #srilanka govt covering up? Were others murdered, too? Authorities refuse to return body of prisoner to family. h ... 08/07/2012 02:27 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Will Canada immigration finding #srilanka naval officer complicit in war crimes affect SL amb to Aus, former navychief? h ... 08/07/2012 02:26 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Text of politicians' letter to #srilanka president requesting burial, truth, justice in case of murdered Tamil prisoner h ... 08/07/2012 02:26 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Democracy #srilanka style: Court halts Jaffna doctors' protest at last month's violent attack on colleague at home http:/ ... 08/07/2012 02:26 groundviews We yearn for the day when we don't have to actively curate this | Web censorship in #srilanka http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj @bundlr #lka #srilanka 08/07/2012 01:59 groundviews @biggzio Given that the statements by him will be flatly denied, interesting if Editor has recording of calls @Dinoukc 08/07/2012 01:37 groundviews EQUALITY, UNITY, AUTONOMY, DEMOCRACY: “Ideas are great to the degree that they are feasible…Windbags with grand ... http://t.co/Mds7zp0P 08/07/2012 01:27 groundviews Foreign policy challenges remain for Sri Lanka http://t.co/BrOTegwf Thing is, the Rajapaksa's are biggest problem #lka #srilanka 08/07/2012 01:24 groundviews But according to GoSL, these must be Martians & Venusians | Another Lankan boat to Christmas Island http://t.co/yErmbV0P #lka #srilanka 08/07/2012 01:21 groundviews @nisald Said journalist is Editor of Sunday Leader and not on Twitter. Try @Dinoukc, who works there. 08/07/2012 01:09 groundviews FJ: Mr. Rajapaksa are you threatening me? GR: Yes! I am threatening you! Write every single word I have told you... http://t.co/3uTPZFzS 08/07/2012 01:07 groundviews This is not the kind of thing one wants to read on a Sunday morning | Gota goes on rampage. Again. http://t.co/LJeFWjh8 #lka #srilanka 08/07/2012 01:06 groundviews RT @colombotelegrap: #lka They Will Kill You – You Dirty Fucking Shit Journalist” “You Are Pigs Who Eat Shit” – Gota Threatened Again ht ... 08/07/2012 00:53 groundviews The banal palaver that infuses responses to both trafficking and online censorship is tiresomely predictable.... http://t.co/92o3A0Vp 08/07/2012 00:52 groundviews On web censorship and human trafficking | Sanjana Putha 04 http://t.co/PPxTKUNC #lka #srilanka 08/07/2012 00:50 groundviews @ABRFOTO @simondenyer Thanks. 08/07/2012 00:49 groundviews RT @ABRFOTO: Tamils suffer under army's heel by @simondenyer http://t.co/ovOAfT0N #lka #srilanka @groundviews 07/07/2012 16:14 groundviews #TNA urges govt. to grant amnesty to detainees http://t.co/i1nPaycv #srilanka #lka 07/07/2012 16:14 groundviews "…we see light at the end of the tunnel..." | Govt. still hopes #TNA will take part in PSC http://t.co/CfsP9WJk #srilanka #lka 07/07/2012 16:14 groundviews Why Jaya’s demands on Sri Lankan forces was right (Firstpost) http://t.co/Iz3RVa0X #srilanka #lka #india 07/07/2012 08:17 groundviews @ThilinaRa Censure? "Critisise"?! If you can't even spell or write correctly, we suspect comprehension of GV content must be difficult. Bye. 07/07/2012 06:33 groundviews Worth reading and engaging | FUTA launched the Million Signature Campaign to `Save State Education’ http://t.co/f7RB9AoY #lka #srilanka 07/07/2012 06:32 groundviews Strangely, FUTA blog not updated since Aug 2011 http://t.co/F9oyBTzB Is uteachers.sl new official site? http://t.co/pJlLcpLZ #lka #srilanka 07/07/2012 06:21 groundviews A-Z of Sri Lankan English: T is for this thing: Original photo by Deshan Tennekoon What do you call something wh... http://t.co/ksWemrZC 07/07/2012 06:13 groundviews #srilanka Emerges as Launchpad for Human Smuggling http://t.co/K9hSaRGV via @AmanthaP #lka Best article out of @SLPI press conf on 2nd July. 07/07/2012 06:10 groundviews Donor assistance is waning in northern Sri Lanka, where the critical priorities of food, shelter, protection and... http://t.co/KALsTgvd 07/07/2012 06:09 groundviews This really is a huge problem, given GoSL's own callous disregard | Donor interest in north waning http://t.co/TsKmZ2bZ #lka #srilanka 07/07/2012 06:04 groundviews @MsAMR25 @DhakshiM @SivJ @francesharris0n @SabaThambi Bradman Weerakoon has promised us Part 2 by mid-July. 07/07/2012 05:59 groundviews What do you call something whose name you don’t know or can’t remember, or which you prefer to avoid naming for... http://t.co/nT9v9U9m 07/07/2012 05:58 groundviews You know, it's about this thing men | A-Z of Sri Lankan English: T is for this thing http://t.co/G4P0SWvg #lka #srilanka @Vasugi 07/07/2012 05:50 groundviews @ThilinaRa You were banned for wild accusations of hypocrisy (read definition) and trolling (zero tolerance). 07/07/2012 02:51 groundviews Interesting. What's the real motive of seizure of equipment and attempted abduction of journo? | http://t.co/ql6bt2Pi #lka #srilanka 07/07/2012 02:05 groundviews @ThilinaRa You should join Govt - they would love to have you, given current dispensation. Goodbye. 07/07/2012 01:53 groundviews @ThilinaRa Email us, or take us out for coffee. 07/07/2012 01:50 groundviews @ThilinaRa No. 07/07/2012 01:38 groundviews @ThilinaRa @cpasl Yes. 06/07/2012 17:01 groundviews Abuse by Sri Lanka’s army rubs salt in wounds of war, Tamil women say (WP) http://t.co/eEM6RNLl #srilanka #lka 06/07/2012 15:47 groundviews RT @mashable: Internet Access Is a Human Right, Says United Nations http://t.co/hJTr10Y2 06/07/2012 14:59 groundviews @SriLanka Thank for both updates. Given excellent research on Southern Highway @cepaSL will be interested in this. 06/07/2012 13:32 groundviews The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is looking for a Co-Editor for its award winning citizen journalism... http://t.co/7pTVuewO 06/07/2012 13:30 groundviews Opening: Co-Editor, Groundviews - http://t.co/3cynWZau #lka #srilanka @lankasol 06/07/2012 12:55 groundviews Media groups issue statement on attempted abduction of journalist last evening in Nugegoda (in Sinhala) #lka #srilanka http://t.co/KrqkbXrm 06/07/2012 10:37 groundviews @ceycitizen @rangaba @rkkrishnan @srilanka @dmbreakingnews @newsfirst_en After the Ceylinco fiasco, not sure. Possibly still same group? 06/07/2012 05:20 groundviews Worth voting for and supporting | B­A­C­K­ ­2­ ­E­A­R­T­H­ http://t.co/wjkNv6m3 #lka #srilanka @KnightMalathy @anushwij 06/07/2012 05:16 groundviews RT @judecper: @groundviews guys can u share http://t.co/3etC40jg to get our Sri Lankan team to the top of Microsoft Imagine Cup People's ... 06/07/2012 04:44 groundviews Disturbing reports of an abduction attempt on a journalist affiliated with a website. Media groups formulating statement. Details anon #lka 06/07/2012 04:00 groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/N2K9rATw #srilanka #lka 06/07/2012 01:54 groundviews @tarakijr We cannot say, and don't know enough about ground conditions to comment with any authority. Perhaps @TNAmediaoffice will opine. 06/07/2012 01:35 groundviews 3. Ada Derana SMS disaggregates age of asylum seekers - 38 men, 1 woman, 2 children #lka #srilanka 06/07/2012 01:15 groundviews 2. Tweet via @DMbreakingnews SMS update #lka #srilanka 06/07/2012 01:14 groundviews 1. At least 41 people including women and children taken into police custody while awaiting to flee to Australia illegaly in Vakarai #lka 05/07/2012 11:34 groundviews Handling disasters: The man-made disaster of July 1983 (Part 1): Photograph by Chandragupta Amarasinghe, courtes... http://t.co/bBSnwfsx 05/07/2012 11:16 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Blunder-blender Keheliya on Govt plans for the dissenting media. I think we need a more concerted movement to protect fr ... 05/07/2012 11:16 groundviews @Apelankawe Thanks for that link - truly amazing. 05/07/2012 11:16 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: A model for Sri Lanka? Check Out The Massive Chinese-Built Ghost Town In The Middle Of Angola http://t.co/REBapqXU via @ ... 05/07/2012 10:57 groundviews @MelGuna @dinoukc Actually, it's just bad journalism, to not clarify if "block" was indeed noted, or not care, if "ban" was intended phrase. 05/07/2012 10:47 groundviews RT @DhakshiM: A really good article on the 1983 July riots by Bradman Weerakoon on @groundviews Well worth reading http://t.co/Xs3aULCU ... 05/07/2012 09:37 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: Really intriguing piece by BW on @groundviews http://t.co/SuKwywnl #srilanka #lka #rights 05/07/2012 09:20 groundviews #srilanka's 1st Commissioner General of Essential Services recalls the '83 anti-Tamil pogrom http://t.co/u4df8jU8 #lka 05/07/2012 09:19 groundviews Looking back at the July 1983 disaster, almost 30 years later, it would be natural to query how key policy issues... http://t.co/rZ7uEE7g 05/07/2012 09:17 groundviews Handling disasters: The man-made disaster of July 1983 (Part 1) http://t.co/u4df8jU8 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 05/07/2012 09:17 groundviews RT @iam_project: @lankasol @groundviews thank you! If your followers know interesting characters please DM me 05/07/2012 08:27 groundviews Going towards compulsory registration | Media laws to be amended http://t.co/XsxcduI4 #lka #srilanka 05/07/2012 07:35 groundviews @Dinoukc Precisely. 05/07/2012 07:20 groundviews @Dinoukc But more seriously, @CeylonToday article says http://t.co/JqZUV7W5 *banned*. When did that happen? It's blocked surely, not banned? 05/07/2012 07:20 groundviews @Dinoukc Absolutely spot on. We've also been in touch with the Martians, who have promised lots of green lasers for the UNP. 05/07/2012 07:11 groundviews Everyday it's like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole in #srilanka | Alleged plan to overthrow Govt. http://t.co/Q44mujpp #lka 05/07/2012 07:10 groundviews @ABRFOTO @slpi @sunili If @CeylonToday's pathetic coverage is anything to go by, not pegging too much hope to MSM! 05/07/2012 07:08 groundviews @Shaahima @halikazeez Started last year? Read Cutting down trees to make Colombo beautiful? http://t.co/xhGgJW1W 05/07/2012 07:08 groundviews @AzzamAmeen Photos please, thanks. 05/07/2012 07:07 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Another visit to PTK the former battle zone, Military presence reduced, only few check points #lka 05/07/2012 07:07 groundviews @iam_project Good luck and looking forward to output. 05/07/2012 07:07 groundviews RT @iam_project: On the road to Negombo to explore a new region for http://t.co/dz3b0m3O series two. Searching for #lka elders 05/07/2012 02:08 groundviews Chandrika Karunaratna, National Programme Coordinator, Trafficking in Persons & Forced Labour, International... http://t.co/okNCFZfr 05/07/2012 02:05 groundviews Vital video to watch | ILO rep on Human Smuggling & Trafficking at @SLPI press conf http://t.co/t8bwq6cD #lka #srilanka @sunili @ABRFOTO 05/07/2012 01:56 groundviews Sri Lanka FM hits back over crackdown criticism http://t.co/NUsW78jB #lka #srilanka 04/07/2012 15:09 groundviews Lifting of gay ban must come from people says Sri Lankan activist http://t.co/Fv4oGdm3 #lka #srilanka 04/07/2012 13:17 groundviews @AzzamAmeen But is there rape in Sri Lanka according to the Government? Read http://t.co/YcbD2DMM #lka #srilanka 04/07/2012 13:17 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: 2 Government Local council members from Akurassa and Tangalle arrested for raping teenage girls in two separate cases #lka 04/07/2012 10:28 groundviews So many in #srilanka would agree wholeheartedly | CRICKET IS THE BEST SPORT http://t.co/FV7ncuBM via @intlifemag #lka 04/07/2012 10:20 groundviews @tonyowright Actually, Minister then notes "There were no Lankans in the recent boat controversies" GoSL deserves a Booker for its fiction. 04/07/2012 07:06 groundviews Pres. Rajapaksa today asked govt. groups to vote against the bill blocking priests from engaging in mainstream politics - DM SMS Update #lka 04/07/2012 05:32 groundviews @AmanthaP @ceylontoday 3. Just received call from extremely annoyed ILO rep over article who intends to write to Ed Hana Ibhrahim directly. 04/07/2012 05:32 groundviews @AmanthaP 4. Noted that every conceivable fact & definition noted at press conf by her and others has been misreported. #lka MSM today?! 04/07/2012 05:14 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Buddhist and Hindu devotees walk together towards their respective historical temples in Nagadeepaya,#Jaffna #lka http:/ ... 04/07/2012 05:12 groundviews RT @IFEX: #FMM concerned over termination of editorial director, cartoonist http://t.co/4h28IiVT | #SriLanka 04/07/2012 05:06 groundviews @AmanthaP @ceylontoday @slpi 1. It's horrible - also got completely wrong our question on financial architecture, and ILO response to it! 04/07/2012 05:06 groundviews @AmanthaP @ceylontoday @slpi 2. Article makes ILO rep into a 'he' & attributes statements to ILO real rep, a female, never said! Atrocious! 04/07/2012 04:59 groundviews RT @NalakaG: "This infrastructure will not be accepted as a trade-off for our rights" - Jaffna student speaks for many more in #lka http ... 04/07/2012 04:02 groundviews @teearuna @ushahidi @ethanz Hadn't, thanks for link. Fear is that likes of SL Govt will use this criticism to say no reforms are necessary. 04/07/2012 04:01 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: @groundviews really bad reporting/good stenography in @ceylontoday on @slpi discussion on smuggling (P4) http://t.co/SWsRT ... 04/07/2012 02:00 groundviews Discuss: Keheliya's fall in Australia may have led to as yet undetected brain injuries http://t.co/zd7cGc7q #lka #srilanka 04/07/2012 01:56 groundviews @Dinoukc @abrfoto SL Govt contradicts your report, says that it's all a conspiracy http://t.co/zd7cGc7q Comment? #lka #srilanka 04/07/2012 01:53 groundviews @tonyowright Can you confirm #asylum seekers were of Sri Lankan origin? SL Govt now claims they weren't http://t.co/zd7cGc7q #lka #srilanka 04/07/2012 01:49 groundviews So the entire GOSL panel and ILO repo on Monday's press conference were wrong? http://t.co/zd7cGc7q Bizarre denial #lka #srilanka @sunili 04/07/2012 01:13 groundviews Sri Lanka: Halt Harassment of Media http://t.co/Fr2bLWEE via @hrw #lka #srilanka #media 04/07/2012 01:09 groundviews We witness this cognitive dissonance via websites and Facebook pages that promote an intolerant ideology by a... http://t.co/GVLSzOPa 04/07/2012 01:07 groundviews A Tempest Brewing in My Heart O’er Mother Sri Lanka http://t.co/A6jOBnE1 #lka #srilanka 03/07/2012 14:19 groundviews @pressfreedom @hrwfilmfestival @lankasol Have done so, thanks very much. 03/07/2012 13:08 groundviews "This sadly mirrors the response to rights issues more generally" | Sri Lanka: Halt Harassment of Media http://t.co/Fr2bLWEE #srilanka #lka 03/07/2012 13:01 groundviews @vijaysappani @azzamameen @apelankawe Not sure - have to ask @slpi. @vikalpavoices recorded the entire event, but have to check quality. 03/07/2012 12:32 groundviews An important, well reasoned critique | Failed Index http://t.co/0qy1OOxV @ushahidi @EthanZ 03/07/2012 12:14 groundviews UN concerned over raid on SL news websites http://t.co/FQu372Bi #srilanka #lka #FoE #media 03/07/2012 11:27 groundviews The ghost ships that creep across the blue http://t.co/vBZe3n1i #lka #srilanka #australia #asylum @sunili @ABRFOTO @SharnelleVella 03/07/2012 06:04 groundviews Colombo Uni. to shed light into seized computers http://t.co/8iPqadgq #lka #srilanka #media 03/07/2012 06:04 groundviews RT @vijaysappani: Former Sri Lankan naval officer ‘complicit’ in war crimes: Canadian Immigration-Refugee Board http://t.co/LFUDTdJl @R ... 03/07/2012 01:07 groundviews Saving Blue Whales http://t.co/g9mSsTKt on marine biologist Asha de Vos #lka #srilanka via @nytimes See also http://t.co/drczqx8z 03/07/2012 01:06 groundviews Marine biologist Asha de Vos wants to save a little understood population of blue whales off the coast of Sri... http://t.co/9ooaerWr 02/07/2012 17:05 groundviews ‘India’s stand at UNHRC will depend on SL’s actions’ http://t.co/U7rNpyOo #srilanka #lka #india 02/07/2012 16:59 groundviews Sri Lanka police arrest 53 people for failing to remove stagnant water where mosquitoes breed (WP) http://t.co/34F2IkXv #srilanka #lka 02/07/2012 16:57 groundviews Growing Traffic in Sri Lanka’s Waters Threatens Blue Whales (NYT) http://t.co/w1JEhgwP #srilanka #lka 02/07/2012 15:14 groundviews @sunili Don't know designations @slpi will know, since everyone had to sign in. 02/07/2012 15:06 groundviews Not a single rep from #australia present in the room spoke out at any time, on any issue at @slpi press conf today #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 15:05 groundviews MTV rep present in audience said #asylum issue a matter of CSR for channel. We'd have thought it's just good journalism? #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 15:04 groundviews @slpi's question at the end of press conf to media resulted in usual pedestrian palaver about media hindering Police #lka 02/07/2012 15:03 groundviews Sad that on a panel with four GoSL reps, the best, by far, in shedding some new light on the issue was #lka rep from ILO #srilanka @slpi 02/07/2012 13:34 groundviews @Apelankawe ILO research. Not sure what basis / methodology of research is. Rep a friend. Will pursue. 02/07/2012 13:21 groundviews Poverty, domestic violence, economic, plus curiosity of just going abroad some key reasons for illegal outflows says ILO rep #lka #slpi 02/07/2012 13:09 groundviews Most asylum seekers are economic migrants says Govt rep at #slpi panel #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 13:07 groundviews @Apelankawe Also said there are links with Interpol to stem illegal outflows #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 13:06 groundviews Asked what details of finances involved in smuggling and trafficking from ILO who said #lka data unavailable #slpi 02/07/2012 13:05 groundviews Access to those identified as from #lka limited by GoSL reps in Australia. Also noted that those not from #lka saying they are. 02/07/2012 13:02 groundviews @Apelankawe Told there is and it is growing. 02/07/2012 13:02 groundviews @Apelankawe Yes. Confirmed. 02/07/2012 12:53 groundviews What is conviction rate? Is first question. Many are still pending in court says Police spox #slpi 02/07/2012 12:50 groundviews @AzzamAmeen @apelankawe Where they invited to be on panel? Odd they aren't, given issue? 02/07/2012 12:43 groundviews @Apelankawe Certainly. 02/07/2012 12:41 groundviews @MsAMR25 @azzamameen @slpi Translation is and was never transliteration? Need those familiar with ideas, no need to do verbatim. 02/07/2012 12:40 groundviews Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment speaking at #slpi press conf #lka #srilanka http://t.co/TgirGmLS 02/07/2012 12:38 groundviews Police spox says image of country tarnished because of human smuggling #lka #srilanka #slpi 02/07/2012 12:37 groundviews 99% of suspects taken into custody this year for smuggling are Tamils or Muslims says Police spox #lka #srilanka #slpi 02/07/2012 12:36 groundviews @AzzamAmeen @slpi Thanks. Shared problem this and a big issue when dealing with a issue like this where terminology needs to be spot on. 02/07/2012 12:35 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: @groundviews @slpi Tamil better comparing to Sinhala but not perfect 02/07/2012 12:33 groundviews Trivia: interrupted by call Police spox says he gets 300-400 calls a day. #lka #srilanka #slpi 02/07/2012 12:32 groundviews Hundreds arrested since '09 who are into human smuggling says Police spox. No interest in issue beyond law and order #lka #srilanka #slpi 02/07/2012 12:29 groundviews @AzzamAmeen @slpi Is it as bad in Tamil too? Larger concern here is what our MPs are being told if floor speech is in Eng or Tamil! 02/07/2012 12:28 groundviews Police spokesperson talking at #slpi event #lka #srilanka http://t.co/foZ7M4qL 02/07/2012 12:26 groundviews #srilanka is now a transit point for trafficking says Govt rep at #slpi event. 02/07/2012 12:25 groundviews Pakistani's and Afghans entering #srilanka to go on to Australia. Measures in place to stem and address but hard #lka #slpi 02/07/2012 12:22 groundviews #srilanka's legal framework essentially inadequate to prosecute offenders of trafficking and smuggling & protect victims #lka #slpi 02/07/2012 12:20 groundviews Dept of Immigration Anti Trafficking rep speaking at #slpi event says they are low on resources #lka #srilanka http://t.co/GeTL2L61 02/07/2012 12:15 groundviews @Dinoukc You here at the #slpi press conf? 02/07/2012 12:13 groundviews Sri Lanka needs victim and witness protection laws, says ILO rep at #slpi event in order to stem trafficking. #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 12:11 groundviews Strongly suggest @slpi gets statement/presentation from ILO. VITAL that this is accurately translated to Sin/Tam #slpi #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 12:08 groundviews Sinhala simultaneous translation of ILO rep talk absolutely pathetic @slpi event. Wrong words, mistranslation of ideas #slpi #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 12:05 groundviews Confusion between smuggling and trafficking in mainstream media says ILO Rep at #slpi event #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 12:02 groundviews ILO rep talking at #slpi event #lka #srilanka Good presentation on lay of land. Useful for media. http://t.co/z2E1UoLn 02/07/2012 12:00 groundviews Human trafficking different to human smuggling says ILO at #slpi media event #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 12:00 groundviews Head table/panel for @slpi panel on #asylum issue. #lka #srilanka http://t.co/b2sq9X1K 02/07/2012 11:55 groundviews Lots of electronic media present. Also @Vikalpa and perhaps print. But not packed as expected #lka #srilanka #slpi 02/07/2012 11:51 groundviews At @SLPI press conference on #asylum issue with @AmanthaP #lka #srilanka http://t.co/1M4PAPGf 02/07/2012 10:34 groundviews Thanks for tip @Apelankawe | New word / idea: "defamining President" via @TimesOnlineLK http://t.co/WqVfZKCO #lka http://t.co/ZTahHKKt 02/07/2012 10:30 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Its-not-the-biggest-blunder-but-only-a-blunder Keheliya now says media not being suppressed: http://t.co/WyZ8Mn5n So wha ... 02/07/2012 08:14 groundviews @ThilinaRa @DeaneJ did! :) 02/07/2012 07:36 groundviews @DeaneJ *^%*&%(#^(!^ !!!! :) 02/07/2012 07:35 groundviews RT @DeaneJ: @groundviews The Boat's name is "Sanjana Putha 04" 02/07/2012 07:22 groundviews Clearly, there's no end to this | Another Lankan boat to Christmas Island http://t.co/OzbYTvRs #lka #srilanka @ABRFOTO @SharnelleVella 02/07/2012 04:13 groundviews EU concern over media harassment http://t.co/XpeDQSHX #srilanka #lka #media #FoE 02/07/2012 04:06 groundviews Towards an Informed Water Vision: Part 2: Uda Walawe Tank, photo submitted by author Through the nation water qu... http://t.co/P2m9VLiy 02/07/2012 04:06 groundviews Towards an Informed Water Vision: Part 1: Erosion from tea plantation. Photo submitted by author. The three basi... http://t.co/e8KecDfC 02/07/2012 04:03 groundviews Swiss Francs 85 Million Invested In Swiss Banks By Sri Lankans Last Year http://t.co/T7Kgvo0I #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 04:00 groundviews Living on a densely populated island, requires us to be extremely vigilant about our water, its quality, quantity... http://t.co/NFV5DXHw 02/07/2012 04:00 groundviews The loss of forests also contributes greatly to the water cleaning functions of any nation. The quantity of water... http://t.co/WUOp2WQx 02/07/2012 03:59 groundviews Towards an Informed Water Vision: Part 2 http://t.co/kOVAmSiQ #lka #srilanka 02/07/2012 03:58 groundviews Towards an Informed Water Vision: Part 1 http://t.co/l4eNZWFO #lka #srilanka 01/07/2012 05:24 groundviews Sri Lanka senior opposition figure calls for end to arbitrary rule http://t.co/gi2I7dQf #srilanka #lka 01/07/2012 05:11 groundviews Rs. 600m in public funds for PC polls http://t.co/SLd2FPYB #srilanka #lka 01/07/2012 05:05 groundviews Menon calls for elections to the Northern PC http://t.co/NQyO56Bf #srilanka #lka #india 01/07/2012 01:45 groundviews Karu protests arrest of website staff http://t.co/eJ9A2qF2 #lka #srilanka 01/07/2012 01:36 groundviews There is in Sri Lanka an Information and Communications Technology Agency. There are also Ministries of Science... http://t.co/2MHs2rIG 01/07/2012 01:35 groundviews On how we can use technology for reconciliation, but aren't | ICT without agency? http://t.co/UmbA2Fdu @ICTASriLanka #lka #srilanka 30/06/2012 13:16 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: @groundviews can the met dept. be shutdown for reporting rain? 30/06/2012 12:56 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: 142 Lankans at Christmas Island: http://t.co/vE4yc5Cx via @DMbreakingnews 30/06/2012 12:55 groundviews Websites propagating false news sealed-MOD http://t.co/U5K9Fxxd #lka #srilanka 30/06/2012 12:54 groundviews US concern over media harassment http://t.co/KXaqMPpk @USEmbSL #lka #srilanka 30/06/2012 12:38 groundviews State owned Sinhala daily Dinamina says Sri Lanka Mirror raided for misinforming society & threats to national security http://t.co/Br1vTt12 30/06/2012 12:36 groundviews Sri Lanka Mirror staff given bail http://t.co/Dyxv3CnE #srilanka #lka 30/06/2012 12:28 groundviews Embassy Concern over Media Harassment http://t.co/IB9miuT2 #srilanka #lka @USEmbassySLanka #media #FOE @pressfreedom 30/06/2012 12:21 groundviews India expresses displeasure over SL’s failure http://t.co/6oVk0jgX #srilanka #lka #india 30/06/2012 04:36 groundviews EPC poll: Pillayan, SLMC on UPFA ticket http://t.co/agTy864N #srilanka #lka 30/06/2012 04:30 groundviews Sri Lanka Arrests 9 Web Site Journalists (@nytimesworld) http://t.co/IzUBQcAw #srilanka #lka #FOE #media 30/06/2012 04:28 groundviews "We will continue to support" | Political reconciliation a Sri Lanka issue: Menon (Hindu) http://t.co/mClJ6gBk #srilanka #lka #india 29/06/2012 12:09 groundviews An online paper the Sri Lanka Mirror raided http://t.co/Ap91L4OM #lka #srilanka 29/06/2012 12:04 groundviews @Apelankawe @adaderana @dmbreakingnews Nothing we have heard. Plenty of rumours, but cannot confirm so will not report. 29/06/2012 10:05 groundviews RT @nisald: @groundviews http://t.co/L8OjE82P updated 29/06/2012 10:05 groundviews Sri Lanka Mirror website contrary to some reports is NOT blocked in #srilanka on SLT ADSL and Dialog #lka 29/06/2012 09:46 groundviews @nisald Is it confirmed that journos from Sri Lanka Mirror have been arrested? Didn't hear this. 29/06/2012 09:45 groundviews RT @nisald: @groundviews yeah he talks to us short while ago :) http://t.co/RnawUddk 29/06/2012 09:44 groundviews @nisald Thanks for this. 29/06/2012 09:44 groundviews Told that Sri Lanka Mirror staff computers sealed and taken away by Police, mobile phone records checked, CID at Editors residence #lka 29/06/2012 09:10 groundviews @nisald We were told, unsurprisingly, that it was over content published on their website network. Details vague as to what trigger was. 29/06/2012 07:38 groundviews CONFIRM: Report received that Sri Lanka Mirror office, under court order, has been raided by Police. Staff being questioned. #lka #srilanka 29/06/2012 07:26 groundviews @Dinoukc @abrfoto Hope you or someone from the Leader is coming to @slpi's event on Monday https://t.co/Q47zkW3w #lka 29/06/2012 07:21 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: @groundviews http://t.co/haspzNkV @ABRFOTO 29/06/2012 07:21 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: @groundviews http://t.co/o2IgSpr9 @ABRFOTO 29/06/2012 07:01 groundviews @Dinoukc Please DM or tweet URLs if it's not too much of a bother, for us to highlight? As @ABRFOTO flags, poor coverage on all sides #lka 29/06/2012 05:03 groundviews @ABRFOTO @dinoukc Sex and topless models. Brilliant. 29/06/2012 03:33 groundviews RT @NalakaG: Reporting on Human smuggling needs far more than a law & order approach. Illicit industry feeds a huge unmet demand fro ... 29/06/2012 03:32 groundviews LECO turns off the power in Delkanda/Nugegoda at 9am. Indefinite power cut. Sign of things to come. #lka #srilanka 29/06/2012 02:51 groundviews RT @NalakaG: @groundviews @SLPI Ask Sinhala lang journos WHY they portray human smuggling victims as mere law-breakers & not probe w ... 29/06/2012 02:43 groundviews 4. Hope @Dinoukc's newspaper, and others pick up this issue via long-form and other reports. Desperate need for discussion in #lka on this. 29/06/2012 02:43 groundviews 3. If mainstream media doesn't think this is serious & growing issue, how to best address? Does denial help strengthen human smuggling? #lka 29/06/2012 02:43 groundviews 1. The level of discussion in #lka media on recent spate of asylum seekers to #australia, via @DMbreakingnews #srilanka http://t.co/rlW3a9Y7 29/06/2012 02:43 groundviews 2. Almost every single story from media in #australia or other wire reports. Nothing original, investigative, interrogative, inward looking. 29/06/2012 02:19 groundviews @f_k_campbell Trust you are already in touch with http://t.co/iHGh1xoZ and in particular, it's Chairperson. 29/06/2012 02:12 groundviews @f_k_campbell Thanks again for submitting this article. 29/06/2012 01:54 groundviews Rupee continues its unpatriotic streak! | Sri Lanka rupee hits record low; shares down http://t.co/WhXIadeO #lka #srilanka @TalkEconomicsSL 29/06/2012 01:51 groundviews Gemunu Amarasinghe/Associated Press photo on dengue prevention in #lka via @WSJ Photo Journal http://t.co/XZbBKzfs http://t.co/yJs7Z8Vc 29/06/2012 01:17 groundviews Without a national identity card, many Tamils in Sri Lanka cannot avail of basic services and it makes them... http://t.co/2rKS312W 29/06/2012 01:17 groundviews Sri Lanka's Tamils face identity crisis http://t.co/8dyrii7G #lka #srilanka 29/06/2012 01:07 groundviews @AmanthaP Hope you're coming for the discussion @SLPI on Monday. 29/06/2012 01:06 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: More boats with asylum seekers heading to Australia - http://t.co/cZ3A3cki @theage #SRILANKA #lka 29/06/2012 01:04 groundviews To visit a place of worship seems such a natural thing to do to the extent that we rarely consider it in terms of... http://t.co/qcg6iqAq 28/06/2012 22:44 groundviews Taking back our temples!: Image courtesy Global Abilities blog To visit a place of worship seems such a natural ... http://t.co/cRBMMSmH 28/06/2012 12:49 groundviews The Oldest and the Greatest: A reflection on the Bradby Shield and what it stands for: Image courtesy Trinity Co... http://t.co/Ze8cGU4s 28/06/2012 12:37 groundviews That long observed silence of even rival supporters when a kick is lined up has been a hallmark of the Bradby... http://t.co/RKgzPzdi 28/06/2012 12:36 groundviews The Oldest and the Greatest: A reflection on the Bradby Shield and what it stands for http://t.co/QKgvqUmp #lka #srilanka 28/06/2012 11:02 groundviews Drastic budget cuts at Radio Netherlands Worldwide have meant that our South Asia service is one of the... http://t.co/YMRp22P1 28/06/2012 10:46 groundviews South Asia Wired says goodbye http://t.co/bEkUvLVF Sad day, this and we wish team & staff the best @SouthAsiaWired @DeviBoerema 28/06/2012 10:34 groundviews Muhammad Omar, a trishaw driver attending prayer services at the mosque, notes that “Everywhere, people have... http://t.co/4YJK5uDS 28/06/2012 10:32 groundviews Sri Lanka’s Muslims Under Siege? http://t.co/6kt6Kbm9 @LankaMuslims @aufidius @mhmhisham #lka #srilanka 28/06/2012 10:16 groundviews @Apelankawe Well it's a helluva challenge isn't it? No easy answers. And the off-shore processing bill also defeated, so deadlock? 28/06/2012 09:57 groundviews Very timely | Panel discussion on preventing human smuggling & trafficking organised by @SLPI on Monday #lka #srilanka http://t.co/huO5TqI2 28/06/2012 09:54 groundviews 6. It's 7:50pm in #australia, so those awake and following story, please tweet/update/clarify as media reports it over there. Thanks. 28/06/2012 09:54 groundviews 5. Will keep tabs on story. Australian emergency and immigration also seem overwhelmed by so many boats over so little space of time. 28/06/2012 09:54 groundviews 4. No fatalities in Boat 2 which was intercepted. Australian Emergency Services reconfirming to our source origin (i.e. lankan or not) anon. 28/06/2012 09:54 groundviews 3. Boat 1 capsized. Boat 2 intercepted. See http://t.co/H7IV8X1r for story. 28/06/2012 09:54 groundviews 2. Boat 1 which capsized had largely suspected Afghan asylum seekers. Boat 2 which was intercepted had ~100, largely from #lka apparently. 28/06/2012 09:54 groundviews 1. Reg. #australia asylum seekers, this is what we know. Confirmed by source in media, who cross-referenced & confirmed with immigration. 28/06/2012 09:19 groundviews @Apelankawe Our source reconfirming with Australian Emergency Services. Will keep you and others posted. 28/06/2012 09:18 groundviews @Apelankawe 1. We didn't tweet the second photo, so not sure what you were referring to 2. Never said those in boat 100% from #lka? 28/06/2012 09:17 groundviews Speaking on the third anniversary of the end of the civil war, President Mahinda Rajapaksa used his annual... http://t.co/JU0TAxnT 28/06/2012 09:15 groundviews @Apelankawe Too many bloody boats! 28/06/2012 09:13 groundviews @Apelankawe Sorry but in that story, photo caption clearly notes, "survivors from an asylum boat sinking" http://t.co/c16bIu7H 28/06/2012 09:03 groundviews @Apelankawe Our source reconfirms images are from the second ship that capsized, and that they are (largely/sadly) from #srilanka. 28/06/2012 09:02 groundviews @Apelankawe Sorry, what pic is that with the 'not lankan looking mother'?! 28/06/2012 08:55 groundviews @Apelankawe Our source with Australian media - will check and revert. 28/06/2012 08:53 groundviews RT @Diplomat_APAC: The end of the civil war brought hopes #SriLanka could unite. But attacks by radical Buddhists suggest a new challeng ... 28/06/2012 08:51 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: The Jaffna Magistrate has confirmed his order banning the TNPF protest against the land grab on 18.06.2012. (1) #lka #t ... 28/06/2012 08:40 groundviews RT @article19org: @colombotelegrap reveals more info abt #SriLanka #journalist, Issapria. Absolutely shocking #warcrimes http://t.co/5jR ... 28/06/2012 08:30 groundviews @SouthAsiaWired Most welcome. 28/06/2012 08:10 groundviews BREAKING: Photo of what appears to be a family, allegedly Tamil from #lka, rescued yesterday from seas off #australia http://t.co/nvVn0Eth 28/06/2012 08:09 groundviews BREAKING: Photo of young boy, allegedly Tamil from #lka rescued from capsized boat taken to safety in #australia http://t.co/UtOB6008 28/06/2012 08:08 groundviews BREAKING: A photo of mother & son, allegedly Tamil from #srilanka, rescued and taken to #australia for processing #lka http://t.co/eHcigy21 28/06/2012 08:06 groundviews BREAKING: We are told that this is the alleged boat the asylum seekers were in #lka #srilanka #australia http://t.co/oHnjltaW 28/06/2012 08:06 groundviews BREAKING: We are told authorities confirm that asylum seekers were from #srilanka. Expect media in #australia to run with this anon. #lka 28/06/2012 08:05 groundviews BREAKING: Related to last tweet - Some of them are apparently entire families (parents, grandparents, children) #lka #srilanka 28/06/2012 08:05 groundviews BREAKING: Asylum seekers in boat that capsized off #australia yesterday were from #srilanka. All believed to be Tamil. Men, women & children 28/06/2012 08:00 groundviews @AmanthaP Indeed. Read it yesterday and as we noted https://t.co/wRFwIzdY 28/06/2012 01:44 groundviews The HRC resolution on Sri Lanka was important, although there are still many reasons for people to be skeptical... http://t.co/zIwEUbMe 28/06/2012 01:44 groundviews American Foreign Policy and the HRC Resolution on Sri Lanka http://t.co/Hi9rxU8W #lka #srilanka 27/06/2012 22:44 groundviews American Foreign Policy and the HRC Resolution on Sri Lanka: Image courtesy Onlanka News Obama and Human Rights ... http://t.co/46qXeyJv 27/06/2012 16:43 groundviews Who to believe when media freedom defenders stand accused of threatening it? http://t.co/nqD45jC9 @cpjasia #lka #srilanka 27/06/2012 16:42 groundviews @NalakaG But they all wash dirtily laundry in public? http://t.co/nqD45jC9 27/06/2012 16:02 groundviews @cocoveranda @itunesmusic Though we do wish there was a far better, wider selection. And please introduce more Books! 27/06/2012 16:00 groundviews RT @cocoveranda: Wow finally bought a album on @iTunesMusic #iTunes #SriLanka! This awesome!! 27/06/2012 12:13 groundviews @USEmbSL Many thanks for that. 27/06/2012 08:45 groundviews Real time news coverage of today's boat capsizing off #australia https://t.co/8wUzPUxl #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella 27/06/2012 06:51 groundviews "Sabaragamuwa, North Central and Eastern Provincial Councils are to be dissolved midnight today - sources - DM" SMS Update #srilanka #lka 27/06/2012 06:47 groundviews Fraud Bureau officials arrested on bribe charges http://t.co/oiDQbIqX #srilanka #lka #bribery 27/06/2012 06:47 groundviews @UNDP_BD Sri Lanka is post-war. It is emphatically not post-conflict. Had hoped UNDP would understand difference @devramiah #lka #srilanka 27/06/2012 06:40 groundviews @nnulk Yes - absolutely. Just lovely. Never mind destitute and displaced citizens http://t.co/2Ma31C3N let's spend on elections. #lka 27/06/2012 06:35 groundviews North Central Provincial council will be dissolved with effect from mid night today -Govt sources via @adaderana SMS #lka #srilanka 27/06/2012 06:29 groundviews @francesharris0n Thanks. 27/06/2012 06:07 groundviews GoSL says no to LLRC plan http://t.co/T0yRHnW3 Media says yes http://t.co/vVJvxhqH Who is telling truth? @StateDept @USEmbSL #lka #srilanka 27/06/2012 05:37 groundviews @ashandilgith As you know, little meaningful debate on the issue in MSM, save for soundbites. 27/06/2012 05:32 groundviews @ashandilgith A fundamentally important question, this. 3 years ago, we published this http://t.co/wNyWRBye #lka #srilanka 27/06/2012 04:44 groundviews @imagerata Yes, it's quite strange even to our ears and beyond current generation of Veddas not sure how it will survive. 27/06/2012 04:43 groundviews @ronhaviv Do let us know if you do. In the meanwhile, check out http://t.co/NaE6Sc9H for a different set of frames on #lka 27/06/2012 04:19 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: @groundviews have a view here http://t.co/zG43vvyt 27/06/2012 04:18 groundviews @Dinoukc Thanks. 27/06/2012 04:08 groundviews For latest news on asylum boat capsizing today, here's a Google News RSS feed http://t.co/BRLDwSyT #lka #srilanka @lankasol 27/06/2012 04:05 groundviews @SharnelleVella Thanks - this is beyond mad. 27/06/2012 04:02 groundviews A boat carrying around 150 suspected asylum seekers capsized on Wednesday between Indonesia and Australia's... http://t.co/PiEaKe2n 27/06/2012 04:00 groundviews This is horrible | Refugee boat carrying 150 capsizes off northwest Australia http://t.co/QjBiSnKP #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella 27/06/2012 03:43 groundviews @ronhaviv Excellent photo essay on #srilanka. Have you returned since you were here around '07? 27/06/2012 02:32 groundviews @nirananketell Thanks for heads up. 27/06/2012 02:31 groundviews RT @nirananketell: Lankasri has translation of original Tamil story published on blocked http://t.co/PYyzQ133 http://t.co/q1xJijdy @grou ... 27/06/2012 02:22 groundviews #srilanka's adivasi language on Google's Endangered Languages initiative http://t.co/Prgj6pwI #lka 27/06/2012 01:47 groundviews Open Call For Filmmakers in Asia Al Jazeera invites filmmakers in Asia to submit proposals for our Observational... http://t.co/cKE1mVwR 27/06/2012 01:46 groundviews RT @AJEnglish: An open call for #documentary filmmakers in #Asia to submit proposals to Al Jazeera by Aug 3. More information on: http:/ ... 27/06/2012 01:19 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Any reason why @DMbreakingnews and @adaderana didn't report on yesterday's protest in #Murigandy or the skirmish with Ar ... 27/06/2012 01:13 groundviews @pressfreedom @hrwfilmfestival Is there anyone who can send us a DVD of 'Silenced Voices'? #lka #srilanka @lankasol 27/06/2012 01:11 groundviews RT @pressfreedom: Considering watching "Silenced Voices" @hrwfilmfestival? Check out our video report on #SriLanka: http://t.co/MeFTqhCm 27/06/2012 01:06 groundviews In thinking about war photography and coming to appreciate what imagery is important to us, we are in the process... http://t.co/mSa6cpls 27/06/2012 01:05 groundviews An Archive of Memories: Viewing War Footage Critically http://t.co/tgzARmvw #lka #srilanka 26/06/2012 22:43 groundviews An Archive of Memories: Viewing War Footage Critically: Image courtesy Ron Haviv’s photo essay The Fires Within:... http://t.co/xiEWXK9j 26/06/2012 20:12 groundviews THIS is what passes for contemporary media studies in #lka http://t.co/K3Y5PHWC @NalakaG #srilanka Feel overwhelming pity for MSM journos. 26/06/2012 20:05 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Strange but true? Law firm headed by Namal Rajapaksa 26 y.o. son of #Srilanka president getting lots of govt contracts? h ... 26/06/2012 20:04 groundviews @francesharris0n Is this confirmed? 26/06/2012 20:04 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: #un internal inquiry into their #srilanka 09 war conduct has not interviewed key staff who worked in war zone! Due ... 26/06/2012 19:19 groundviews A comprehensive curation of growing web censorship in Sri Lanka http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj #lka #srilanka 26/06/2012 18:58 groundviews saritham, ponguthamil & saritham, all .com, blocked on SLT & @dialoglk but http://t.co/IHrbImp2 now loading. #lka #srilanka @rkguruparan 26/06/2012 13:52 groundviews A new spate of web censorship in Sri Lanka?: Reports online suggest that Dialog Axiata and Sri Lanka Telecom (SL... http://t.co/2v8m0Qhw 26/06/2012 13:39 groundviews Today’s spate of arbitrary blocks on Tamil language sites reporting on issues and events of deep significance... http://t.co/P42SLAU9 26/06/2012 13:38 groundviews A new spate of web censorship in Sri Lanka? http://t.co/AJO543f3 #lka #srilanka @nirananketell @rkguruparan @cpjasia @hrw @CrisisGroup 26/06/2012 12:34 groundviews @rkguruparan Were these accessible recently? And what ISP are you using/trying? 26/06/2012 12:34 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: http://t.co/VlRkGiN8, http://t.co/tEcbUhDA are down or blocked. Both are popular Tamil news websites. #lka #tamil 26/06/2012 12:17 groundviews Called Parkinson's Voice Initiative today. I encourage you to do the same. Sanjana | http://t.co/PgK4u9ab @tedtalks via http://t.co/y2LWXUEr 26/06/2012 11:51 groundviews @InduNan @shagee_1 Cheers and bon chance. Seems to be very different job from your earlier responsibilities! 26/06/2012 11:02 groundviews @InduNan If aimed at #lka audience (as .lk suggests), better to use local images than those just taken off the web? http://t.co/iSlqWP3c 26/06/2012 10:58 groundviews RT @akeenan23: Is this reconciliation #srilanka style?: give ex-LTTE fighters guns and make them work for govt? http://t.co/lsOgOWQc 26/06/2012 10:43 groundviews @AmanthaP You would know better than us. 26/06/2012 10:40 groundviews The plot thickens? | @CeylonToday Saga: The Management Speaks Out http://t.co/kOv4aiPI @dinidu @AmanthaP #lka #sirlanka #media 26/06/2012 09:47 groundviews Human Rights, The President in London, Politics, Reconciliation, Sri Lankan Tamil Cinema | Vikalpa Update - http://t.co/rYKy6Bu8 26/06/2012 09:46 groundviews @NalakaG @cepasl They may be too busy reading for the next Hi book club gathering at the Hilton. 26/06/2012 09:39 groundviews @Apelankawe @dmbreakingnews @adaderana @lankamuslims It ended peacefully? https://t.co/wt64EQhC 26/06/2012 09:33 groundviews They are at it again - DESTROYING TREES via @cepaSL http://t.co/ZG2hevaE #lka #srilanka See our report from '11 http://t.co/xhGgJW1W 26/06/2012 06:38 groundviews @nigelvnugawela @nirananketell And on Etisalat, which remains the MOST open 'net provider in #lka to date. http://t.co/NjzATg16 26/06/2012 06:35 groundviews @nirananketell CORRECTION: Site loads fine via Etisalat dongle. We were still on SLT ADSL when we tried last. Point reg. mirroring stands. 26/06/2012 06:34 groundviews @nirananketell Given access issues, there is merit in mirroring via Wordpress, Blogger, FB page. Also, and at risk of repetition, translate? 26/06/2012 06:31 groundviews @nirananketell And it's blocked on Etisalat as well. Guess one has to use @torproject via any network to access. 26/06/2012 06:27 groundviews On the issue of "land grabs" by the government | #TNA protest in Killinochchi today http://t.co/05OIUx9K #srilanka #lka 26/06/2012 06:27 groundviews @nirananketell Negative on @dialoglk HSDPA (iPhone Personal Hotspot) connection. Will try with Etisalat dongle. 26/06/2012 06:26 groundviews @nirananketell Nope - on SLT ADSL. Trying again via Dialog HSDPA. 26/06/2012 04:42 groundviews @MelGuna We know - let's bring the Army to solve the issue. It's a 'bona fide' disaster, so no problem on that score, right? 26/06/2012 04:18 groundviews We like! | Call for Ray Bradbury to be honoured with internet error message http://t.co/KsovQix8 #web #censorship @TechChange 26/06/2012 03:47 groundviews More chirpy news this morning! | Sri Lankan rupee at near record low; stocks down http://t.co/BMszll0d #lka #srilanka 26/06/2012 03:03 groundviews @MelGuna That's a staggering shortfall. Isn't primary responsibility of care on GoSL? 26/06/2012 03:01 groundviews RT @MelGuna: #UN running low of funds for solid waste, #shelter, #water, #ambulance services for #SriLanka work in north http://t.co/pbs ... 26/06/2012 02:09 groundviews Jehan is more sanguine about Omanthai today http://t.co/PKHRVhUZ than our report from April http://t.co/44qmkNpW Hope he is right #lka 26/06/2012 02:01 groundviews There is no doubt that the building of big infrastructure in the north will indirectly benefit the people of the... http://t.co/nn74rvAJ 26/06/2012 02:00 groundviews Discuss | Dispelling perceptions of uncaring government in the North http://t.co/PKHRVhUZ #lka #srilanka #jaffna @lankasol 26/06/2012 01:26 groundviews ‘Cast as Mother’ – a dramatic reading of an upcoming play by Stages Theatre Group was held at the Lionel Wendt on... http://t.co/GEOKXVRm 26/06/2012 00:49 groundviews @emjacobi Thank you. 25/06/2012 22:53 groundviews Cast as Mother – A Reading: Audience Reviews: Photo by Ruvin de Silva ‘Cast as Mother’ – a dramatic reading of a... http://t.co/svegikbC 25/06/2012 16:12 groundviews @DeviBoerema Yes, sadly Dom only told us about it over weekend. See http://t.co/8hGFSQeS for other great works by photographers from #lka 25/06/2012 15:41 groundviews The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. Revelations that top officials... http://t.co/ProMRr8m 25/06/2012 15:41 groundviews This is a vital read, from a former #US President | A Cruel and Unusual Record http://t.co/L2Wvs4LM @USEmbSL #lka #srilanka @UN_HRC 25/06/2012 15:35 groundviews INCREMENTAL SECESSIONISM: WHY DEVOLUTION MUSTN’T BE OPEN-ENDED: Picture from Colombo Telegraph While everything ... http://t.co/ml8RxoSd 25/06/2012 15:35 groundviews Messing in the maze: A response to Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka: Photo courtesy Reuters As my friend Dr. Dayan Jayatill... http://t.co/fOJdh4Wx 25/06/2012 15:32 groundviews As my friend Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka is probably aware, I rarely miss his articles. Sometimes I have been mildly... http://t.co/JRJYEyLF 25/06/2012 15:32 groundviews While everything is debatable, not everything is negotiable. Some things, a few things, simply must not be... http://t.co/EiIDFhkG 25/06/2012 15:27 groundviews Messing in the maze: A response to Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka http://t.co/0lqOan7h #lka #srilanka 25/06/2012 15:26 groundviews INCREMENTAL SECESSIONISM: WHY DEVOLUTION MUSTN’T BE OPEN-ENDED http://t.co/l6zW5h6q #lka #srilanka 25/06/2012 11:43 groundviews @SouthAsiaWired & @DeviBoerema should take a look. Dominic's photos, which we were shown, are stunning http://t.co/yp5GONbw #lka #srilanka 25/06/2012 11:30 groundviews RT @MelGuna: #SriLanka #budget off track in first quarter 2012, overspending outpaces revenues http://t.co/3fStYwun #lk 25/06/2012 11:30 groundviews @MelGuna Excel error? 25/06/2012 11:30 groundviews RT @MelGuna: Besides running resorts, selling vegetables, collecting garbage|#SriLanka deploys #troops to battle #dengue fever http://t. ... 25/06/2012 08:50 groundviews Extremely saddened to hear about @SouthAsiaWired's closure http://t.co/PSMdCWv0 Their focus on South Asia will be missed by us and others. 25/06/2012 07:46 groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/X6oHmaiT #srilanka #lka #india 25/06/2012 01:01 groundviews International Widows’ Day Celebrations of 2012 in Nedunkerny http://t.co/7ywgDG0H #lka #srilanka 25/06/2012 01:01 groundviews Let us hope when the International Widows’ Day celebrations are held next year, there will be fewer widows at... http://t.co/9ibg47iE 25/06/2012 00:44 groundviews RT @pressfreedom: 6/25 through 6/27 in #NYC: screening of "Silenced Voices" @hrwfilmfestival, re: #SriLanka #PressFreedom http://t.co/XW ... 25/06/2012 00:40 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: Issapriya’s Naked Body With Tied And Untied Hands http://t.co/7DnAEFkd #srilanka #ltte #killingfields 24/06/2012 23:00 groundviews International Widows’ Day Celebrations of 2012 in Nedunkerny: A group of war widows in the Nedunkerny region of... http://t.co/PufSLVbK 24/06/2012 09:44 groundviews FUTA to continue union action despite threats, says its president http://t.co/cO8BRHqO #srilanka #lka 24/06/2012 09:42 groundviews Killers protected by top politicians: JVP http://t.co/OjUpFWl0 #srilanka #lka 24/06/2012 09:41 groundviews The accused "…took part in election rallies on behalf of the ruling party." | Dangerous signals from the south http://t.co/osW1VDNa #lka 24/06/2012 02:10 groundviews @akeenan23 @hrw @AmnestyOnline @icrc_english @crisisgroup You need to read this GoSL questionnaire http://t.co/jqbo7dhd #lka #srilanka 24/06/2012 02:07 groundviews @teearuna Suspect @lankasol will echo that sentiment. 24/06/2012 01:55 groundviews @Joviarul @sundayleader Seems to be online here http://t.co/vVJvxhqH @Dinoukc can probably confirm. 24/06/2012 01:50 groundviews @Joviarul @sundayleader Sorry? 24/06/2012 01:47 groundviews This violence is one of expression, exclusion, marginalisation, dumbing down, stereotyping and pandering to the... http://t.co/98ch2Hae 24/06/2012 01:47 groundviews The New Violence - http://t.co/aa8psIto #lka #srilanka 24/06/2012 01:46 groundviews @teearuna Full version will be published next week, with concluding part of series. It gets weirder. 24/06/2012 01:46 groundviews RT @teearuna: Completely bizarre questionnaire included RT @groundviews: Post-war Sri Lanka’s Thought Police Pt 2 http://t.co/FBuCMD7C 24/06/2012 00:36 groundviews Post-war Sri Lanka’s Thought Police: The Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants and the Denigration of Tamil Identity: ... http://t.co/JmEwztjb 24/06/2012 00:28 groundviews As mentioned by TSA, ]the government has prepared a lengthy, heading-less, and inappropriate questionnaire (in... http://t.co/06iD1UPn 24/06/2012 00:22 groundviews @lankasol Now up. See http://t.co/jqbo7dhd #lka #srilanka 24/06/2012 00:22 groundviews Post-war #srilanka's Thought Police: The Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants & the Denigration of Tamil Identity: Part 2 http://t.co/jqbo7dhd 23/06/2012 00:51 groundviews @CeylonToday EDITOR IN CHIEF FORCED TO QUIT, REASONS STILL UNCLEAR http://t.co/Z6ll88yf via @RSFNet #lka #srilanka #media @AmanthaP 22/06/2012 12:33 groundviews @lankasol Will do! :) 22/06/2012 06:59 groundviews @Dinoukc Great. Is the anonymity on the blog intentional? 22/06/2012 06:51 groundviews @Dinoukc Do you know the author? 22/06/2012 06:51 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: What is the future of our military? http://t.co/47K6fDg8 #lka #military 22/06/2012 06:14 groundviews @RasCeylon Thanks, and congrats. Hope many more in #lka get to hear your music. 22/06/2012 05:49 groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/KjMVgpn5 #srilanka #lka 22/06/2012 04:27 groundviews @nirananketell Agree on need to focus on ground realities, and best if endogenous media initiatives do so, which we can highlight/amplify. 22/06/2012 04:26 groundviews @nirananketell Bear witness, translate, disseminate. Let others opine. Just allow the raw accounts to come through. New media can help? 22/06/2012 03:54 groundviews @SharnelleVella @apelankawe Fascinating, thanks. 21/06/2012 23:22 groundviews @Apelankawe @sharnellevella Like UNP/PA on so many vital+contentious issues in #lka, they play to same constituency & fear losing votes. 21/06/2012 23:20 groundviews @teearuna @dmbreakingnews @cepasl See our tweet https://t.co/CFO3w139 21/06/2012 23:20 groundviews @SharnelleVella @Apelankawe There have been a number of bizarre tweets as well, speaking of those in the boats bringing "shame" to #lka. 21/06/2012 23:14 groundviews @SharnelleVella @Apelankawe Gist? 21/06/2012 23:11 groundviews @Apelankawe @sharnellevella Thanks - that live blog is also flagged on the Google News Real Time news update. 21/06/2012 23:06 groundviews Real time updates of #asylum boat capsizing off #Indonesia https://t.co/cCql5Sde via Google News #lka #news @SharnelleVella @Apelankawe 21/06/2012 22:59 groundviews Bad writing, disunity & name calling amongst journos only helps Govt censorship more http://t.co/JDMzyDO6 #lka #srilanka 21/06/2012 22:58 groundviews @SharnelleVella Thanks. 21/06/2012 22:58 groundviews RT @SharnelleVella: @groundviews @groundviews As I see you're following the story here is the most recent info on the #asylum boat http ... 21/06/2012 21:55 groundviews @lankasol Await full questionnaire in Tamil and English, and another follow up piece, anon. #lka 21/06/2012 15:57 groundviews @nirananketell Why don't you do a round-up, write-up, translating the most pertinent points from originals to English? Will happily publish. 21/06/2012 15:20 groundviews Banks drag down Sri Lankan bourse after S&P report http://t.co/s9gVdabR #lka #srilanka 21/06/2012 14:25 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Shocking! Australians knew about the ship and that it was taking water long time before it capsized. http://t.co/XyAYooi ... 21/06/2012 14:16 groundviews Scores of asylum seekers are feared dead after a boat capsized in the waters north of Christmas Island, with... http://t.co/ZOUq2Ylx 21/06/2012 14:13 groundviews This is just awful | Asylum seeker disaster north of Christmas Island http://t.co/gNwzbm41 #lka #srilanka #australia 21/06/2012 13:59 groundviews @ceycitizen Hotel we were at, though fax is a general one, and quite possibly sent to all hotels in the city, and elsewhere. 21/06/2012 13:53 groundviews 3. Unclear as to why hotels are being asked to not accept direct bookings during this time, or who will pay for rooms booked by GoSL #lka 21/06/2012 13:53 groundviews 2. Letter says CHOGM will be largest international meeting since NAM in 1976 and wants to ensure rooms for 3,500+ delegates #lka 21/06/2012 13:53 groundviews 1. GV was shown a fax in a leading hotel in #Colombo sent by MoFA saying to not accept room bookings from 1-14 Nov 2013, during CHOGM #lka 21/06/2012 13:45 groundviews RT @jmccdon: #UN says its review of its own actions at end of #SriLanka's civil war will be done by July or so. http://t.co/A5flz8WD 21/06/2012 13:44 groundviews Macro-economic policies must be environmental sensitive says President @UN_Rioplus20 But what about http://t.co/OxG3I6ki #lka #srilanka 21/06/2012 13:39 groundviews One would think a mainstream newspaper would get the name of #srilanka's President right? http://t.co/mfLRD8u2 @DMbreakingnews #lka 21/06/2012 13:31 groundviews 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report - Sri Lanka http://t.co/XgIvAosM #lka #srilanka 21/06/2012 13:05 groundviews @TMnY This sounds bizarre. Why delete? What was the content and thrust of the debate? Can @srilankaunites comment please? 21/06/2012 13:03 groundviews RT @TMnY: Very disappointed to see that @SriLankaUnites has deleted a particularly revealing conversation thread on their page re: sexua ... 21/06/2012 09:24 groundviews @MelGuna Indeed, if said publisher agrees to it. 21/06/2012 07:57 groundviews @FMMsrilanka (FMM) statement on @CeylonToday incident (in Sinhala) http://t.co/VZ6v8UlM @AmanthaP @dinidu @tingilye #lka #srilanka #media 21/06/2012 07:47 groundviews @MelGuna She did not say. Certainly from our end, the questions will be hard hitting, but official statement will come before. 21/06/2012 07:01 groundviews Current @CeylonToday Editor promises full interview on imbroglio once paper gives official response, soon we are told @AmanthaP #lka #media 21/06/2012 06:27 groundviews FUTA chief complains of attempt to intimidate him http://t.co/6gaYpiEl #srilanka #lka @theyrc 21/06/2012 03:49 groundviews @dinidu And the reason for the delay being - spell checking? 21/06/2012 03:45 groundviews @SNSalgado @dinidu This is worse than waiting for Godot. 21/06/2012 03:38 groundviews Codswallop. Start with Sin/Tam translations? | #srilanka committed to implement LLRC recommendations http://t.co/KytBymqB #lka @UN_HRC #UN 21/06/2012 03:37 groundviews @teearuna That would be wildly optimistic, don't you think? 21/06/2012 03:35 groundviews @rangi_fern @tnlrocks We miss the intellect and sardonic wit of Tracy and Afdhel from the early 90s. Most radio DJs today are banal & dumb. 21/06/2012 03:33 groundviews RT @ABRFOTO: Great piece of #cricket writing on Aravinda de Silva by Shehan Karunatilaka via @IslandCricket http://t.co/BdQ2pq1X #srilan ... 21/06/2012 03:32 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: According to this piece by JC Weliamuna the Jaffna Magistrate's stay order on the TNPF rally is contestable. http://t.c ... 21/06/2012 03:31 groundviews Still no response over request to interview @CeylonToday's current Editor or FMM's convenor. Seems they shun scrutiny? @AmanthaP #lka 21/06/2012 02:34 groundviews RT @TNAmediaoffice: #TNA #MP #Sumanthiran in #Parliament yesterday: #Govt suppressing peaceful demos http://t.co/BNESprPU #Tamil #lka #s ... 21/06/2012 01:33 groundviews Environmental activist Hemantha Withanage talks to Nalaka Gunawardene in Rio de Janeiro From... http://t.co/b2s6qPoM 21/06/2012 01:32 groundviews Rio+20 interview: “Green Economy should not justify Greed Economy!” http://t.co/xGWwxxGc #Rioplus20 @UN_Rioplus20 #lka #srilanka @NalakaG 21/06/2012 01:31 groundviews The Green Revolution and Rio http://t.co/nX6hIgJf #lka #srilanka #Rioplus20 @UN_Rioplus20 21/06/2012 01:30 groundviews Until we decide to get out of the fossil addiction trap ourselves, until we place a high value on the health of... http://t.co/ITcb6olf 21/06/2012 01:19 groundviews Rio+20 interview: “Green Economy should not justify Greed Economy!”: Environmental activist Hemantha Withanage t... http://t.co/jr5cNly8 21/06/2012 01:19 groundviews The Green Revolution and Rio: It has been many years of writing in the Sri Lankan media of the stupidity of the ... http://t.co/R8E8QFZs 21/06/2012 01:01 groundviews @dinidu It's now a day after you were promised statement, two days we were told it would be released. Any sign of it? #lka #media 20/06/2012 16:58 groundviews Oh my | Sri Lanka invites UN human rights chief to visit http://t.co/GSzhPGVG #lka #srilanka 20/06/2012 16:34 groundviews What a marvellous and well executed idea for news reporting from #India | Newsmericks http://t.co/wdfhEZfq #lka #srilanka @lankasol 20/06/2012 15:57 groundviews @dinidu That was four hours ago? Any updates? FMM also said statement would be out last evening. Then this morning. So far, nada. 20/06/2012 14:53 groundviews @CeylonToday No response yet. 20/06/2012 13:24 groundviews We have just asked for email/Skype interview with convenor of FMM and current editor of @CeylonToday. Awaiting response. #lka #srilanka 20/06/2012 10:47 groundviews @tingilye @ceylontoday @amanthap @dinidu Thanks, but content/wording is rather strange. "Highly reliable sources"=Lalith's letter to media?! 20/06/2012 10:25 groundviews SLWJA statement (in Sinhala) on @CeylonToday issue. FMM still silent. #lka #srilanka @AmanthaP @dinidu @tingilye http://t.co/btkj0Imq 20/06/2012 10:17 groundviews RT @nirananketell: Protesters' bus window smashed and attacked with engine oil @ Jaffna protest against land grabs.See pics http://t.co/ ... 20/06/2012 08:22 groundviews @teearuna Quite. 20/06/2012 07:40 groundviews 'Ancient' skeleton excavated in #srilanka http://t.co/KligRvko Skeletons in and around Nandikadal we hope won't take so long to find #lka 20/06/2012 07:19 groundviews Good laxative for those constipated days | Reflections on a War Hero and patriotic legend of our times http://t.co/8nnby35S #lka #srilanka 20/06/2012 07:15 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: #Jaffna, Tellipalai protests against land grabs prevented by the police. And the English media (except for CT) doesnt g ... 20/06/2012 07:15 groundviews RT @Apelankawe: Kath Noble on Army's various peace time enterprises http://t.co/FJ98r0Mx 20/06/2012 06:27 groundviews On pol. solution: "this goal appears just as it did then - a mirage." | Menon to visit Sri Lanka this month http://t.co/d57cliEP #srilanka 20/06/2012 06:24 groundviews Attack which killed two attending JVP meeting is a forewarning of another round of terror (AHRC) http://t.co/f1SvKDFn #srilanka #lka 20/06/2012 04:50 groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/IZJajXsJ #srilanka #lka 20/06/2012 00:46 groundviews Groundviews Update. http://t.co/DDHjhAjn http://t.co/4U9W6Dxi 20/06/2012 00:45 groundviews The President in London, Politics, Reconciliation, Religion and Art | Groundviews Updates - http://t.co/3BVFIR0H #lka #srilanka 19/06/2012 17:05 groundviews @AmanthaP One does wonder why the Editors Guild is totally silent. 19/06/2012 15:15 groundviews @AmanthaP Asked FMM for confirmation that statement will be released tomorrow morning. They said yes. Not sure what delay is on account of. 19/06/2012 09:39 groundviews @AmanthaP Well, technically, not yet, but we hope, soon! 19/06/2012 09:02 groundviews @AmanthaP We were told in the morning to expect FMM statement on this issue (in Sinhala) by end of the day. 19/06/2012 08:58 groundviews @ABRFOTO So just 7 spots up post-war, in 3 years. At least not going down, but wish progress was much better, esp. on #media side. 19/06/2012 08:57 groundviews @ABRFOTO #srilanka unchanged in ranking from 2011 http://t.co/g9PlT7us, 25th in '10 http://t.co/zIhB2lFs, 22nd in '09 http://t.co/jn1ycQZD 19/06/2012 08:44 groundviews #Media & #Police indicators weak. #srilanka tied with #Bangladesh for 29th spot in Failed States Index 2012 http://t.co/cMWTR1Vp #lka 19/06/2012 08:38 groundviews Sri Lanka First Quarter GDP: Details http://t.co/qGNG8VYq @cepaSL @TalkEconomicsSL #lka #srilanka #economy 19/06/2012 04:23 groundviews This is like reading bad fiction. Incredible. | SriLankan losses mount due to negligence http://t.co/ZC2muSVL #lka #srilanka 19/06/2012 04:21 groundviews Wait a day for Cabraal to deny and decry | #Colombo world’s fourth worst bourse http://t.co/ZszP0cDM #lka #srilanka @TalkEconomicsSL 19/06/2012 04:19 groundviews For those on Facebook, some very useful tips and guides https://t.co/Qysmc6bG #security 19/06/2012 03:28 groundviews The political meaning of the retreat in London: Image courtesy ITV News “It was under these circumstances that R... http://t.co/tmspmkrJ 19/06/2012 03:10 groundviews The political meaning of the retreat in London http://t.co/SAPsIYB9 #lka #srilanka 19/06/2012 03:03 groundviews If the Rajapakse regime is to prevent the echoing and re-echoing of their humiliation in London, they must... http://t.co/005D9MKe 18/06/2012 15:31 groundviews Sons of One Religion: Thirty years of civil war may have resulted in an awkward reconciliation process on racial... http://t.co/In39ayLs 18/06/2012 15:25 groundviews This montage comprises photographs I have taken at the many houses of worship I have visited, prayed in or merely... http://t.co/35ua8PIR 18/06/2012 15:24 groundviews Some nice photography | Sons of One Religion http://t.co/0P2XZAlt #lka #srilanka @ABRFOTO @ruhatd @lankasol 18/06/2012 15:23 groundviews @AAMRaihan @ceylontoday @bundeljayse We couldn't care less. 18/06/2012 13:26 groundviews @ShaadHamid @sunil_abraham And therein lies the rub! 18/06/2012 10:01 groundviews Internet censorship in India up 49%: Google http://t.co/WtQttVgG @sunil_abraham #india #censorship 18/06/2012 09:58 groundviews The new JDS site on media issues & freedom is quite spiffy. Congratulations are in order. http://t.co/Nl5ntonZ #lka #srilanka #media 18/06/2012 09:15 groundviews RT @SNSalgado: RT @dinidu Axed Newspaper Editor Reveals All - #LKA #SriLanka #MediaFreedom http://t.co/WhUNFw8Q 18/06/2012 05:12 groundviews RT @adaderana: Military presence in North could affect children psychologically - Child Advocates http://t.co/t0vbDzV0 #lka #srilanka 18/06/2012 05:05 groundviews This level of corruption and nepotism is pathetic | Sri Lanka Cricket defends TV deal http://t.co/1791d11L #lka #srilanka #cricket 18/06/2012 04:35 groundviews Good | 0 content removal requests from Google by #lka Govt from July-Dec 2011 http://t.co/YGk9mTvd #srilanka 18/06/2012 04:21 groundviews @iam_project It may well be Veerakathy! 18/06/2012 04:14 groundviews @iam_project Who do you think is the oldest living Lankan? 18/06/2012 04:13 groundviews RT @iam_project: Happy to report that Veerakathy, now 107 year old and living in north Colombo, is keeping well http://t.co/fgS5bl5W #lk ... 18/06/2012 02:25 groundviews The Price of Inequality: Evolution is the biological manifestation of development.  Which, in action merely refe... http://t.co/1p2vxYLt 18/06/2012 02:23 groundviews In order to ‘dole it out’, massive projects are mooted so that the politicians and their cronies take out their... http://t.co/zNUixfoN 18/06/2012 02:21 groundviews The Price of Inequality http://t.co/PSK755Hg #lka #srilanka 18/06/2012 01:51 groundviews Amigos, para siempre? | Sri Lankan president visits Cuba http://t.co/NBSfSxUh #lka #srilanka 18/06/2012 01:44 groundviews The meaning of victory http://t.co/aio8KzVK #lka #srilanka #india 18/06/2012 01:41 groundviews @AmanthaP Can confirm FMM isn't going with statement on @CeylonToday events, and flags Lalith's silence as evidence this is internal matter. 18/06/2012 01:34 groundviews Not a word about ITN's hate speech and incitement to violence against HR activists in early '12 | http://t.co/HCBDzNen #lka #srilanka 18/06/2012 01:32 groundviews Sri Lanka Tourism Board discovers Google Ad Words. And this is news?! | http://t.co/Wsf2GMfN #lka #srilanka 17/06/2012 16:07 groundviews "The police media spokesman is trying to water down this incident" | JVP challenges Hulugalle http://t.co/WlOH9B8D #srilanka #lka 17/06/2012 04:56 groundviews Troop strength in Jaffna drastically reduced says Defence Secretary http://t.co/3H43SjL6 #lka #srilanka 17/06/2012 04:11 groundviews Expen. on education: 2005 - 3.4% of GDP, 2012 - 1.9% of GDP | Meet demands now or face strike action, says FUTA http://t.co/SV2mEiUv #lka 17/06/2012 04:07 groundviews Rs. 200m in public funds down the drain for C’wealth Games http://t.co/y3rA0i8p #srilanka #lka @TalkEconomicsSL 17/06/2012 04:03 groundviews "Gotabaya says SF has swallowed the 'guliya'" | Sarath Fonseka: Where will he go from here? http://t.co/X6Zk6hCZ #srilanka #lka 17/06/2012 03:58 groundviews Battalions, supports services and HSZs reduced -G.R | Troop strength in Jaffna drastically reduced says Gotabhaya http://t.co/tzAvxUNh #lka 17/06/2012 03:53 groundviews Congrats. Read Michael's contributions to GV - http://t.co/o40x9Xmk | Michael Meyler honoured by the Queen http://t.co/6xRZjjlY #srilanka 17/06/2012 01:55 groundviews @AmanthaP Is this their official stance? 17/06/2012 00:40 groundviews The dismissal of an Editor last week, and the principled resignation of four other journalists from the same... http://t.co/fuT715Jq 17/06/2012 00:39 groundviews Mainstream (media's) morass https://t.co/tpUTf2CS @AmanthaP @dinidu @NalakaG @cpjasia @MelGuna #lka #srilanka 17/06/2012 00:32 groundviews Photos and videos recently smuggled out of Sri Lanka offer a rare glimpse of what happened at the end of the... http://t.co/eT1WIlsI 17/06/2012 00:32 groundviews Leaked photos reveal fate of Tamil prisoners http://t.co/pOVZfj8N #lka #srilanka @lankasol 16/06/2012 13:55 groundviews @Dinoukc @amanthap Thanks - it makes a difference when you give a damn. 16/06/2012 13:47 groundviews @Dinoukc @amanthap Tx. Speaks to MSM culture which simply doesn't know/care enough to attribute, leaving those like you to pick up flak. 16/06/2012 13:35 groundviews @Dinoukc Know you aren't malicious & sorry, but very bad form for SL given culture of MSM plagiarism? http://t.co/tfw5lQMi @AmanthaP #lka 16/06/2012 13:08 groundviews "Call it the small island mentality. Life is supremely satisfying" | 'Sri Lankans do not read for pleasure' (ToI) http://t.co/duhnN8tm #lka 16/06/2012 10:02 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: #SRILANKA media activist group Free Media Movement holds silence on the sacking of ed/resignation of journos 16/06/2012 02:43 groundviews @CeylonToday website a tad late to catch up with its own news?! Those resigned or fired, still on it @dinidu #lka http://t.co/PDY3U10a 16/06/2012 02:41 groundviews Gosh. Do we celebrate V-Day twice then? | LTTE was effectively defeated on April 19, 2009 http://t.co/uvV9mVtI #lka #srilanka 16/06/2012 02:05 groundviews @teearuna Heard back from TSA in response to your query that they will publish with conclusion of series on GV. Await more content. 16/06/2012 01:17 groundviews Good luck with that, in his position & with his record | Sri Lankan dissident: Overthrow president http://t.co/5tU08YHp #lka #srilanka 16/06/2012 01:16 groundviews Yet to see or hear Wimal W, Champika R, the JHU or the President rant & rail against this Western influence? http://t.co/OHPSkETR #lka 16/06/2012 01:14 groundviews Why, with outrageous fiscal mismanagement & corruption of #lka govt, does @IMFNews consider another bailout? http://t.co/OHPSkETR #srilanka 16/06/2012 01:10 groundviews @ICTASriLanka Sorry but how on earth is this even remotely related to ICTs and the work of ICTA in #srilanka? 16/06/2012 01:09 groundviews Post-war Sri Lanka’s Thought Police: The Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants and the Denigration of Tamil Identity: ... http://t.co/QPOAcp2F 16/06/2012 01:08 groundviews @AmanthaP We've not seen or heard about any statement. Have forwarded your tweet to them. 16/06/2012 01:05 groundviews The government of Sri Lanka claims that its rehabilitation program for ex-combatants is more than sufficient and... http://t.co/VypnfaCE 16/06/2012 01:05 groundviews Post-war #srilanka's Thought Police: The Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants and the Denigration of Tamil Identity http://t.co/lK6eg9N6 #lka 15/06/2012 23:32 groundviews A few weeks after I returned home, Kumar sent an email to tell me about his brother’s new job and the play he was... http://t.co/2tQnyKld 15/06/2012 23:32 groundviews Indigenous charity and philanthropy has the potential to transform development in Sri Lanka. A few years after the... http://t.co/U77rVBpz 15/06/2012 23:30 groundviews How much can Sri Lanka help itself? http://t.co/RhwXBuvi #lka #srilanka @cepaSL @TalkEconomicsSL 15/06/2012 23:29 groundviews Resigned journalists accuse Ceylon Today http://t.co/QlVAzSNZ #lka #srilanka @cpjasia 15/06/2012 23:29 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: The Grease Devil Is Not Real http://t.co/3K8Cqako #srilanka #lka @groundviews 15/06/2012 17:19 groundviews "The government wanted at least another $500 mn. from the #IMF" | Sri Lanka seeking fresh bailout, says IMF (AFP) http://t.co/OHPSkETR #lka 15/06/2012 17:14 groundviews Shooting at JVP meeting; two killed http://t.co/dNorRHi6 #srilanka #lka #JVP 15/06/2012 17:12 groundviews A response to Rambukwella's assertion that S.Y. failed to "prevent the protest" | UK respects right to protest http://t.co/YpGBVU8d #lka 15/06/2012 06:41 groundviews How much can Sri Lanka help itself? (The Guardian) http://t.co/RhwXBuvi #srilanka #lka @cepaSL @TalkEconomicsSL #development 15/06/2012 04:24 groundviews Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief vows to lead opposition and topple government in next election (WP) http://t.co/BkTBS8mD #srilanka #lka 15/06/2012 01:38 groundviews @devramiah What an incredibly pleasant surprise! Didn't realise you were on Twitter, and thanks for following updates here. SH. 15/06/2012 01:21 groundviews A man, a magistrate and 220 intimates: A reflection of the HIV response in Sri Lanka http://t.co/4YUaM01z #lka #srilanka 15/06/2012 01:21 groundviews Fact: The People Living with HIV Stigma Index (2010) for Sri Lanka indicated that 55% of respondents were tested... http://t.co/7D46IG0L 15/06/2012 01:13 groundviews @dinidu And btw, well done on resignation. 15/06/2012 01:13 groundviews @dinidu But if the architecture's rotting at the core, the exception does not make the rule, and MSM will remain wedded to partisan dross. 15/06/2012 01:03 groundviews @dinidu And some examples from #srilanka's MSM being? 15/06/2012 00:50 groundviews @dinidu What are your thoughts now on partisan politics and media bias given no lack of Editors and journos to take Lalith's & your place? 15/06/2012 00:48 groundviews @dinidu Perhaps you can reveal what stories Lalith didn't run in Ceylon Today from Mawbima that contributed to his departure? #lka 15/06/2012 00:44 groundviews Tamils lured with promise of citizenship http://t.co/kRRyL55n #lka #srilanka #Australia 15/06/2012 00:41 groundviews @AzzamAmeen @colombogazette At least we know where to read pro-Sarath Fonseka content henceforth. 15/06/2012 00:40 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Senior editor sacked for favoring UNP over Fonseka“@colombogazette: Ceylon Today Editor-in-Chief sacked http://t.co/3xB8 ... 15/06/2012 00:30 groundviews A man, a magistrate and 220 intimates: A reflection of the HIV response in Sri Lanka: Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatt... http://t.co/ljpNscev 14/06/2012 22:17 groundviews Interesting research & model for #lka? | How #China allows govt criticism online but silences collective expression http://t.co/7EcLDXGl 14/06/2012 22:00 groundviews RT @teearuna: That's approx 25%; which are 3/4 being ignored? RT @bfonseka: 33 LLRC recommendations to be implemented - Weeratunga: http ... 14/06/2012 18:54 groundviews "Scotland Yard was a mere spectator at the protest" | Govt. blames Scotland Yard for lapse http://t.co/d1Qjlzcw #srilanka #lka #UK 14/06/2012 10:00 groundviews RT @nigelvnugawela: Watch from 1m 50s. Absolutely disgusting | Notorious Monk at Highway http://t.co/OQDjsj3A #srilanka @Vindic8d @Dinou ... 14/06/2012 09:53 groundviews The overarching question as always is as to whether the politics of hurt and harm and hate should be allowed to... http://t.co/RCLUD06t 14/06/2012 09:52 groundviews Jaffna Challenge(r)s http://t.co/ec7Rdt3i #lka #srilanka 14/06/2012 09:52 groundviews Jaffna Challenge(r)s: Image from Jaffna Challengers website Two contrasting insights into reconciliation were on... http://t.co/KUZpwuEI 14/06/2012 02:28 groundviews Very interesting take on pachyderms in pageants | Sanctuary or ceremony for Sri Lanka's elephants? http://t.co/cxBMALQr #lka #srilanka 14/06/2012 02:17 groundviews After a 27-year war, Sri Lanka has released a report on its aftermath. R. Cheran gives Steve Paikin his view of... http://t.co/G3kCekMy 14/06/2012 02:16 groundviews Sri Lanka's Road to Reconciliation http://t.co/TpSdM2p9 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 14/06/2012 01:39 groundviews An apologist reviews a racist writing about a sadist? | Gota’s War And The Quest For Peace http://t.co/eJTbhg8e #lka #srilanka 14/06/2012 01:33 groundviews TNA leader blames it on translation http://t.co/JUgZuZBR #lka #srilanka 13/06/2012 22:18 groundviews Via @AmnestyOnline, a statement on #srilanka's human rights situation as of June 2012 http://t.co/kJDRpwra @UN_HRC #lka 13/06/2012 22:14 groundviews UN Secretary General: "I also welcome the decision of the Council, in its decision 19/2, to call upon Sri Lanka to... http://t.co/K7rVeXLJ 13/06/2012 22:14 groundviews @UN Sec Gen welcomes @UN_HRC resolution on #lka on LLRC, and encourages #srilanka to cooperate with @unrightswire http://t.co/lZRAnrFC 13/06/2012 21:08 groundviews A-Z of Sri Lankan English: S is for Singlish: Singlish is the term used to describe the mixture of Sinhala and E... http://t.co/Re7iAkSZ 13/06/2012 20:51 groundviews @smelleh Don't think #srilanka has exclusive rights on the usage and definition of term. The author writes about how it is used in #lka. 13/06/2012 20:50 groundviews Very short interruption to access because of back-end Wordpress upgrade to 3.4. All is now well. 13/06/2012 20:45 groundviews Singlish is the term used to describe the mixture of Sinhala and English which is frequently used by bilingual... http://t.co/hA8BPl94 13/06/2012 11:33 groundviews @Ezarovia This is progress. Former IGP said in public that women could, as evidence, use cellphones to record themselves getting raped. 13/06/2012 10:39 groundviews RT @HalikAzeez: Finally, a chance to use 'ostrichification' in proper context! RT @groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews ht ... 13/06/2012 10:17 groundviews 40 houses damaged | Tornado hits Matara http://t.co/qIBjcyE1 #srilanka #lka 13/06/2012 09:12 groundviews According to the ASP, there's a connexion b/t tech and child marriage | More than 1,000 child marriages in A’pura http://t.co/d1YmF3qP #lka 13/06/2012 06:59 groundviews Sri Lanka Holds Rates To Sustain Growth As Rupee Fans Prices (Bloomberg) http://t.co/G9OSL7Ap #srilanka #lka 13/06/2012 06:57 groundviews NGO charges Women’s Affairs Minister not fit to handle job http://t.co/NB393vIF #srilanka #lka @womenandmedia 13/06/2012 06:55 groundviews Govt. slams TNA double speak: Says final solution has to come from Select Committee http://t.co/7ag60dk1 #srilanka #lka #TNA 13/06/2012 06:42 groundviews Rs. 2.6 mn extortion: Minister Mervyn Silva’s aide given bail http://t.co/aoNlPjSb #srilanka #lka 13/06/2012 06:29 groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/VX8IbyeN #srilanka #lka #UN 12/06/2012 15:51 groundviews @nirananketell @slcampaign Agree, but former does not help raise awareness of & help address latter? Just adds to (support of) silencing. 12/06/2012 15:33 groundviews @nirananketell @slcampaign Indeed, and not one progressively made on the pavements of London burning #lka flags and dragging effigy's… 12/06/2012 15:32 groundviews @nirananketell @slcampaign Legitimate aspirations and grievances, post-war, we meant to say. 12/06/2012 15:30 groundviews @nirananketell @slcampaign And unless there is a distinction made, and clearly, between separatism as goal and aspirations, Govt strong. 12/06/2012 15:21 groundviews RT @akeenan23: UN removes #srilanka from list of child-recruiting govts; chief-recruiter Karuna remains govt minister; impunity rules ht ... 12/06/2012 15:21 groundviews RT @akeenan23: UNSG's report on children & armed conflict admits fate of five kids recruited by #srilanka govt ally TMVP still unkno ... 12/06/2012 15:20 groundviews RT @USEmbSL: @StateDept #SecClinton announced #SriLanka will not face #Iran oil sanctions for a renewable period of 180 days. #lka http: ... 12/06/2012 15:14 groundviews @nirananketell @slcampaign Yes, and also in relation to your point, therein lies the rub. 12/06/2012 14:28 groundviews The end of the civil war saw Sri Lanka make the biggest rise in the latest Global Peace Index (GPI) released in... http://t.co/byCEwsQf 12/06/2012 14:27 groundviews Lanka makes biggest leap in Global Peace Index http://t.co/lGBpXYJy #lka #srilanka 12/06/2012 13:34 groundviews @SLcampaign Understand. Sad dynamic, because it plays, sometimes and inadvertently, to Govt agenda. 12/06/2012 13:24 groundviews Sri Lanka removed from #UN child conflict blacklist (BBC) http://t.co/7hPX3R0J #srilanka #lka #children #conflict 12/06/2012 12:49 groundviews @NalakaG @guardian But according to @nilmashazdole, the supplement was paid for by corporate financing, not taxes. 12/06/2012 10:56 groundviews @Apelankawe Agree. 12/06/2012 10:55 groundviews (2) Is it still an "independent supplement" when there's a partnership between @guardian News and Media and the Report Company? #srilanka 12/06/2012 10:55 groundviews (1) Interesting to note that the @guardian and Report Company have a "media partnership" - http://t.co/h0zaEKJd | http://t.co/o6ms9v0i #lka 12/06/2012 10:31 groundviews An unpatriotic rupee which doesn't heed the President's instructions? | SL rupee hits record low http://t.co/f4fjeY94 #lka #srilanka 12/06/2012 10:25 groundviews 3 years on, a hurting stalemate in Sri Lanka: Picture courtesy JDS Last month saw the official marking of three ... http://t.co/EZhezUID 12/06/2012 10:22 groundviews "an unhappy clash of editorial and commercial content" http://t.co/o6ms9v0i says @guardiannews Can @nilmashazdole comment? #lka #srilanka 12/06/2012 10:17 groundviews Circumstances have now changed and there is a real opportunity for great advances to be made for the country,... http://t.co/tMdTwz9Y 12/06/2012 10:17 groundviews 3 years on, a hurting stalemate in Sri Lanka http://t.co/o05sXmYW #lka #srilanka 12/06/2012 08:39 groundviews Sri Lanka among countries that cut Iran oil purchases: Clinton http://t.co/hB913gCo #srilanka #lka #oil #sanctions 12/06/2012 04:19 groundviews S.B Dissanayake: "govt. had been able to rectify 90% of salary anomalies" | Universities paralysed for sixth day http://t.co/dvBWNzNS #lka 12/06/2012 04:14 groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/O4gc9Zyl #srilanka #lka 12/06/2012 02:18 groundviews So to be clear, @SLcampaign stand shoulder to shoulder with protests on the streets? If not, why not? Principles over expediency, surely? 12/06/2012 02:18 groundviews @SLcampaign We submit that if you don't acknowledge this, there is no traction within country. Little/lack of time rings hollow. 12/06/2012 02:18 groundviews @SLcampaign Also, you did in fact refer to protests in PRs, but nothing on symbolism, constitution, or biased weltanschauung of protesters. 12/06/2012 02:18 groundviews @SLcampaign Not sure what connection is between 'having to stay alive' (whatever that means) and point made about response to cancellation? 12/06/2012 02:09 groundviews Interesting question | Will the Galle Fort become a haven for the rich devoid of vibrant people? http://t.co/kcsTXADE #lka #srilanka #galle 11/06/2012 16:15 groundviews This is really beyond absurd | Sri Lanka PR in Geneva kept in dark by ministry http://t.co/5CNpWIN0 #lka #srilanka 11/06/2012 15:46 groundviews Excellent snub to #lka Govt's banal foreign policy posturing by @USEmbSL http://t.co/8ZOCMbXb #lka #srilanka 11/06/2012 13:40 groundviews @HarithdeMel One would thinks so, but sans enabling RTI/FOI legislation, not sure about success in #lka. 11/06/2012 11:23 groundviews Surrendering Airwaves & Liberty to Nepotism: TRC Spectrum Management website Frequency Allocation- A Grand Corr... http://t.co/F5vP7N4m 11/06/2012 10:55 groundviews In my view meaningful answers to the questions raised in this article can only be found by introducing systemic... http://t.co/rbjUoXeJ 11/06/2012 10:54 groundviews Surrendering Airwaves & Liberty to Nepotism http://t.co/K37di4WU #lka #srilanka 11/06/2012 04:27 groundviews SLMC is the kingmaker in the East, says Hakeem http://t.co/ipxeY3MC #srilanka #lka 11/06/2012 04:17 groundviews Brilliant, and should be emailed to every High Commission. Via Daily Mirror,... http://t.co/hIxK7J6I 11/06/2012 03:53 groundviews It's an honour to be followed by @firstpostin Thank you. 11/06/2012 03:10 groundviews RT @anushwij: #srilanka airlines maybe struggling to profit but it's chairman, less so. Millions in cash and a 3mn rupee Rolex http://t. ... 11/06/2012 01:51 groundviews In the interview we cover why Anoma thinks an exhibition on environmental issues, and in particular, water... http://t.co/PAPbz9X4 11/06/2012 01:50 groundviews Interview with Anoma Wijewardene on ‘Deliverance’ http://t.co/K4sqDbeo #lka #srilanka 11/06/2012 00:26 groundviews Interview with Anoma Wijewardene on ‘Deliverance’: Groundviews interviewed the renowned Sri Lankan artist Anoma ... http://t.co/VYxsCpHy 10/06/2012 12:58 groundviews @SLcampaign A counterpoint to your stance reg. cancellation of the President's speech in London http://t.co/1tHRCGA2 #lka #srilanka 10/06/2012 12:57 groundviews @ceycitizen @mhmhisham @navamanilk @sumaiyarizvi We haven't heard anything. As usual, we suspect this will go ahead, post-media furore. 10/06/2012 10:47 groundviews MOVING OUT OF THE MAZE: Image courtesy ITV The ubiquity of the Tiger flags was the most dramatic aspect of the d... http://t.co/lkWBqtAg 10/06/2012 10:29 groundviews Let's all be ostriches then | Sri Lanka tourism urges Europeans to ignore bad media reports http://t.co/3HrBYedO #lka #srilanka 10/06/2012 09:03 groundviews Sri Lanka tourism urges Europeans to ignore bad media reports http://t.co/3HrBYedO #srilanka #lka #tourism 10/06/2012 05:02 groundviews MR's London fiasco: Diplomatic and intelligence failure http://t.co/EWroaVvx #srilanka #lka 10/06/2012 00:41 groundviews Why it is wrong to silence government & the President | The Right to Speak http://t.co/1tHRCGA2 @millerC4 @hrw #llka #srilanka 10/06/2012 00:34 groundviews The successful efforts to prevent Mahinda Rajapaksa from speaking at the Commonwealth Economic Forum in London,... http://t.co/QdTuaxxg 09/06/2012 22:22 groundviews @KenRoth As if not more importantly, how did Tamara & #lka Govt get hold of what from the story appears to be internal #UN email? #srilanka 09/06/2012 21:36 groundviews @nilmashazdole Any PR company worth their salt would have planned for & realised this? Sure you too saw tweets noting bizarre juxtaposition. 09/06/2012 21:27 groundviews @nilmashazdole OK & thanks. Sordid history w/ @bellpottdigital raised suspicions. Article in @guardiannews undermined it? #lka #srilanka 09/06/2012 21:24 groundviews Just a tad off the Rs. 125 the President wanted & the Central Bank opined it would stabilise at | $1=Rs.140? http://t.co/yD9IaSbU #lka 09/06/2012 21:22 groundviews @nilmashazdole @talkeconomicssl @cepasl @melguna @dinoukc BTW, do you know how much we taxpayers paid for Guardian supplement last week? 09/06/2012 21:22 groundviews @nilmashazdole @talkeconomicssl @cepasl @melguna @dinoukc At this rate & if true, the horses may be well four Ferrari's in there… 09/06/2012 21:19 groundviews @nilmashazdole @talkeconomicssl @cepasl @melguna @dinoukc This can't surely be right? Where does he park all these vehicles, for a start?! 09/06/2012 21:16 groundviews President’s vehicle pool jacked up by 8500% http://t.co/Idu4k0NW See our last tweet https://t.co/lP7HPncu #lka #srilanka 09/06/2012 21:16 groundviews This is so mind-boggling, it sounds incredible. Can @TalkEconomicsSL, @cepaSL, @MelGuna or @Dinoukc confirm? | http://t.co/Idu4k0NW #lka 09/06/2012 21:08 groundviews @tilanw Thanks for retweet Tilan. SH. 09/06/2012 15:40 groundviews ITAK and the New Chapter in Post-War Politics of Sri Lanka: Photo courtesy Virakesari, via http://t.co/PBS4aTRb F... http://t.co/nwxUw8FW 09/06/2012 15:21 groundviews From its inception in late 1949 as the Tamil Federal Party, the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) – a party... http://t.co/c5w8mTmt 09/06/2012 15:16 groundviews ITAK and the New Chapter in Post-War Politics of Sri Lanka http://t.co/E2nPJtEu @TNAmediaoffice @rkguruparan @nirananketell #lka #srilanka 09/06/2012 14:40 groundviews Sri Lanka 'green' companies named by ILO http://t.co/dTbWHNrL #lka #srilanka 09/06/2012 14:40 groundviews Sri Lankan refugees are 'security threat' (Canberra Times) http://t.co/LB5PowaD #srilanka #lka #australia 09/06/2012 14:40 groundviews We won't accuse Pillay: Govt. http://t.co/S5eXghkp #srilanka #lka 08/06/2012 18:44 groundviews @MelGuna No - that's your ADSL connection. The interview is hosted on http://t.co/5TRtlSTc. 08/06/2012 18:09 groundviews Groundviews is back online again. Was a backend MySQL database issue. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience #lka 08/06/2012 17:57 groundviews Having some technical issues on server end. NOT a block within #lka. Looking into it. #srilanka 08/06/2012 17:48 groundviews @Dinoukc Neither have we. 08/06/2012 15:53 groundviews Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka, a former advertising copywriter, has won the Commonwealth book prize for... http://t.co/DmHHItdi 08/06/2012 15:52 groundviews CONGRATULATIONS! | Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 Commonwealth book prize http://t.co/MTXmDdeI #lka #srilanka @PhBooks @Vasugi 08/06/2012 15:20 groundviews @Dinoukc Can you corroborate this story? | Colombo Commander ordered to hunt down “web” reporters http://t.co/FHisA81K #lka #srilanka 08/06/2012 14:06 groundviews In conversation with Bishop Duleep de Chickera: I clearly remember Bishop de Chickera at S. Thomas’ College, fro... http://t.co/RGJqvr2g 08/06/2012 14:05 groundviews We then talk about his more activist voice, during the 10 years he led the Anglican Church, in going before the... http://t.co/64QSTeU2 08/06/2012 14:04 groundviews In conversation with Bishop Duleep de Chickera http://t.co/HWi875i0 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 08/06/2012 07:22 groundviews "…we remain available to assist..." | Human rights: Commonwealth ready to help Sri Lanka (Firstpost) http://t.co/Gn17u9HH #srilanka #lka 08/06/2012 07:20 groundviews Lankan minister forced to leave after protests by Tamil groups http://t.co/hPTHvH5p #srilanka #lka 08/06/2012 07:20 groundviews Former Sri Lankan army chief to be tried for mutiny (Firstpost) http://t.co/eXDe2FPR #srilanka #lka 07/06/2012 23:47 groundviews Should we follow #India and #Egypt and go for digital IDs? | Bane of lost IDs after wartime http://t.co/KJRCsgNa #lka #srilanka 07/06/2012 23:46 groundviews Sri Lanka stocks rise, led by John Keells; outlook uncertain http://t.co/ABVChStU #lka #srilanka Long term outlook? @TalkEconomicsSL @cepaSL 07/06/2012 23:42 groundviews @thegrimhope Neither could we - and the Channel 4 video report on his visit there does not include this footage. 07/06/2012 21:36 groundviews As its President dines with the Queen, Sri Lanka's torture of its Tamils is revealed http://t.co/fWU48Sof #lka #srilanka 07/06/2012 21:01 groundviews Sri Lanka without the chaos http://t.co/q5UTeOrX #lka #srilanka 07/06/2012 20:48 groundviews Has implications for #srilanka too | The War for India's Internet http://t.co/5AVwvsOX via @rmack | @ShashiTharoor & @sunil_abraham respond? 07/06/2012 09:21 groundviews "One cannot have true reconciliation without that accountability" | US envoy for Sri Lanka to prioritize human rights http://t.co/HpVqCXoI 07/06/2012 09:17 groundviews As its President dines with the Queen, Sri Lanka's torture of its Tamils is revealed (Independent) http://t.co/fWU48Sof #srilanka #torture 07/06/2012 09:16 groundviews "The demand for an end to salary anomalies stretches back to 2004" | Non-academic university staff strike in #srilanka http://t.co/TsrYzf9E 07/06/2012 09:12 groundviews UPFA trade unions on war path demanding salary hike http://t.co/5JGbAkCM #srilanka #lka #tradeunions 07/06/2012 09:09 groundviews Most of them need to go back to school | Speaker suggests educational visit for MPs http://t.co/qeRyyQlY #srilanka #lka 07/06/2012 09:06 groundviews PNM wants action against TNA leader http://t.co/5nvzhe2n #srilanka #lka #TNA 06/06/2012 21:45 groundviews Who’s Afraid of Exotic Species, Gene Pirates and Government Babus? http://t.co/O63T73p8 #lka #srilanka @NalakaG 06/06/2012 21:39 groundviews Who’s Afraid of Exotic Species, Gene Pirates and Government Babus?: Dr Ranil Senanayake, photo by Janaka Sri Jay... http://t.co/G9rAxOAO 06/06/2012 21:35 groundviews In this second part of a long interview, South Asia’s first systems ecologist Dr Ranil Senanayake shares his... http://t.co/FMo20fC6 06/06/2012 18:20 groundviews Sri Lanka protest greets royal lunch guests http://t.co/Y9cSzURi #srilanka #lka 06/06/2012 13:18 groundviews RT @TalkEconomicsSL: #srilanka shouldn't try to just emulate other countries' development models, pragmatism is key - http://t.co/Rul3s5eD 06/06/2012 13:10 groundviews @AmanthaP @helenlewis Is it possible to scan and upload supplement to Scribd? #lka taxpayers needs to know the propaganda they are funding. 06/06/2012 13:10 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: RT @helenlewis Bad timing: Guardian splashes on #SriLanka torture claims but supplement extols its wonder http://t.co/yO9N ... 06/06/2012 11:49 groundviews @cfhaviland @statedept @usembsl How about even the small p starting with release of Sinhala & Tamil translations? Not out yet. Absurd. #lka 06/06/2012 11:47 groundviews @USEmbSL Weeks after this meeting with Hon. #SecClinton, citizens of #srilanka still clueless about what was discussed and presented! #lka 06/06/2012 11:45 groundviews What about the Weeratunga committee to oversee LLRC implementation? http://t.co/OLsK3B2j No ref. today to it http://t.co/Ztmi1MZC #lka 06/06/2012 11:37 groundviews In the absence of Prof. Peiris, the Leader of the House replied the JVP MP. He said that there was no action plan... http://t.co/WDBGnI7H 06/06/2012 11:36 groundviews Was @StateDept's Nuland lying http://t.co/Nyvc92OC when she said this given Govt stance now? http://t.co/Ztmi1MZC @USEmbSL #lka #srilanka 06/06/2012 11:22 groundviews @teearuna Well said. 06/06/2012 11:22 groundviews RT @teearuna: @groundviews Language of security permeates life in #lka: 'detention centres' for wildlife not reservations; imprisonment ... 06/06/2012 11:21 groundviews No action plan on LLRC, only approach discussed http://t.co/Ztmi1MZC Clearly then, the Govt was lying earlier http://t.co/6HmN4KOg #lka 06/06/2012 11:09 groundviews @arosha Touche! 06/06/2012 11:05 groundviews Wonder if place reserved for Ranil? | New detention centre for naughty jumbos http://t.co/rEBRUIAU #lka #srilanka 06/06/2012 08:50 groundviews @rja54 Is it online too? Can you scan and post? What the rest of the content like? 06/06/2012 08:47 groundviews @cfhaviland But they actually believed they could enter the country? Strange. 06/06/2012 07:25 groundviews The first question point I raise is still debatable – and clearly demonstrates the polarization in the North and... http://t.co/RQnLgh8i 06/06/2012 02:49 groundviews This is really just too bad. We had hoped for so much better | #Nepal, on the Brink of Collapse http://t.co/I73qRowe Perhaps not too late? 06/06/2012 00:36 groundviews @thegrimhope It appears to be the case, also reg. the canard of LTTE training camps in India. 06/06/2012 00:17 groundviews Responding to comments whether the End of the War should be Celebrated or Mourned: Photo courtesy Vikalpa Given ... http://t.co/X1JPIcVW 05/06/2012 23:53 groundviews RT @iam_project: Photographs taken at the Eechanthivu temple festival and koothu over the weekend, posted on https://t.co/U1HmUfKT #lka ... 05/06/2012 23:52 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Uncertainty on missing #SriLanka journalist/cartoonist Ekneligoda's fate: BBC. http://t.co/sCevhbSs #lka 05/06/2012 23:27 groundviews Groundviews updates over past week. From http://t.co/51RifhxR http://t.co/OjUEYYzv 05/06/2012 23:26 groundviews Transcripts of BBC interview with Gotabaya Rajapaksa, critiquing ITAK, reconciliation and development - http://t.co/jnEMI0oP #lka #srilanka 05/06/2012 22:17 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: Channel-4 director also deported http://t.co/KoV9OECp #srilanka #lka 05/06/2012 22:13 groundviews Egg on face redux? | Rajapaksa speech halted over Tamil protest fears http://t.co/X3lrRZl8 #lka #srilanka 05/06/2012 18:49 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Sandhya Ekneligoda says came to court hoping ex-AG would help find husband. "But he could not help me, yet I've strengt ... 05/06/2012 18:49 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: Former #lka AG Mohan Peiris tells magistrate court that now he doesn't know where P Eknaligoda is; he wishes he could sh ... 05/06/2012 18:41 groundviews "…the Treasury was considering reimbursing Rs.65 bn. to CPC" | Fuel price reduction considered: Susil http://t.co/2JsLzIbU #srilanka #lka 05/06/2012 13:06 groundviews @SLcampaign No. 05/06/2012 11:46 groundviews "I don't know if he is alive or dead " | Only god would know: Mohan Peiris http://t.co/cEtZBg96 #srilanka #lka 05/06/2012 10:08 groundviews How times change in Sri Lanka, and how they don't via @pressfreedom http://t.co/y4oiBR5W #srilanka #lka #media #pressfreedom 05/06/2012 08:55 groundviews Leadership training clearly didn't work | Ragging continues despite all effort to control it - UGC http://t.co/qVuwOpxG #srilanka @theyrc 05/06/2012 08:38 groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/hqvcmOE5 #srilanka #lka #EPF #economy 04/06/2012 18:21 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #SriLanka Defence Sec Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (a) on ethnicity (b) transcript. Final posting from BBC intv http://t.co/aeBsg ... 04/06/2012 16:58 groundviews Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on ethnicity in Northern Sri Lanka post-war http://t.co/Od4znMwq #lka #srilanka @rkguruparan @lankasol 04/06/2012 16:53 groundviews Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on ethnicity in Northern Sri Lanka post-war: Image courtesy 3mana In my interview with the S... http://t.co/ANoSFcF0 04/06/2012 16:24 groundviews Bizarre Poson parties on streets of #Colombo. Masks from Scream, lewd baila, shouting from trucks. Is this #dhamma in #lka today? #srilanka 04/06/2012 12:02 groundviews RT @Joviarul: A glimpse of Home: Residents of #Mullikulam #Mannar #Militarization #lka #SLA #tamil http://t.co/pa0VCueY @groundviews @Ta ... 04/06/2012 07:54 groundviews @DMbreakingnews But isn't Mervyn Silva's behaviour and public expression more obscene than rape, animal porn and incest combined? 04/06/2012 06:20 groundviews This report by @amnesty suggests otherwise - http://t.co/DzWvahYZ | 'Police don’t practice torture' http://t.co/bbi4MOhi #srilanka #lka 04/06/2012 02:09 groundviews Lanka looks to restore war zone property http://t.co/TRpiNpjo #lka #srilanka 03/06/2012 12:26 groundviews RT @Shaahima: So there's a 'Little Sri Lanka' in Staten Island, New York: http://t.co/BIADdteU Watalappan on the ferry I say! #lka 03/06/2012 12:25 groundviews Curious - is backing #syria's Assad #srilanka's official foreign policy stance? http://t.co/DSxpJzsQ #lka 03/06/2012 12:19 groundviews US$ 4 billion loan from @WorldBank perfectly fine http://t.co/d1oEJ0gM but calls to demilitarise North by West not http://t.co/8LNC2n0Y #lka 03/06/2012 12:18 groundviews Oh bugger. @USEmbSL's plans for world domination outed. | US want to take over SL: Wimal http://t.co/8LNC2n0Y #lka #srilanka #farce 03/06/2012 12:11 groundviews @MsAMR25 We like eating there. So no. 03/06/2012 11:36 groundviews Why don't we call ourselves Szechuan Lanka henceforth? | Star hotel near BIA, China frontrunner http://t.co/IwavEsmY #china #lka #srilanka 03/06/2012 11:31 groundviews RT @teearuna: Very troubling given propensity for detention & abuse RT @groundviews: Extended time in police custody http://t.co/Zbd ... 03/06/2012 11:27 groundviews Extended time in police custody: Is it Necessary or permissible?: Image courtesy JDS The decision of the Justice... http://t.co/ysRXsgmX 03/06/2012 11:10 groundviews Are lock ups and cells inside police stations fit for human use? Are they provided with light and fans? Most cells... http://t.co/RWrOfq7r 03/06/2012 11:06 groundviews Are lock ups and cells inside police stations fit for human use? Are they provided with light and fans? Most... http://t.co/JlyZNT36 03/06/2012 11:05 groundviews Extended time in police custody: Is it Necessary or permissible? http://t.co/vqrOA7o1 #lka #srilanka 03/06/2012 07:47 groundviews Two-page proposal (Mar. 2011) submitted by #TNA outlined in the article | TNA fires salvo for self-determination http://t.co/yU8kpKyv #lka 03/06/2012 07:31 groundviews @rkguruparan @mhmhisham @aufidius @lankamuslim Given #Dambulla alone and response, or lack thereof, by Govt, we agree. 03/06/2012 06:03 groundviews @DMbreakingnews Media should ask when the last time President practised what he preaches? 03/06/2012 05:56 groundviews @rkguruparan You should respond? 03/06/2012 05:56 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: This piece is an apt demonstration that Dayan knows nothing about the current state of Tamil politics. http://t.co/n13YSXhQ 03/06/2012 01:57 groundviews Mr Sampanthan, the most prominent local leader of the Northern Tamil community, which exists a few miles away... http://t.co/qq8wQX4l 03/06/2012 01:55 groundviews HE ‘AUTONOMIST-SECESSIONIST CONTINUUM’ IN TAMIL POLITICS http://t.co/imF6K27P @rkguruparan @nirananketell #lka #srilanka 03/06/2012 01:39 groundviews THE ‘AUTONOMIST-SECESSIONIST CONTINUUM’ IN TAMIL POLITICS: Photo courtesy news360.lk Professor Urmila Phadnis th... http://t.co/AEipNZjB 03/06/2012 01:17 groundviews @SLcampaign Thank you, but full credit goes to @cfhaviland 03/06/2012 00:37 groundviews Sri Lanka’s Fast-track to Post-war Development: Remember the Mahaweli’s Costly Lessons!: Systems Ecologist Ranil... http://t.co/SyqkLoa2 03/06/2012 00:28 groundviews Dr Ranil Senanayake is a rare public intellectual in Sri Lanka. He is extremely well informed, analytical,... http://t.co/TpmcAZrc 03/06/2012 00:27 groundviews Sri Lanka’s Fast-track to Post-war Development: Remember the Mahaweli’s Costly Lessons! http://t.co/HpkhnX2p #lka #srilanka @NalakaG 03/06/2012 00:18 groundviews Visiting Thailand last week, Mahinda Rajapaksa lamented that “eight websites, run by one person, are bringing evil... http://t.co/7YuVFshH 02/06/2012 15:00 groundviews @Joviarul @ceylontoday It's incredible really. Even naming and shaming by an NGO they love to hate doesn't get them to release translations. 02/06/2012 14:46 groundviews Egyptian Court Sentences Mubarak to Life in Prison http://t.co/CqucCNkW #Egypt 02/06/2012 14:16 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #SriLanka Defence Sec can give no comfort to families of disappeared. More incl audio/video from my BBC interview. http: ... 02/06/2012 13:13 groundviews RT @CPASL: Tamil language rights in #srilanka (English version) http://t.co/xuPg5aOf #lka 02/06/2012 12:32 groundviews @aufidius @ceylontoday @mhmhisham @lankamuslim It's also mind-boggling. Why is CID involved in this at all? 02/06/2012 12:31 groundviews @milindat @dmbreakingnews On that score, things may have improved esp. in and around Wellawatta, though of course, baseline was appalling. 02/06/2012 12:26 groundviews @aufidius Why doesn't CID demand list of all temples and buddhist monks, to stem child abuse? 02/06/2012 12:25 groundviews @NalakaG And you can bet it wasn't the wedding party that footed his bill to attend, and return to Thailand! 02/06/2012 12:24 groundviews RT @NalakaG: Anyone tracking #carbon footprint of #lka Prez - helicopter travel, foreign trips w/ entourage? He flew BKK-CMB yest just 2 ... 02/06/2012 12:23 groundviews @milindat @dmbreakingnews True, and needed in #Jaffna, more than #Colombo? 02/06/2012 08:26 groundviews Any ideas from #srilanka? | Using Facebook to Promote Human Rights? You Could Win $20,000 http://t.co/LN3IGrTa #lka @lankasol @YoungAsiaTV 02/06/2012 08:26 groundviews Gotabaya Rajapaksa on disappearances in Sri Lanka: Screen grab from BBC video In March after making a feature on... http://t.co/KRQeObyB 02/06/2012 08:21 groundviews Hotels Return to Sri Lanka http://t.co/to0PbqBa #la #srilanka #tourism 02/06/2012 08:21 groundviews Back on the radar as a tourist destination, Sri Lanka is on the verge of a hotel building boom with both... http://t.co/Ho5132gA 02/06/2012 08:13 groundviews In March after making a feature on enforced disappearances for the BBC, I made a further radio broadcast for our... http://t.co/CBjYXgD0 02/06/2012 08:09 groundviews Gotabaya Rajapaksa on disappearances in Sri Lanka (with audio) http://t.co/4LswlhkC #lka #srilanka @lankasol 02/06/2012 07:58 groundviews @aufidius @ceylontoday @mhmhisham @lankamuslim As ever, no one from Police will confirm or deny. And what was response to #Dambulla? Anyone? 02/06/2012 07:33 groundviews CID requests list of Mosques and Madrasas http://t.co/yrwA4BiP via @CeylonToday Thoughts? @mhmhisham @aufidius @LankaMuslims #lka #srilanka 02/06/2012 05:02 groundviews Tokenism, at its worst. What about the SUV's said Parliamentarian usually uses? | http://t.co/XmiJbfTp @NalakaG #lka #srilanka 02/06/2012 05:01 groundviews Wonder if NIL will be screened in #srilanka? http://t.co/BC3FKMV4 #lka 02/06/2012 03:08 groundviews @ceycitizen Not sure what you meant by "sho"? But the issue of child abuse is real and very sensitive. BBC's right - #lka MSM won't touch. 02/06/2012 00:27 groundviews Research carried out by the BBC Sinhala service has revealed that over the last decade, nearly 110 Buddhist monks... http://t.co/PddAjr1l 02/06/2012 00:26 groundviews Sri Lanka's hidden scourge of religious child abuse http://t.co/xT0Aq2lW #lka #srilanka @mhpss 02/06/2012 00:21 groundviews A heads-up for Sri Lanka press freedom watchers http://t.co/vh5mvNcn #lka #srilanka @cpjasia 01/06/2012 17:03 groundviews We love | Weekend Recipe: Sri Lankan Crab Curry http://t.co/2qsxBgOH #lka #srilanka 01/06/2012 16:40 groundviews Chief Sanghanayaka Thera of Great Britain sentenced to prison for child abuse http://t.co/yJ67dMJQ via @colombotelegrap Read 1st comment! 01/06/2012 16:27 groundviews Were we a target in first place? | Flame virus- No impact on SL yet http://t.co/E7rR55LN #lka #srilanka 01/06/2012 15:37 groundviews The burning of the Jaffna Public Library in 1981 was not just a repulsive act of violence, hatred and cruelty. It... http://t.co/aInsDC8L 01/06/2012 15:36 groundviews Interesting blog post - A Burning: 31 Years Later http://t.co/wST7ggkE #lka #srilanka 01/06/2012 11:40 groundviews "We are a democratic party and I respect the views expressed by members" | No rift says Sampanthan http://t.co/VfZYvN3d #srilanka #lka #TNA 01/06/2012 07:49 groundviews Not In Our Name: 1,400+ signatures against religious extremism in Sri Lanka: Not In My Name (NION) ran from 27th... http://t.co/gZzjLl90 01/06/2012 06:38 groundviews For a Wordle visualisation of the top 50 words in Not In Our Name, see http://t.co/U5qF8aKF #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius 01/06/2012 06:34 groundviews NION didn’t save any lives. During the four weeks it was open for comments, there were more attacks against... http://t.co/mUtfJcfx 01/06/2012 06:32 groundviews Not In Our Name: 1,400+ signatures against religious extremism in Sri Lanka http://t.co/BnkD0EuR #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @muslimLK 01/06/2012 02:30 groundviews Tamil asylum seekers due for deportation given reprieve http://t.co/1OLO2Ch3 #lka #srilanka 01/06/2012 01:43 groundviews Taking a page from #srilanka | #Syria Sees No Need for Journalists to Investigate Massacre http://t.co/239tPW1Y #lka 01/06/2012 01:39 groundviews Three years after Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, the island is still far from genuine reconciliation. Beginning... http://t.co/0ohVe3Ej 01/06/2012 01:35 groundviews Absolutely brilliant work by @CrisisGroup | Sri Lanka after the war: a timeline http://t.co/HPxfeUBC #lka #srilanka @lankasol 01/06/2012 01:31 groundviews Joining a global outage http://t.co/tAsTA5Mr Facebook is well and truly down for us in #srilanka via SLT ADSL #lka @facebook 01/06/2012 01:27 groundviews @TalkEconomicsSL & @cepaSL can should a @bundlr bundle on these gaffes? | http://t.co/Q3Y2NY5L #lka #srilanka Vital for posterity. 01/06/2012 01:26 groundviews Hilarious! Govt caught lying, stands by lie | Rupee value: CB denies report, Reuters stands by its story http://t.co/Q3Y2NY5L #lka #srilanka 01/06/2012 00:28 groundviews A poem | The burning of the Jaffna library: 31 years on http://t.co/CWIz4lXe #lka #srilanka @lankasol 01/06/2012 00:27 groundviews 31 years ago, the public library in Jaffna was burnt. As noted online, at the time of its destruction, the... http://t.co/9IRDSx3i 01/06/2012 00:12 groundviews The burning of the Jaffna library: 31 years on: 31 years ago, the public library in Jaffna was burnt. As noted o... http://t.co/OKUEtIpc 31/05/2012 23:51 groundviews At the central committee, minister Pavitra Wanniarachchi has said that everything published in the media cannot... http://t.co/kXViIpIQ 31/05/2012 23:50 groundviews Sri Lanka May Inflation Rate Accelerates To A Nine-Month High http://t.co/VMhgul0I #lka #srilanka 31/05/2012 23:50 groundviews Absolutely incredible | Mervyn Silva cleared at disciplinary inquiry http://t.co/OcFKVuWf #lka #srilanka 31/05/2012 23:49 groundviews A call for lese majesty in #lka, like #Thailand? | President claims 8 websites bring evil to the country http://t.co/oRrKcHIn #srilanka 31/05/2012 22:40 groundviews @teearuna Appealed to the Treckie in us too. 31/05/2012 18:42 groundviews This will probably be squashed by the govt. | Bill to stop monks from becoming MPs http://t.co/BbMZ293p #srilanka #lka #religion 31/05/2012 16:43 groundviews On the (Non)sense of Being ‘United’ and/nor/or ‘Unitary’: Image courtesy The Hindu I must admit that reading Dr... http://t.co/Y7wHTiNw 31/05/2012 16:26 groundviews @TNAmediaoffice will be interested in this article http://t.co/MJfn4GbH esp. in conclusion #lka #srilanka @lankasol 31/05/2012 16:25 groundviews Finally, this affair also raises the issue of policing and regulating speech. It is important to note that the... http://t.co/1eyufpkc 31/05/2012 16:19 groundviews On the (Non)sense of Being ‘United’ and/nor/or ‘Unitary’ http://t.co/MJfn4GbH #lka #srilanka 31/05/2012 07:37 groundviews Religious tolerance under scrutiny in Sri Lanka (EPW) http://t.co/ULGEpRhm #srilanka #lka 31/05/2012 07:35 groundviews Special report: Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported (The Independent) http://t.co/JziufHG0 #srilanka #lka #UK 31/05/2012 00:56 groundviews Galle Fort is far from the only heritage destination that has faced this conundrum: The more popular it becomes,... http://t.co/HNoP1ofD 31/05/2012 00:55 groundviews Saving Galle http://t.co/ttfKl6vj #lka #srilanka #tourism 31/05/2012 00:00 groundviews Review of ‘Kandy at War’ by Channa Wickremesekera: Image courtesy Sri Lanka Travel Guide “When we think of it, w... http://t.co/ASlpe6TY 30/05/2012 22:32 groundviews Small wonder? | New Delhi cold-shouldering Colombo for over two years http://t.co/JsfUQL1S #lka #srilanka 30/05/2012 22:20 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: Last day to sign "Not In Our Name: Against Religious Extremism in #SriLanka" if you haven't signed yet http://t.co/YLWSoa ... 30/05/2012 16:17 groundviews This is very strange | Robert Mugabe asked to be UN 'leader for tourism' http://t.co/SqeNSIiq #Zimbabwe 30/05/2012 16:03 groundviews RT @CPASL: Short-Term Benchmarks for Peace and Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lanka - http://t.co/P2GvmBWZ #lka #srilanka @lankasol @bfo ... 30/05/2012 15:40 groundviews @SivJ Cheers - and sadly, the content of that editorial still deeply resonant. 30/05/2012 15:32 groundviews @SivJ The article you flag in the Guardian, based on the Editorial, is from 3 years ago. Where else was it published recently and why? 30/05/2012 15:26 groundviews @SivJ @newsfromamnesty @francesharris0n Yes we know, and this was published not before, but after he was killed. 30/05/2012 13:00 groundviews Unsurprisingly, the official Govt website plagiarises convenient content from Groundviews http://t.co/8hnBoc5V #lka #srilanka 30/05/2012 12:14 groundviews RT @adaderana: Channel 4 wins award for Lankan documentary at AI Media Awards http://t.co/8kreEjD2 #lka #srilanka 30/05/2012 12:00 groundviews @YoungAsiaTV's Sharmini Boyle new convenor of #srilanka media freedom group @FMMsrilanka http://t.co/HhuUxX1i #lka 30/05/2012 11:55 groundviews Would @TNAmediaoffice or @nirananketell care to respond to this comment http://t.co/M4fMjLwp or thrust of DJ's article? #lka #srilanka 30/05/2012 11:36 groundviews @SarongJohnnie The resulting somnambulism will no doubt help Govt in increasing prices further! :) 30/05/2012 11:35 groundviews Next he'll say he's really a virgin? | Army’s name used to repress media – Fonseka http://t.co/KuiIKDjb #lka #srilanka 30/05/2012 11:01 groundviews @AmanthaP @worldbank @tmny That's rich, given vice grip MoD over UDA, and the scale of the landfills. If illegal, who is brought to book? 30/05/2012 10:57 groundviews @AmanthaP So @WorldBank is supporting the very UDA/MoD which is responsible for opaque dev plans that lead to flooding? Good stuff. #lka 30/05/2012 10:49 groundviews @AzzamAmeen Bet the official delegation will be many times larger than the actual number of athletes. #lka 30/05/2012 10:49 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Sri Lanka will only have 4 players in #london2012 #Olympics. Only 1 player representing Athletics #lka 30/05/2012 10:48 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: How #SRILANKA police does its job #lka RT@ameenizzadeen I can hear a suspect crying in pain unable to bear the beating. 30/05/2012 10:47 groundviews @SarongJohnnie With possible price hikes of fuel in July, expect prices of fish rotti's to go up further! 30/05/2012 10:46 groundviews @DMbreakingnews Why don't your journalists stop just reporting verbatim Govt Min's, and probe them? Where and what is this 'action plan'? 30/05/2012 10:45 groundviews Perhaps @sandyasalgado from the World Bank can shed some light on this https://t.co/Jv71oW8E and our response https://t.co/ZGH8dC4e #lka 30/05/2012 10:44 groundviews @AmanthaP If so, why isn't @WorldBank, to the extent known,questioning UDA/MoD on opaque development plans for #Colombo? #lka #srilanka 30/05/2012 10:42 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Why #SRILANKA capital floods in high rains? 30% of drainage capacity lost in last 10yrs due to landfills/encroachment - Wo ... 30/05/2012 09:47 groundviews One notable similarity in all the reconciliation related materials available is that words such as process,... http://t.co/dSg33IQQ 30/05/2012 09:42 groundviews @ElijahHoole We have already responded to you via email - the image is there for a purpose, and will not be removed. 30/05/2012 06:36 groundviews Gota wants to change demography: TNA http://t.co/Yo4SxYTE #srilanka #lka #TNA 29/05/2012 23:59 groundviews Reconciliation in Sri Lanka: What? Why? How?: Image credit Steve Chao, via Al Jazeera With our Government busy d... http://t.co/I67KErEp 29/05/2012 21:36 groundviews After decades of civil war, Sri Lanka is having a tourism revival. But as WSJ Life and Style Editor Andrew... http://t.co/hIOj4N2o 29/05/2012 21:35 groundviews Why Sri Lanka is a Hot Destination for Tourists http://t.co/37OFvEXM #lka #srilanka #tourism 29/05/2012 21:10 groundviews The war from a soldier's perspective, what's missing from reports on the missing and Northern Muslims From... http://t.co/SOC93rJE 29/05/2012 20:30 groundviews Suspend Deportations of Tamils to Sri Lanka says @HRW to @UKinSriLanka | http://t.co/9hmVhViN #lka #srilanka 29/05/2012 12:15 groundviews RT @CPASL: Executive Director talks about #srilanka's flawed language policies on public TV | Part 3 http://t.co/IEM6LZW3 #lka @lankasol 29/05/2012 12:00 groundviews RT @CPASL: Executive Director talks about #srilanka's flawed language policies on public TV | Part 2 http://t.co/bOU4ZaYB #lka @lankasol 29/05/2012 12:00 groundviews RT @CPASL: Executive Director talks about #srilanka's flawed language policies on public TV | Part 1 http://t.co/fJYYtcaN #lka @lankasol 29/05/2012 11:58 groundviews @USEmbSL Great, thanks. Vital in #lka, given violence & surveillance regime, though ironical given your own plans http://t.co/icz4fKQD 29/05/2012 11:50 groundviews RT @SLcampaign: Internet censorship in #SriLanka http://t.co/392nU8En @opennet @secdev @wikileaks @accessnow @jilliancyork @Jiraffa @lei ... 29/05/2012 11:48 groundviews @nirananketell Consider a response? 29/05/2012 11:48 groundviews RT @nirananketell: Dayan now joins #Tamil fringe lunatics in distorting Sampanthan's speech. Bit like MR and Gajen both labeling #TNA tr ... 29/05/2012 11:48 groundviews RT @iam_project: Trying to trace the priceless recording of the singing fish of Batticaloa. No luck with Radio Ceylon's archives https:/ ... 29/05/2012 11:47 groundviews @USEmbSL We hope you're covering aspects of online safety and security as well in your training? 29/05/2012 11:44 groundviews Brevity just to please readers, the many readers, who do not wish to address a complex topic in all its... http://t.co/U6xxfR3o 29/05/2012 11:43 groundviews Where brevity cripples and distorts reportage http://t.co/HiwJr9Yd #lka #srilanka 29/05/2012 11:03 groundviews The Not In Our Name initiative closes for signatures at the end of May, one month after it was launched. Given... http://t.co/JJhupfWD 29/05/2012 11:02 groundviews Two days left | Not In Our Name: Against religious extremism in Sri Lanka - http://t.co/gci6XTjj #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius 29/05/2012 00:37 groundviews Where brevity cripples and distorts reportage: Image courtesy eHow Once upon a time, after I presented a public ... http://t.co/nhjc9nEZ 28/05/2012 22:03 groundviews Illusion of women's empowerment http://t.co/jIp5Z0lG #lka #srilanka @lankasol 28/05/2012 22:00 groundviews And what signal does the Queen inviting the President send? | Sri Lanka sends a signal http://t.co/94A0gbFU #lka #srilanka @UKinSriLanka 28/05/2012 21:33 groundviews So long as voters underwrite all the loss without a fuss, the Govt can & will do as it likes | http://t.co/16MXPn9F #lka #srilanka 28/05/2012 19:16 groundviews ITAK’S PLAN OF ATTACK: THE BREAKOUT STRATEGY: The keynote speech by Mr. R Sampanthan, the leader of the main Tam... http://t.co/Poxulg8L 28/05/2012 18:46 groundviews ITAK’S PLAN OF ATTACK: THE BREAKOUT STRATEGY http://t.co/CQaTfjMB @rkguruparan @TNAmediaoffice @nirananketell #lka #srilanka 28/05/2012 17:42 groundviews @mhmhisham And we hope too that extended vacations courtesy the Ministry of Defence Tourism don't come our way. 28/05/2012 12:34 groundviews Interesting speech, fully worth reading. From https://t.co/3OBpaZiy http://t.co/HF1mDkTQ 28/05/2012 12:02 groundviews @mhmhisham Meant to say that according to Def Sec, the abducted from #srilanka are in #India. 28/05/2012 11:52 groundviews This is patently absurd. What is the Police there for? | Dismantling camps will give rise to terrorism http://t.co/49ZSpkdN #lka #srilanka 28/05/2012 11:48 groundviews @mhmhisham Also obliquely refers to us in this BBC interview http://t.co/jNyKD6jD but then says the abduction are in #India. Go figure. 28/05/2012 11:42 groundviews Gotabhaya Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka north 'not just for Tamils' http://t.co/jNyKD6jD via @cfhaviland #lka #srilanka 28/05/2012 11:41 groundviews Good or bad? @anushwij @cepaSL @TalkEconomicsSL | World Bank Says Lending To #srilanka Will More Than Double http://t.co/dygbGipR #lka 28/05/2012 11:09 groundviews Father Harry Miller S.J. left Louisiana in 1948 for Batticaloa. The Jesuit priest talks about the development of... http://t.co/MDZx5V7W 28/05/2012 10:52 groundviews Very timely and compelling portrait of Fr. Miller of #Batticaloa |The Jesuit Priest http://t.co/Cl8qV6ZN via @iam_project #lka #srilanka 28/05/2012 10:50 groundviews @JayantaW @mhmhisham Clearly, Big Brother hadn't consulted Little Brother in the matter of a certain Sarath Fonseka's release. 28/05/2012 10:36 groundviews @mhmhisham Yes, we read that. Sadly he doesn't go on to give more details of the numbers. Just saying they are wrong doesn't cut any ice. 28/05/2012 10:35 groundviews Parama Weera: What it takes, and what it means: Image credit Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images via The Baltimor... http://t.co/q8gVFzMX 28/05/2012 10:27 groundviews The eyes stared expressionlessly back at me from the fifteen small pictures, some clear, and some blurred;... http://t.co/QyYleYDn 28/05/2012 10:26 groundviews LONG READ: Parama Weera: What it takes, and what it means http://t.co/SJAI9E6s #lka #srilanka @longreads 28/05/2012 09:57 groundviews Open letter to Hillary Clinton on Internet freedom http://t.co/C5EDsvqg via @sunil_abraham @StateDept #InternetLiberty 28/05/2012 09:57 groundviews @sunil_abraham Brilliant. Thanks. 28/05/2012 06:52 groundviews RT @TNAmediaoffice: #Sampanthan`s speech at #ITAK natl #Convention http://t.co/3cZCoOqY with Eng translation http://t.co/ERP8blu5 #TNA # ... 28/05/2012 00:46 groundviews Operation Liberation: 25 years on: The commanders of “Operation Liberation” commonly known as “Vadamarachchi Ope... http://t.co/aC95RrcY 28/05/2012 00:38 groundviews The Sri Lanka military’s ‘victory’ in Vadamarachchi was incomplete and its potential for delivering a crushing... http://t.co/7TI837tD 28/05/2012 00:37 groundviews LONG READ: Operation Liberation: 25 years on http://t.co/HCQPTBUX #lka #srilanka @longreads 28/05/2012 00:13 groundviews @vijaysappani Ref the pertinent 'Sacred Cows and Orbital Dreams in Sri Lanka' by @NalakaG http://t.co/y2qIBFki 28/05/2012 00:12 groundviews @NalakaG Had forgotten about that article. Thanks for reminding us, and larger GV readership. 28/05/2012 00:10 groundviews RT @NalakaG: @groundviews It happens when megalomania meets "charismatic megascience" - our money launching their egos 2 orbit! #lka htt ... 27/05/2012 20:16 groundviews @francesharris0n Excellent news. The more the resistance on this score, the faster the cards are stacked up against #lka Govt. 27/05/2012 20:14 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: report says gvt of #srilanka set 2 reject offer of tech assistance from #UNHRC in line with March resolution. http: ... 27/05/2012 17:31 groundviews Cast as mother: A review of a work in progress: Cast as mother – A reading produced by Stages Theatre Company is... http://t.co/U975yHFG 27/05/2012 17:28 groundviews As a whole Cast as mother is a brilliantly conceived project which brings together some of the finest female... http://t.co/iogq73SA 27/05/2012 16:28 groundviews The Sri Lankan Meme https://t.co/CY1IAfhv #lka #srilanka @lankasol 27/05/2012 16:27 groundviews Why are memes powerful? Facebook and Twitter are often dismissed as platforms for banal gossip. Yet a careful... http://t.co/RrKBZlwV 27/05/2012 13:54 groundviews The Disappeared in Sri Lanka’s War in the Recent Past: What is missing in those “Missing”?: IRIN has recently hi... http://t.co/mFqcyuia 27/05/2012 13:43 groundviews The Disappeared in Sri Lanka’s War in the Recent Past: What is missing in those “Missing”? http://t.co/3Aqmj8Xs #lka #srilanka 27/05/2012 13:42 groundviews In sum, then, anyone who concentrates on the DISAPPEARED as an item of news or advocacy must elucidate the... http://t.co/pMRk2NJ7 27/05/2012 13:08 groundviews @TMnY Oh dear. 27/05/2012 11:51 groundviews Why would you bite someone's nose? We don't understand | UNP MP Gankanda to be arrested for biting nose http://t.co/M7ixFJOB #srilanka #lka 27/05/2012 05:06 groundviews "Advice and technical assistance not required" | Govt. slams door on UNHRC team http://t.co/uNAxoiNs #srilanka #lka 27/05/2012 05:04 groundviews "By 2041 the total pop. of #srilanka will be around 24 million" | Census shows Lanka’s population 20.2 million http://t.co/1S6fKB1C #lka 27/05/2012 04:59 groundviews "A solution within the merged Northern and Eastern provinces" | Main Tamil party wants NE merger http://t.co/kKCOH0fp #srilanka #lka 27/05/2012 04:56 groundviews "Govt. rejects opposition conditions on 13th Amendment" | Reconciliation talks process at a dead end http://t.co/eOxLeEPG #srilanka #lka 26/05/2012 17:27 groundviews @Seductv He's a bit like Pop-eye? Sees a hint of green, and his inflection gets all bloated… 26/05/2012 17:25 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: happy to see proSF, antiSF & Neutral camps have constructively engaged on my @groundviews thoughts http://t.co/rIeqfl ... 26/05/2012 17:25 groundviews @philrnc Around 7:30 into video by @DMbreakingnews here http://t.co/aKJdRBRq 26/05/2012 17:14 groundviews Interesting piece | Sarath Fonseka: Historic confluence of twin processes http://t.co/nLELWrfN #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham 26/05/2012 17:05 groundviews Sorry, but Sarath Fonseka as Mahatma Gandhi? We think not. Not now. Not ever. #lka #srilanka 26/05/2012 17:04 groundviews @NavamaniLK And what had the Def Sec's answer been? 26/05/2012 17:03 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: Earth tremor felt in Colombo & Diyathalawa and a few other areas in the country, inquiring into it - DMC #SriLa ... 26/05/2012 17:01 groundviews RT @UKinSriLanka: Our Human Rights page have been updated with a latest quarterly report on Sri Lanka. http://t.co/1C9VNmWI 26/05/2012 17:01 groundviews @UKinSriLanka is tragically sanguine to believe Police investigations into Mervyn are meaningful? http://t.co/rbMboRjC #lka #srilanka 26/05/2012 16:56 groundviews @ceycitizen @rkkrishnan @azzamameen @karavaibalu @cfhaviland @christopherteal Good question to ask Govt & President? 26/05/2012 16:56 groundviews @ceycitizen @newsfirst_en Not sure. 26/05/2012 11:15 groundviews Can't say we missed this palaver and lying. Read ref to #Australia by Keheliya Rambukwella | http://t.co/D3OGqanB #lka #srilanka 26/05/2012 11:13 groundviews Save for the odd cluster bomb? | Sri Lanka clears over 90-pct of mined area http://t.co/d8Sqn5wG #lka #srilanka 26/05/2012 00:38 groundviews The worst sort of racism, in full, proud display. Fringe lunacy is mainstream politics today? | http://t.co/wLZaZtBT #lka #srilanka 26/05/2012 00:33 groundviews Funds for #UN in #lka elusive | Only 13% of $147 million met. Not that Govt gives a damn for affected Tamils http://t.co/PqW2UqJY #srilanka 26/05/2012 00:29 groundviews @sunil_abraham Just make sure there's no Arab around... 26/05/2012 00:20 groundviews @sunil_abraham The privilege, esp. reg. the debate you were part of, was ours. Hope very much you publish the trenchant 'demands' online! 25/05/2012 21:15 groundviews @Apelankawe Care to highlight this for GV? Would appreciate photos and short write up. 25/05/2012 21:14 groundviews Only in #srilanka | No response to Ambassador’s transfer offer http://t.co/QbahwFTH #lka 25/05/2012 21:02 groundviews Seriously, don't we have better things to do? | China to help Sri Lanka launch satellite by 2015 http://t.co/oSEK39WE #lka #srilanka 25/05/2012 20:20 groundviews @emjacobi @avilarenata @sunil_abraham @techsoc Thank you. It was great meeting you too! 25/05/2012 16:22 groundviews @mhmhisham Hope you respond to some of the leitmotifs? 25/05/2012 15:50 groundviews Why online civic #media innovation will occur OUTSIDE #lka's wretched tertiary education system http://t.co/TwyQzEMN via @NalakaG #srilanka 25/05/2012 15:42 groundviews @LankaMuslims @mhmhisham @dinoukc @navamanilk We agree, but haven't yet heard President's decision on #Dambulla? 25/05/2012 15:30 groundviews @mhmhisham @navamanilk @philrnc Good to hear. 25/05/2012 14:50 groundviews @mhmhisham @philrnc @navamanilk Thanks everyone. We encourage attribution whenever possible, out of respect & also ethics. Hope situ calmer? 25/05/2012 13:26 groundviews @vijaysappani @cfhaviland There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip? 25/05/2012 13:08 groundviews RT @CPASL: LLRC Recommendations - Translation into #Tamil http://t.co/Oqo6x78h #lka #srilanka 25/05/2012 12:17 groundviews @Dinoukc @mhmhisham @melguna @navamanilk Why aren't they pelting stones at abattoirs across the city? 25/05/2012 12:12 groundviews @mhmhisham @dinoukc @melguna @navamanilk The inability and unwillingness of President to stem #Dambulla violence has ill effects elsewhere? 25/05/2012 12:02 groundviews @mhmhisham @dinoukc @melguna @navamanilk Sorry, come again? How on earth can putting tiles on the floor of a mosque lead to this violence? 25/05/2012 11:59 groundviews @Dinoukc @MelGuna @mhmhisham Can you please confirm this madness? https://t.co/39zMjJs7 which @NavamaniLK is reporting? 25/05/2012 11:58 groundviews @philrnc @navamanilk Thank you - very disturbing. 25/05/2012 11:57 groundviews RT @philrnc: 2 bus load people ledby few monks arrived 2.45pm opp.Darul Rahuman Mosque in Gal Vihara Rd near Zoo & pelted Mosque wit ... 25/05/2012 10:59 groundviews THE SRI LANKAN REPUBLIC AT FORTY: REFLECTIONS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL PAST AND PRESENT: Image courtesy Daily News ... http://t.co/i9Y5MGR6 25/05/2012 10:37 groundviews Forty years ago this week, at the auspicious time of 12:34 p.m. at the Navarangahala on 22nd May 1972, a new... http://t.co/ZGSHNHxf 25/05/2012 10:24 groundviews It has been a couple of days since the former military commander of Sri Lankan Army and common opposition’s... http://t.co/eeu58JQu 25/05/2012 10:24 groundviews What’s next for General Fonseka? http://t.co/Jji1M7je @mhmhisham #lka #srilanka 25/05/2012 08:43 groundviews "We need officials who will put the interest of the country first" | Treasury outlines serious challenges http://t.co/w0KyACnE #srilanka 25/05/2012 00:39 groundviews What’s next for General Fonseka?: Image courtesy CNN It has been a couple of days since the former military comm... http://t.co/mwvo15mL 24/05/2012 22:25 groundviews Come again? | Sri Lankan Stranded In Airport For Four Months Disappears Mysteriously http://t.co/v08aKxQe #lka #srilanka 24/05/2012 22:02 groundviews @SueKiri Ominous Orwellian overtone. 24/05/2012 20:41 groundviews Reading the @StateDept and @AmnestyOnline reports on #srilanka for 2011, you can scarce believe it is post-war, given affronts to democracy. 24/05/2012 20:08 groundviews @sunil_abraham's pithy submission demanding #US companies and Govt to walk the talk highlight of #InternetLiberty. Please post online? 24/05/2012 19:56 groundviews Amnesty International Annual Report 2012 Sri Lanka continued to rely on security laws and a military apparatus... http://t.co/AN6iPNGY 24/05/2012 19:50 groundviews @StateDept Report on Human Rights 2011. Chapter on #srilanka http://t.co/mB98wIK8 Damning indictment on, inter alia, media freedom post-war. 24/05/2012 18:43 groundviews RT @AmnestyOnline: We have just launched our annual report online - an overview of the state of #humanrights worldwide. http://t.co/1Xyd ... 24/05/2012 18:43 groundviews RT @AmnestyOnline: In at least 91 countries, people took to the streets, the airwaves & the internet to demand freedom & justice ... 24/05/2012 18:22 groundviews @nuzster Will you or somebody review it please? 24/05/2012 17:59 groundviews @SueKiri Quite possible, given http://t.co/A8quoRGV how embedded #China already is in our telecoms infrastructure #lka #srilanka 24/05/2012 17:57 groundviews RT @SueKiri: I secretly think Sri Lanka is launching a teleco + surveillance satellite on the premise of teleco-only satellite. For defe ... 24/05/2012 17:48 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: BBC: Fonseka lawyer confirms he can't stand for office as things stand now. #lka #srilanka http://t.co/rjH8Bctq 24/05/2012 17:48 groundviews @AzzamAmeen Marvellous. Who is paying for their sojourn and frolicking? 24/05/2012 17:47 groundviews RT @Vasugi: Stopping the rot: http://t.co/4WVNgY0r A speech by the relentlessly brilliant Namini Wijedasa of Lakbima News #lka @bfonseka ... 24/05/2012 14:15 groundviews @NetizenProject @katrinskaya @privacyint Vital to engage with even in post-war #srilanka 24/05/2012 14:15 groundviews RT @NetizenProject: Safer Mobile creator @Katrinskaya working with @privacyint for more empirical data on mobile surveillance worldwide ... 24/05/2012 14:13 groundviews How will @SamGregory & YouTube help authenticate contentious videos like ones feat. on Channel 4 on #lka? Murky legal area? #InternetLiberty 24/05/2012 14:09 groundviews Channel 4 video on #srilanka highlighted on presentation of new HR channel on YouTube. #InternetLiberty See previous tweet for links. 24/05/2012 14:07 groundviews RT @InternetLiberty: @oliviama and @SamGregory are rolling out the new #YouTube #humanrights channel: http://t.co/MwiO52PC #netfreedom 24/05/2012 13:58 groundviews RT @InternetLiberty: @Katrinskaya presenting about @mobileactive @safermobile Mobile Monitor - collecting data about the mobile ecosyste ... 24/05/2012 13:46 groundviews Interesting presentation on CryptoCat https://t.co/kDecGJS4 at #InternetLiberty Useful for HR activists in #srilanka too as it evolves. 24/05/2012 13:43 groundviews RT @rezwan: RT @jameslosey: Next #Internetliberty lightning talk ab the Internet in Azerbaijan by @sarahkendzior. Her article: http://t. ... 24/05/2012 13:42 groundviews @courtneyr @jeffmedialawyer This has long been the practice of the Govt of #srilanka Very effective we may add. 24/05/2012 13:35 groundviews RT @lonelyplanet: Sri Lanka for food lovers http://t.co/ulh5M30P #lp 24/05/2012 13:35 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: And why won't #srilanka reveal names of Tiger detainees to give families of disappeared some closure? http://t.co/ ... 24/05/2012 13:32 groundviews Neat formulation. New digital divide is between big screen and small screen content, via #InternetLiberty 24/05/2012 13:28 groundviews RT @InternetLiberty: #InternetLiberty Day 2: live-stream: http://t.co/jcFYDafx is up! Full agenda: http://t.co/ABCU1orn #netfreedom 24/05/2012 13:28 groundviews RT @InternetLiberty: Guy Berger from #UNESCO presenting his slides about Mapping Digital Media in South Africa at #internetliberty: http ... 24/05/2012 13:25 groundviews Second day of Google's #InternetLiberty 2012. Looking forward to first plenary, now live on YouTube. 24/05/2012 11:41 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: #amnesty says #un security council inaction on #srilanka & #syria makes it look redundant. @innercitypress http ... 24/05/2012 11:39 groundviews @cernoblog On the same lines, one hope judges aren't former executioners. 24/05/2012 11:24 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #Lka police spx tells BBC hv arrestd 4 suspects in murder of #Canada citz Anthonypillai. "Ordinary citz, 1 prime/3 contr ... 24/05/2012 11:20 groundviews RT @adaderana: Military presence in North and East should resemble other part of SL - UK http://t.co/6rXofAjp #lka #srilanka 24/05/2012 11:18 groundviews @jayshreebajoria Thanks for the retweet, and good to see you on Twitter! 24/05/2012 11:00 groundviews Not In Our Name has now exceeded 1,300 signatures. The initiative has been highlighted by Radio Netherlands... http://t.co/s6mieBun 24/05/2012 10:59 groundviews One week left | Not In Our Name: Against religious extremism in Sri Lanka - http://t.co/pA1ddViE #lka #srilanka Please sign up, and forward. 24/05/2012 10:59 groundviews @jehan_ara @drawab @sharmeenochinoy What happens at TED, I noted, stays at TED. Last thing I want is a nuclear war head heading towards #lka 24/05/2012 10:36 groundviews What happened to threat to sue hotel? Expect more attacks on media too | Keheliya to return tomorrow http://t.co/MvHaYkVn #lka #srilanka 24/05/2012 10:35 groundviews How legal are these new courts? | Sri Lanka sets up new courts to try war suspects http://t.co/pBHzmWrw #lka #srilanka @bfonseka 24/05/2012 10:01 groundviews Reconciliation: The Symbolic and the Substantive: Photo courtesy JDS Against the backdrop of grave planetary cha... http://t.co/i3Cj1vWo 24/05/2012 09:58 groundviews Reconciliation: The Symbolic and the Substantive http://t.co/t40sV47e #lka #srilanka 24/05/2012 09:57 groundviews Against the backdrop of grave planetary changes, Sarath Fonseka’s release, G.L. Peiris’s visit to Washington DC... http://t.co/YIKVVYNk 24/05/2012 09:56 groundviews The killing has inflamed tensions on both sides of the divide between Sri Lanka’s two ethnic groups, on the... http://t.co/I8JkXxPP 24/05/2012 09:05 groundviews "The #LLRC recommendations had been verbally communicated" to the US | LLRC Action Plan ready soon http://t.co/vBc95bv9 #srilanka #lka 24/05/2012 09:00 groundviews Reveal secret ‘Action Plan’ presented to US http://t.co/MloZrcxj #srilanka #lka #LLRC 23/05/2012 22:21 groundviews When home grown means still born | US Govt. stands by HRC decision-Victoria Nuland http://t.co/yVA1f9CY #lka #srilanka 23/05/2012 21:37 groundviews @ruhatd But this is precisely what voters had to choose between in January 2010. So in that sense, nothing new in SF re-entering politics. 23/05/2012 21:18 groundviews @ruhatd We haven't forgotten. Many have. 23/05/2012 21:09 groundviews Well that's it then? | Fonseka cannot contest an election for seven years, says AG http://t.co/RfzYwdHg #lka #srilanka 23/05/2012 19:34 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Don't get involved in any Political groups now take some rest Asgiriya Maha Nayake Thera says to Former Army Commander S ... 23/05/2012 19:33 groundviews @emjacobi @storify And the larger issue of CJ content archival on commercial platforms which are profit not rights oriented #InternetLiberty 23/05/2012 19:17 groundviews RT @emjacobi: "Any foreign funding has serious consequences." - @Groundviews on the challenges of finding support for local media. #Inte ... 23/05/2012 19:16 groundviews @emjacobi And especially civic media that explores and curates inconvenient truths in repressive regimes. 23/05/2012 19:13 groundviews RT @anjakovacs: Main challenge for most citizen journalism initiatives worldwide seems to be funding/sustainability. True in India also. ... 23/05/2012 19:12 groundviews @mhmhisham Send! :) 23/05/2012 19:11 groundviews @MelGuna Yes, but in contrast to another example from Pakistan at #InternetLiberty MSM from #lka nowhere close to embracing CJ. 23/05/2012 19:10 groundviews @rezwan Not truer. Just flag more perspectives than what the Govt and MSM would publish,produce and promote. We bear witness for posterity. 23/05/2012 18:54 groundviews Top @ustream videos in ' 11 are from and on US or West. But more imp to look at streams on social-political issues? #InternetLiberty 23/05/2012 18:44 groundviews Issue of long term funding even more complex when MSM does NOT find convenient to republish citizen journalists? #InternetLiberty 23/05/2012 18:43 groundviews RT @anjakovacs: The cofounder of @storify is @BurtHerman. Some very interesting thoughts on relationship MSM-social media and curating # ... 23/05/2012 18:34 groundviews RT @afiasalam: Burt of Storify, says through smart phones and cameras, everyone can be a reporter & this is an amazing opportunity ... 23/05/2012 18:33 groundviews RT @anjakovacs: At Google's Internet at Liberty conference in Washington DC today. Plenary panels livestreamed here: http://t.co/atzjH1z ... 23/05/2012 18:18 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: My story on homelessness and unemployment in #SRILANKA former war zone, now on gov Def Min site http://t.co/3bvUFs39 #lka 23/05/2012 15:15 groundviews RT @ict4peace: Digital media surely creates new avenues for protection of civil liberties that were weak or non-existent in analog era? ... 23/05/2012 15:03 groundviews RT @ict4peace: No one stresses importance of (new/web) media literacy at Google #InternetLiberty's 1st debate. Literacy determines use a ... 23/05/2012 14:55 groundviews @cfhaviland's transcript run today on GV is great example of small civic media supporting much larger media outlet #lka #srilanka 23/05/2012 14:53 groundviews @Dinoukc From some time ago non? Also see @CPASL's more detailed poll and rating for President from '11. Contact @iromip #lka 23/05/2012 14:44 groundviews Unsurprisingly a laptop or mobile device on every single lap means the wifi speed at Google's #InternetLiberty 2012 is a trickle. 23/05/2012 14:34 groundviews @InternetLiberty @avilarenata @cima_media Situation not too different in post-war #srilanka. 23/05/2012 14:32 groundviews @ivonotes Just noticed that. Annoying. 23/05/2012 14:27 groundviews @dlgriffiths @cfhaviland Features audio podcast as well. 23/05/2012 14:26 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: @dbsjeyaraj Very sorry to see the demise of #Transcurrents - it was invaluable to very many of us. Happy Birthday, though. 23/05/2012 14:26 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: The BBC meets Fonseka. http://t.co/MiJJ0z5t 23/05/2012 14:16 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: murder of Tamil-Canadian won't help "reconciliation" or diaspora returns in #srilanka http://t.co/0oTDC0ET via @glo ... 23/05/2012 14:16 groundviews @MFA_Russia Precisely why Russia must support fullest implementation of all recommendations? 23/05/2012 14:15 groundviews RT @MFA_Russia: Sergey #Lavrov: Russia has no reason not to trust the objectivity of the work by #SriLanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconcil ... 23/05/2012 14:09 groundviews RT @InternetLiberty: Attendees standing up to speak and share what work they are involved with and why they are here. Great to hear from ... 23/05/2012 14:05 groundviews @ruhatd Will try! 23/05/2012 14:01 groundviews Fascinating. Even as speaker on podium talks, almost everyone in audience is looking down at their screens #InternetLiberty 23/05/2012 13:56 groundviews RT @InternetLiberty: #InternetLiberty Debate 1: Should laws and regs that affect the Internet favor individuals over the state? WATCH LI ... 23/05/2012 13:56 groundviews RT @citizentube: LIVE NOW: The plenary sessions of the #InternetLiberty conference: http://t.co/1wngbUTY 23/05/2012 13:52 groundviews @Dinoukc Gallup? Or new one? 23/05/2012 13:40 groundviews @wbend Inside now to grab a decent seat. Over a cuppa over break? 23/05/2012 13:36 groundviews All plenary sessions of Google's #InternetLiberty 2012 broadcast via YouTube. Details at http://t.co/pJKm84CS 23/05/2012 13:34 groundviews RT @ElijahHoole: @groundviews http://t.co/W3jztnMq Might interest you . . . #lka #indianreturnee 23/05/2012 13:34 groundviews @ElijahHoole Thanks much. 23/05/2012 13:30 groundviews @wbend Didn't realise you were here. Must meet up? 23/05/2012 13:04 groundviews Google's #Internetliberty has some nice table decor! http://t.co/9IUoafuM 23/05/2012 11:24 groundviews A woman who waited in the sweltering heat outside the prison for hours to catch a glimpse of Mr Fonseka said she... http://t.co/coMLjzrh 23/05/2012 11:24 groundviews Letting the general out of the bottle http://t.co/1bTvloWu #lka #srilanka @lankasol 23/05/2012 11:21 groundviews Transcript of first one-to-one interview with Sarath Fonseka after release from prison: Image courtesy the Econo... http://t.co/LdpXKeFL 23/05/2012 11:14 groundviews The BBC met Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday morning at the rented house where the family now stays on the outskirts of... http://t.co/1izyrTOd 23/05/2012 11:06 groundviews Transcript of first one-to-one interview with Sarath Fonseka after release from prison - http://t.co/F7HjofYq via @cfhaviland #lka #srilanka 23/05/2012 09:44 groundviews @azwaanameer @mhmhisham The same Intelligence Services that claimed India was training LTTE cadres this year? 23/05/2012 09:43 groundviews @SriLanka No. 23/05/2012 09:33 groundviews Another meme that's quite funny, and perhaps some truth too? http://t.co/SGkOoCA6 22/05/2012 22:40 groundviews Why do MNC's like @unilever_press in #srilanka sickeningly curry favour with human rights abusers and brutes? http://t.co/yQatzLXQ #lka 22/05/2012 22:33 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: My BBC TV story on ex-army chief Fonseka: watch BBC World News The Hub 2130 #SriLanka time (1700 BST). Intrview excerpt ... 22/05/2012 22:01 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: Dear Sarath Fonseka, could you have made a stronger protest/symbol of resistance by staying in jail ? #lka #srilanka 22/05/2012 21:54 groundviews @MsAMR25 Interesting, but unlikely. 22/05/2012 21:40 groundviews Sri Lanka main Tamil party backs removal of military camps from north http://t.co/OKKwDRfJ #lka #srilanka 22/05/2012 21:40 groundviews Freed General Fonseka promises to stay thorn in side of Sri Lankan government http://t.co/75HJtlTi #lka #srilanka 22/05/2012 21:40 groundviews Out of jail, Sri Lankan ex-general says government must go http://t.co/qgucbaV7 #lka #srilanka 22/05/2012 11:08 groundviews Sri Lanka's Sarath Fonseka urges co-operation over war (BBC) http://t.co/sjzVHIAO #lka #srilanka #warcrimes 21/05/2012 21:25 groundviews Also looking forward to meeting, after long time, @kathleenreen from @Internews, one of our earliest supporters @ Google's #InternetLiberty 21/05/2012 21:23 groundviews Only media from #lka attending @InternetLiberty, as a Fellow. Looking forward to the cit media workshops & talks #srilanka #InternetLiberty 21/05/2012 16:27 groundviews Video of Sarath Fonseka's release, courtesy ETV. See video here -... http://t.co/FFSi07wf 21/05/2012 16:25 groundviews Video of Sarath Fonseka's release courtesy ETV http://t.co/e0YzHWVe #lka #srilanka 21/05/2012 16:24 groundviews Amidst the deep hurt of civil war, many think it impossible to speak with, let alone work with, people from... http://t.co/dYUPa9cp 21/05/2012 16:20 groundviews @open_security Thanks for heads up. 21/05/2012 16:20 groundviews RT @open_security: @groundviews latest in the debate: multi-religious&multi-ethnic, VoicesForReconciliation work to build shared his ... 21/05/2012 15:33 groundviews @vijaysappani @rkkrishnan The reduction of journalism to stenography must be resisted, and shamed. 21/05/2012 15:26 groundviews RT @womenandmedia: Internet & women’s rights: how do they relate to economic justice? | http://t.co/BQxWXkRh http://t.co/NzGf8cJJ 21/05/2012 14:22 groundviews @RKKrishnan Smashing. Clearly, the vital distinction between an Orange Prize and Pulitzer Prize is lost at the Island. 21/05/2012 14:09 groundviews @RKKrishnan Missed that story. Are they sourcing it to that perennially oxymoronic source, the Sri Lankan Intelligence Services? 21/05/2012 14:08 groundviews RT @RKKrishnan: Thousands of #LTTE combatants are still at large in #Vanni, says #Island. Is there a limit to lying at all in #srilanka ? 21/05/2012 14:05 groundviews @anushwij from @TalkEconomicsSL quoted in this IRIN story on post-war SL's job creation prospects http://t.co/1PP3veP8 #lka #srilanka 21/05/2012 14:04 groundviews Anushka Wijesingha, an economist at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, a national think-tank, [... http://t.co/VYMVoIyR 21/05/2012 14:01 groundviews Sri Lanka is a long way from the peace and reconciliation desired by so many http://t.co/qVVPyQgl #lka #srilanka 21/05/2012 14:00 groundviews Legacy of war - unemployment and homelessness http://t.co/1PP3veP8 #lka #srilanka 21/05/2012 13:51 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: V interesting analysis of why it might benefit #SRILANKA gvt 2 release fonseka now. http://t.co/MzQxhfD4 #lk @grou ... 21/05/2012 11:32 groundviews RT @teearuna: #Fonseka poised to replace RW as new (permanent) opposition leader? Or simply to fuel in-fighting? Is there a strategy beh ... 21/05/2012 11:31 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: After the long wait Fonseka walks out free surrounded by family, Karu Jayasuriya, Tiran Alles, Arjuna and Kottegoda ... 21/05/2012 11:31 groundviews RT @vamarts: Sarath Fonseka is released on presidential pardon. Supporters celebrate lighting fire crackers #lka 21/05/2012 11:20 groundviews @nisald As a tag, you're right. As a general condition over release, given euphoria and media attention, clearly it does! :) 21/05/2012 10:11 groundviews @nisald How about #amnesia? 21/05/2012 10:10 groundviews @NavamaniLK And will possibly never make it to the public domain in the near to medium term future. 21/05/2012 10:10 groundviews RT @NavamaniLK: Conditions of Presidential pardon granted to Sarath Fonseka not yet known #lka #srilanka 21/05/2012 10:05 groundviews Anything for a party? | SC allows to withdraw SF’s appeals http://t.co/BcEz8Sv1 #lka #srilanka 21/05/2012 10:04 groundviews Lending of Buddha relics to Sri Lanka sparks row http://t.co/gStjjslJ #lka #srilanka 21/05/2012 06:16 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: Euphoria already lifting with Fonseka's imminent release. Ironic that media groups are getting excited #lka 21/05/2012 06:16 groundviews RT @mhmhisham: Apparently there is no fire crackers avilable in ANY shop in and around Colombo, Sold Out! is it waiting to be lit for Ge ... 21/05/2012 06:13 groundviews @Dinoukc Support of his Presidential candidature in 2010 also revealed some in civil society can be faulted for same. 21/05/2012 06:13 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: Excitement surrounding the release shows that the political parties are not interested in a change in direction, just perso ... 21/05/2012 05:52 groundviews Interview with Dr. Farzana Haniffa: The eviction of Northern Muslims in Sri Lanka: First interviewed in 2010, Dr... http://t.co/gmEMxD3R 21/05/2012 05:45 groundviews First interviewed in 2010, Dr. Farzana Haniffa appears again on Groundviews to talk about the Citizens’... http://t.co/wBaIoWUt 21/05/2012 05:43 groundviews Interview with Dr. Farzana Haniffa: The eviction of Northern Muslims in Sri Lanka http://t.co/EAxFAJPf #lka #srilanka 21/05/2012 05:00 groundviews Surely the parameters of his politics are set by the regime? | SF will be released with civic rights intact - AG http://t.co/VURiZjR4 #lka 21/05/2012 03:22 groundviews But what about his own complicity in alleged war crimes? | Sri Lanka's Fonseka to return to politics? http://t.co/HD8vuMZp #lka #srilanka 21/05/2012 03:20 groundviews Yet the unpredictable factor is, the “time factor”. How soon will it be, or how long will it take the tide to... http://t.co/6Gwohyuh 21/05/2012 03:19 groundviews Reloading General Sarath Fonseka for a post-paid Sinhala package http://t.co/efEqtgv3 #lka #srilanka 21/05/2012 03:06 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: DNA MP Tiran Alles says Sarath Fonseka was discarged from the hospital a short while ago #SriLanka #lka 21/05/2012 00:12 groundviews Reloading Gen SF for a post-paid Sinhala package: Photo via JDS. AFP PHOTO/Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI. The V-Day cel... http://t.co/EGoIwqLM 20/05/2012 17:28 groundviews @TNAmediaoffice And may we add, very nice to see the reactivation of the TNA Twitter account after a long hiatus. 20/05/2012 11:20 groundviews 3 years after the end of the war, reconciliation and power-sharing - Email newsletter. From... http://t.co/ZW484Gam 20/05/2012 11:19 groundviews 3 years after the end of the war, reconciliation and power-sharing - Groundviews Updates - http://t.co/H8NlOrCJ #lka #srilanka 20/05/2012 11:08 groundviews @TNAmediaoffice Thank you for update. 20/05/2012 11:08 groundviews RT @TNAmediaoffice: #TNA MPs meet #Tamil #prisoners who agree to #Sumanthiran's advice to suspend fast if satisfied with high level Tue ... 20/05/2012 07:00 groundviews Moves afoot to get UPFA “home grown”policy going http://t.co/X23bQMSy #srilanka #lka 20/05/2012 06:57 groundviews Eelam groups still active; military camps in north will remain: President http://t.co/xJxDVVqH #srilanka #lka 20/05/2012 04:30 groundviews DEVOLUTION AND THE CONCEPT OF CONCURRENCY: ABOLITION OR REFORM? http://t.co/jumveAx6 #lka #srilanka 20/05/2012 00:30 groundviews DEVOLUTION AND THE CONCEPT OF CONCURRENCY: ABOLITION OR REFORM?: Among proponents of devolution as a means of po... http://t.co/Yoel1qwn 19/05/2012 20:32 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Prez can pardon only the convicted prisoners.Until Fonseka withdraws his appeal against Whit flag case, he cant be relea ... 19/05/2012 20:32 groundviews RT @Vasugi: On the third anniversary of the end of war in Sri Lanka, this is still how I feel about it: http://t.co/FHowX6WL (via @Grant ... 19/05/2012 20:30 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: I hope @StateDept is not trading #SRILANKA concessions on #Iran oil imports 4 war crimes accountability. 3 yrs on z ... 19/05/2012 20:01 groundviews Truth and Dialogue as Theatre: Some Reflections on the Frontline Club Panel on #srilanka http://t.co/Lm5GHNvH @francesharris0n #lka 19/05/2012 20:00 groundviews Actually, Mr. Wijesinha’s performance of the evening in general merits particular comment because it embodies the... http://t.co/etM3sgcU 19/05/2012 19:51 groundviews Truth and Dialogue as Theatre: Some Reflections on the Frontline Club Panel on Sri Lanka: I watched the Frontlin... http://t.co/upYBAKRA 19/05/2012 10:29 groundviews 3 years after the end of war: Official statements vs. reality: Sri Lankan Army soldiers march during a Victory D... http://t.co/I7lHUvAM 19/05/2012 10:25 groundviews This is confusing. Was LLRC implementation 'plan' given to #US @StateDept http://t.co/uDNFvZIU or not? http://t.co/tEAD5pES #lka #srilanka 19/05/2012 09:54 groundviews We will soon make this area free of military presence. I need a month’s time from you to work on this,” Minister... http://t.co/6muAVZaC 19/05/2012 09:53 groundviews 3 years after the end of war: Official statements vs. reality http://t.co/gXpenFfh #lka #srilanka @lankasol 19/05/2012 09:53 groundviews Picking apart the President's V-Day address | Wilful lies or just ignorance? http://t.co/gXpenFfh #lka #srilanka 19/05/2012 08:10 groundviews @cfhaviland Why were leading acolytes of the regime asked to wear coats? Strange. 19/05/2012 08:09 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #LKA military parade over. Highlights: men in awesome jungle camouflage; dogs in coats; parachutists. Superb band played ... 19/05/2012 06:08 groundviews @NalakaG Can someone communicate this to the Chief Prelate of #Dambulla, who believes he is 100% pure Sinhalese? 19/05/2012 06:08 groundviews RT @NalakaG: "Study of #genetic admixture revealed that Sinhalese...have a higher contribution from Tamils of southern #India" #lka http ... 19/05/2012 05:58 groundviews Ask why, 3 years later? "every three kilometres, an army post; every 10 km, an army camp" in #Jaffna http://t.co/lfSgAKed #lka #srilanka 19/05/2012 05:21 groundviews Contrary to what @usmariaotero demanded in February http://t.co/nNpxz758 President says Army camps will remain http://t.co/QzyHCgEo #lka 19/05/2012 04:59 groundviews The absurd & insulting on parade as normal & logical | Sri Lanka to probe civil war abuses on its own http://t.co/IeAIw1WJ #lka #srilanka 19/05/2012 04:53 groundviews @thegrimhope Could be strategic move. The more "comprehensive" it is, the less excuses for non-implementation come review time? ;) 19/05/2012 04:38 groundviews But who is footing the bill? | A victorious army keeps busy despite the lack of an enemy http://t.co/xfVcORcR #lka #srilanka via @EconMobile 19/05/2012 04:37 groundviews The army’s non-martial tasks do not stop at lamp-making. Between 2006 and 2009 Sri Lanka inducted thousands into... http://t.co/6nyJ1QKB 19/05/2012 04:17 groundviews A powerful article, from 2010 but so resonant even today: I remember. http://t.co/VSMdzTQx 19/05/2012 04:17 groundviews Three years after the war in Sri Lanka: To celebrate or mourn?: Photo courtesy Vikalpa For the 3rd successive ye... http://t.co/vHFJo3zY 19/05/2012 04:13 groundviews One year on, @akeenan23 remembered http://t.co/vVrsDAYi–-19-may-2010/ Three years on, we still remember, and yearn for peace. #lka #srilanka 19/05/2012 04:09 groundviews According to Nuland, Clinton told Peiris, “’Good plan. Now you really need to make it public. Now you really need... http://t.co/Ik6ELKXO 19/05/2012 04:07 groundviews RT @USEmbSL: #SecClinton urges #SriLanka to make #reconciliation plans public. http://t.co/1Cff4cCF 19/05/2012 03:57 groundviews Three years after the war in Sri Lanka: To celebrate or mourn? http://t.co/MfkeKEw4 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 19/05/2012 03:57 groundviews For the 3rd successive year, the Sri Lankan government has made elaborate arrangements to celebrate the end of... http://t.co/rSRFmjON 18/05/2012 19:29 groundviews RT @Vasugi: I wrote this two years ago. This weekend is the third anniversary of the end of the war. http://t.co/1AxcoaLA #lka #war #sri ... 18/05/2012 19:01 groundviews Govt mantra: Economic growth as reconciliation | #srilanka FM's statements before meeting Hillz at @StateDept | http://t.co/2JlErqV7 #lka 18/05/2012 18:41 groundviews The United States says Sri Lanka has presented a “serious and comprehensive” plan for reconciliation in the... http://t.co/K3txqUCY 18/05/2012 18:38 groundviews Why does @StateDept get to see LLRC implementation plan before citizens of #srilanka or MP's? http://t.co/uDNFvZIU #lka #srilanka 18/05/2012 16:22 groundviews RT @MsAMR25: Re attack on Dharshanthan, very little coverage. Primarily Tamilnet and teeny reference in daily mirror. #srilanka #lka 18/05/2012 16:08 groundviews With audio podcast | Sri Lanka rejects fresh calls for probe into war atrocities http://t.co/kbOxyeeZ #lka #srilanka 18/05/2012 12:37 groundviews Thousands missing three years after war ends http://t.co/687Bo1Nr #lka #srilanka 18/05/2012 06:32 groundviews "ITAK is not in favour of such a body…wants to retain its house symbol" | TNA divided over high command http://t.co/MrDRbmkl #srilanka #lka 18/05/2012 05:42 groundviews Sadanand Dhume, a resident fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said that he may have been... http://t.co/H5B9eVWM 18/05/2012 05:41 groundviews Full video and audio podcast now online. Sri Lanka: reconciliation and justice at the Frontline Club, London, 16... http://t.co/0iaaQYHx 18/05/2012 05:36 groundviews Frontline discussion on #srilanka now as podcast and video. See http://t.co/6QsIsmJz Video on YouTube http://t.co/U22glLFZ #lka @lankasol 18/05/2012 05:35 groundviews @JayantaW @sivj Thanks for the heads up. Correct URL is http://t.co/6QsIsmJz Video on YouTube http://t.co/U22glLFZ 18/05/2012 05:21 groundviews Anonymous Targets Indian Govt Websites Over Censorship http://t.co/gH2bWsw1 #lka #srilanka 18/05/2012 05:03 groundviews RT @amnesty: Sec of State Clinton must push for accountability for abuses when she meets w #SriLanka official on Friday http://t.co/wdM9 ... 18/05/2012 04:59 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Students had planned a Mullivaaykkal memorial event today at 9.30 at the university. Reason for attack connected to thi ... 18/05/2012 04:59 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Correction student leader attacked is the secretary of the university students union. Name of the student is Paramaling ... 18/05/2012 04:37 groundviews Three Years After War’s End, Sri Lanka is Only Beginning to Make Peace http://t.co/iQ8p3vxX #lka #srilanka via @AmanthaP 17/05/2012 19:02 groundviews @theyrc You should be uploading videos to your own YouTube channel? It looks odd to find them on "morquendi's" channel. Branding matters. 17/05/2012 18:57 groundviews RT @theyrc: @rkguruparan's presentation at #yrf2012 on the evolution of #tamil politics http://t.co/OTpyrn8G 17/05/2012 17:50 groundviews @SivJ Just checked their UStream page. The recording should be there eventually, but isn't yet. 17/05/2012 17:50 groundviews @gowricurry Thank you very much. 17/05/2012 17:41 groundviews War crimes and political issues were at the centre of last night's Frontline Club event 'Sri Lanka:... http://t.co/SbE3ofJZ 17/05/2012 17:40 groundviews Good round up of key moments from yesterday's Frontline event "Sri Lankan #warcrimes evidence doctored?" http://t.co/Jo4Y4G7x #lka #srilanka 17/05/2012 17:35 groundviews On Wednesday, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court slammed the door on a case about the shutdown of four websites that had... http://t.co/H3ExWGKP 17/05/2012 17:33 groundviews At the time 400,000 Tamils were trapped in the war zone in Sri Lanka, international media attention was focused... http://t.co/kAD7qk03 17/05/2012 17:31 groundviews Raw, yet compelling read | 'Journalists failed to tell the story of war crimes in Sri Lanka' http://t.co/3m1mzHL1 #lka #srilanka @lankasol 17/05/2012 17:30 groundviews @francesharris0n 844,042 watched last night's web cast? Seriously? Good grief - that's a lot. 17/05/2012 17:27 groundviews @francesharris0n Bril - thanks. 17/05/2012 17:06 groundviews Who isn't? IFJ disappointed by court decision on website restrictions http://t.co/oY593Bpe #lka #srilanka 17/05/2012 17:04 groundviews @francesharris0n Also thought Stephen did a tremendous job moderating that panel, and audience! 17/05/2012 17:04 groundviews @francesharris0n That would be great! :) Frontline hugely entertaining & good for most part, save for appalling response to Dr. Manoharan. 17/05/2012 16:50 groundviews Sri Lanka Supreme Court slams door on websites http://t.co/LAx8o0l3 #lka #srilanka #censorship 17/05/2012 15:33 groundviews @francesharris0n Hi Frances, good seeing you via the web at yesterday's Frontline event. What's the direct URL to your piece? 17/05/2012 15:32 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: Just written a piece about to be posted to http://t.co/Xzl2XxVk marking the 3rd anniversary of end of #srilanka wa ... 17/05/2012 15:27 groundviews @milindat Yes! Because all things good and great need Cabinet approval. The Rajapaksa's are but mere servants to Cabinet's authority. 17/05/2012 14:21 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: President obtained approval from the cabinet of ministers to release Sarath Fonseka- Presidential Spokesman #SriLank ... 17/05/2012 09:01 groundviews @MelGuna Sorry, we can't see the connection? @iromip has nothing to do with our work, so what are you referring to? 17/05/2012 07:09 groundviews Anoma Fonseka says President has promised to free jailed Sarath Fonseka unconditionally and at the earliest opportunity @dmbreakingnews #lka 17/05/2012 05:41 groundviews RT @adaderana: Mechanism developed to implement LLRC recommendations - GL http://t.co/ddbkWB4l #lka #srilanka 17/05/2012 05:41 groundviews RT @CPASL: CPA's Executive Director on the implementation of the LLRC http://t.co/tzEGSaOa #lka #srilanka #reconciliation @lankasol 17/05/2012 05:25 groundviews @dhume01 @donacamp Good piece in the WSJ, which we just tweeted. 17/05/2012 05:24 groundviews Winning Sri Lanka's Peace http://t.co/WqsjPbQd #lka #srilanka 17/05/2012 04:55 groundviews There’s an important distinction between being comfortable with ones sexuality and being overt about it. Most... http://t.co/qWJliKcL 17/05/2012 04:54 groundviews A cold, hard look at homophobia http://t.co/iSz0cpyT #lka #srilanka @lankasol @womenandmedia 17/05/2012 00:16 groundviews A cold, hard look at homophobia: I’m a scientist by training and as such, generally avoid public debate, which t... http://t.co/VxTpZmEl 16/05/2012 20:06 groundviews @bfonseka Yes, and one tends to forget now that President said there were no civilian casualties. At all. http://t.co/AiH26LJU #lka 16/05/2012 19:15 groundviews Dear god. Rajiva Wijesinha's response to Dr. Manoharan was just appalling. What kind of simile was that? @bfonseka 16/05/2012 19:08 groundviews @bfonseka Shouldn't the point that the circular wasn't really a new one been made? 16/05/2012 19:07 groundviews @bfonseka Stephen Sackur is doing a good job in a hard position. Interesting discussion. 16/05/2012 18:48 groundviews @tom_meade We know, we are watching the live stream. 16/05/2012 18:32 groundviews @tom_meade Inter alia, we may add. 16/05/2012 18:28 groundviews RT @DMbreakingnews: Crucial announcement on SF likely on Saturday http://t.co/OeeSyLJM #srilanka #lka 16/05/2012 18:17 groundviews Live. Now. Conversation around Channel 4 videos and the denouement of the war in Sri Lanka, at the Frontline Club,... http://t.co/MOWEhwiP 16/05/2012 18:16 groundviews We are looking at live web stream of Frontline Club's event on #srilanka http://t.co/6LKARdvD #lka 16/05/2012 17:51 groundviews RT @francesharris0n: Ch 4 vs prof rajiva debate in 1 hr #Frontlineclub #killingfields http://t.co/q94RKLDc watch it live here http://t. ... 16/05/2012 17:41 groundviews @mbmrameez Not one of Gihan's best, for it implies President can't control his actions or statements. We think he can & does, calculatingly. 16/05/2012 17:06 groundviews @cfhaviland PC that created that statement also running a pirated version of MS Word. #Microsoft #srilanka would not be amused #lka 16/05/2012 17:06 groundviews @cfhaviland Classic wording | "an absolutely false statement which is factually incorrect". So there are false statements factually correct? 16/05/2012 17:00 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Former Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger rebels 'disappear http://t.co/qnXXm8rX #lka 16/05/2012 16:35 groundviews @mbmrameez @mhmhisham @lankasol @apelankawe @akeenan23 @cfhaviland @azzamameen @bfonseka @sunili No. 16/05/2012 14:43 groundviews Petition Against Ban of 5 News Sites Rejected http://t.co/KpOb3M9b #lka #srilanka #media @cpjasia 16/05/2012 12:23 groundviews What Samhara Means: A review of Samhara and an unraveling of what it really means for Sri Lankan Dance: [Editors... http://t.co/mFvfsAhU 16/05/2012 12:10 groundviews RT @TypoInColombo: Headline of the day: http://t.co/YnjLbFWJ #typoincolombo #lka #srilanka 16/05/2012 12:06 groundviews It feels like the Chitrasena Dance Company has truly arrived in a new era of creative excellence and they have... http://t.co/kSioWbDI 16/05/2012 12:06 groundviews What Samhara Means: A review of Samhara and an unraveling of what it really means for Sri Lankan Dance http://t.co/xLgfKh5Z #lka #srilanka 16/05/2012 09:01 groundviews @aufidius @johnprescott Lankan politicians also take note @MilindaMoragoda is hardly the model to follow in this regard. 16/05/2012 09:01 groundviews RT @aufidius: Superb piece by @johnprescott on how twitter is challenging conventional journalism, lankan tweeps take note. #LKA http:/ ... 16/05/2012 09:00 groundviews RT @Joviarul: #Buddhist structures in the #North: Co-existence or #Colonization? #TNA #Killinochchi #culture #Tamil #lka http://t.co/VE ... 16/05/2012 08:59 groundviews @kodeckmanu Thank you. 16/05/2012 08:59 groundviews RT @kodeckmanu: @groundviews The Transitional Justice Function of Multicultural Policies in Sri Lanka http://t.co/eSk7zRYm #srilanka #lka 16/05/2012 08:20 groundviews Sri Lanka's April tourist arrivals rise 9 pct yr/yr http://t.co/CuwhbHpt #lka #srilanka 16/05/2012 08:14 groundviews @AmanthaP Which position are you in? :) 16/05/2012 08:14 groundviews RT @AzzamAmeen: Tiran Alles to meet Sarath Fonseka in Nawaloka Hospital later today taking a message from President Rajapaksa #lka #Fonseka 16/05/2012 08:13 groundviews RT @NavamaniLK: Government Information Dept. summon urgent Press conference. Is it to announce Sarath Fonseka release ? #lka #srilanka 16/05/2012 08:13 groundviews RT @NavamaniLK: Media gathered outside Nawaloka Hospital in anticipation of Sarath Fonseka release #lka #srilanka 16/05/2012 06:12 groundviews A different take from the Sangha: The dhamma and religious co-existence in Sri Lanka: When first put online by Y... http://t.co/nEITRUTc 16/05/2012 06:00 groundviews This interview is essential viewing for those who expressed their condemnation over the violence in Dambulla, and... http://t.co/iltO8oQ1 16/05/2012 05:59 groundviews The dhamma and religious co-existence in Sri Lanka http://t.co/TryCCYH7 @NalakaG @aufidius @mhmhisham @lankasol #lka #srilanka 16/05/2012 05:12 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: After a lengthy absence, spent on writing/researching/traveling/interviews, begun to file again this week http://t.co/9O1 ... 16/05/2012 04:42 groundviews 3rd Anniversary Reflections: Geneva, May 2009: Photo courtesy UN May is the month of the diplomatic success of S... http://t.co/WLbs1CiL 16/05/2012 04:25 groundviews Fourthly, our victory in the vote in May 2009 did not put or retain Sri Lanka on the agenda of the UN HRC; the EU... http://t.co/8Hc7EvyK 16/05/2012 04:24 groundviews 3rd Anniversary Reflections: Geneva, May 2009 http://t.co/sZkT3nEL #lka #srilanka 15/05/2012 19:05 groundviews Such a pity Gotabaya R not featured in this debate | Can Dual Citizens Be Good Americans? http://t.co/fpfCTkIm @USEmbSL #lka #srilanka 15/05/2012 19:01 groundviews RT @USEmbSL: For #WPFD 2012 panel discussion on “Difficulty in the Access to Quality Information Undermines Media Freedom’ http://t.co/C ... 15/05/2012 16:34 groundviews UNP doubts whether Govt. is genuine http://t.co/AgtSZfP4 #srilanka #lka 15/05/2012 16:26 groundviews Five Tamil parties drop ITAK umbrella for #TNA http://t.co/6eQQzSjV #srilanka #lka 15/05/2012 09:32 groundviews We encourage you go. By invitation only | "Cast as Mother"- A Reading https://t.co/rc0k39wB #lka #srilanka @radmadtheatre @floatingspace 15/05/2012 09:19 groundviews Sri Lankan Communities: The Cost of Distrust and Social Harmony: Today in the contemporary society there is a co... http://t.co/JUoOQNJM 15/05/2012 08:58 groundviews Today, spawning distrust in a society is an effective marketing tool. Spawning distrust in a harmonious society... http://t.co/hmK2j0nH 15/05/2012 08:57 groundviews Sri Lankan Communities: The Cost of Distrust and Social Harmony http://t.co/wuymfN6r #lka #srilanka 15/05/2012 04:10 groundviews Minister Peiris Goes to Washington http://t.co/kDVPJ4bj #lka #srilanka @lankasol 15/05/2012 02:53 groundviews @Dinoukc This is true. 15/05/2012 02:34 groundviews President Mahinda Rajapaksa told The Hindu newspaper that jailed Sarath Fonseka will be released soon via @DMbreakingnews #lka #Srilanka 15/05/2012 00:15 groundviews Reconciling what? History, Realism and the Problem of an Inclusive Sri Lankan Imaginary: What does reconciliatio... http://t.co/JxhKZCrb 14/05/2012 19:36 groundviews @aleddavid @christinasyms We're not betting on that, for it is a guarantee there are. Lots. To be found at strategic times. 14/05/2012 16:12 groundviews Samhara: An interweaving of the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble and the Chitrasena Dance Company: Photo provided by Nr... http://t.co/5bLvQA4x 14/05/2012 15:56 groundviews Samhara: An interweaving of the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble and the Chitrasena Dance Company http://t.co/GYmyU1ln #lka #srilanka 14/05/2012 15:53 groundviews Audiences in Colombo were over the weekend treated to Samhara, a collaboration between India’s Nrityagram Dance... http://t.co/vyNcFzvy 14/05/2012 14:35 groundviews @open_security As we do, yours. 14/05/2012 14:33 groundviews @Dinoukc Certainly possible, and richly deserved by a best-killer. 14/05/2012 14:30 groundviews @open_security Hundreds of articles, thousands of comments on substance & process of #reconciliation http://t.co/dYmhaJya #lka #srilanka 14/05/2012 14:21 groundviews Not to nitpick, but Salma Yusuf is Javed Yusuf's daughter, which she doesn't disclose http://t.co/2uqvaeUj @open_security #lka #srianka 14/05/2012 14:18 groundviews @Dinoukc No we haven't. Expect it to be on sale, and freely available? 14/05/2012 14:16 groundviews 'The core problem is the elites, not the people': Sanka Abayawardena responds http://t.co/TpBMiyt3 #lka #srilanka 14/05/2012 14:15 groundviews Nation-building in Sri Lanka: the potential and the promise http://t.co/2uqvaeUj #lka #srilanka 14/05/2012 14:14 groundviews RT @SarongJohnnie: Whose war was it? Controversy over title of book on Gotabaya Rajapaksa: http://t.co/vTcoltdM / Via @mhmhisham #lka # ... 14/05/2012 14:14 groundviews The book, ‘Gota’s War: The Crushing of Tamil Tiger Terrorism in Sri Lanka,’ written by C.A.Chandraprema, a... http://t.co/WDuBI9Qt 14/05/2012 12:13 groundviews #srilanka clearly & beautifully visible in stunning 121-Megapixel Photo of Earth http://t.co/5PAeM8kj #lka @NalakaG 14/05/2012 12:01 groundviews @cernoblog You serious?! :) 14/05/2012 11:55 groundviews And just before V-Day parade… | Sri Lankan police find massive explosives haul http://t.co/5tgkFmzx #lka #srilanka 14/05/2012 11:29 groundviews @gehan99 Thank you very much, and for signing up. Of course, will send ALL comments to those mentioned at end of statement, incl. President. 14/05/2012 07:11 groundviews Patriots will latch on to this, ignoring worse atrocities in #srilanka | NATO underplayed civilian deaths in Libya http://t.co/qWH7QDLN #lka 14/05/2012 07:02 groundviews Very interesting paper | Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict http://t.co/ZRoSP1PR @TechChange @KmSedra 14/05/2012 06:59 groundviews @gehan99 Working on translations, a travelling exhibit & a MSM campaign, all which require funding. So unsure, but want to highlight widely. 14/05/2012 06:44 groundviews Born to Muslim and Sinhalese Catholic parents & against extremism http://t.co/iT4cwyMd Have you signed up? #lka #srilanka 14/05/2012 06:44 groundviews A Muslim, hailing a Buddhist priest, signs up against violent extremism http://t.co/DP9nungq Have you? #lka #srilanka 14/05/2012 05:44 groundviews For a belated “Left” Option: More than 5000 people packed Colombo’s Sugathadasa stadium (photo above) for the in... http://t.co/F9MEgi74 14/05/2012 05:28 groundviews In early May, Kopinath said that Antonipillai was attacked by a group of men at the site of the home he was... http://t.co/XV7WWab4 14/05/2012 05:24 groundviews There is certainly an opening for a “Left Agenda” now. One that would propose a far reaching democratic agenda... http://t.co/zekTPATe 14/05/2012 05:23 groundviews For a belated “Left” Option http://t.co/ggbuWuO4 #lka #srilanka @Cokroach 14/05/2012 03:45 groundviews Sri Lanka has the opportunity to grow fast, expand regional trade and build bridges with neighbours (ET) http://t.co/2iIFaPc6 #srilanka 14/05/2012 03:43 groundviews Sri Lankan military behind slaying of Montrealer: Reports (Toronto Sun) http://t.co/4TMTBd1J #srilanka #lka 14/05/2012 03:38 groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/9aqZq6UP #srilanka #lka #economy 13/05/2012 10:18 groundviews Communist Party proposals submitted to the Govt. | No going beyond 13th Amendment, says DEW http://t.co/ViOZAHaZ #srilanka #lka 13/05/2012 10:16 groundviews SLC's submission had duplicated and blank pages | Was Sri Lanka Cricket trying to bamboozle COPE - Rajiva http://t.co/9M4MupQI #srilanka 13/05/2012 10:11 groundviews CM "gave his consent to dissolve the council" | Eastern provincial election soon; parties consulted http://t.co/XMrP1B3m #srilanka #lka 13/05/2012 10:07 groundviews MEA "will require endorsement of partners in the UPFA" for action plan | Washington maintains tough stance http://t.co/5sP9fKao #srilanka 13/05/2012 09:53 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #SriLanka TID gives no public list of detainees. Rtd diplmat N Godage told LLRC >2,000 young #Tamil men in jail not t ... 13/05/2012 09:53 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #SriLanka Terrorist Invstgn Dpt says will “provide details of detainees & those already freed” to close family http: ... 13/05/2012 04:31 groundviews Where is 2012's Vernon Mendis? | The revolting diplomat http://t.co/RCHoyNSx #lka #srilanka 13/05/2012 04:29 groundviews From the august and inspirational Dr. Mendis, we now have a foreign minister who doesn’t know the difference... http://t.co/UvPYdgg6 13/05/2012 04:27 groundviews @rangi_fern Preparing for the victory day parade perhaps? 13/05/2012 04:26 groundviews @mhmhisham Hoping this will blow over is to pander to a brutish, militant prelate. One hopes for best. 13/05/2012 04:26 groundviews RT @Joviarul: #Sumanthiran demands independent international #investigation #LLRC #TNA #TNA http://t.co/rIyqdmkn @groundviews @YoungAsia ... 12/05/2012 11:56 groundviews @mhmhisham Where are we at with the mosque issue in #Dambulla? Vesak's come and gone, but no updates from MR & Co? #lka #srilanka 12/05/2012 11:53 groundviews Sri Lankan parties brace for snap elections http://t.co/bnscW1VB #lka #srilanka 12/05/2012 05:00 groundviews Montreal man killed in northern Sri Lanka http://t.co/8D4UC5LU #canada #srilanka #lka 12/05/2012 01:13 groundviews @Dinoukc @nilenth @dialoglk Very interesting. Pity no one seems to have a photo of the message. 12/05/2012 01:05 groundviews Does headline match the story? | Man freed in NYC Tamil Tiger case http://t.co/x2K7NMOW #lka #srilanka @lankasol 11/05/2012 13:29 groundviews @NILENTH @dinoukc We haven't heard a denial from @dialoglk Where did you see/read it? 11/05/2012 13:07 groundviews @antonpadmasiri Indeed. 11/05/2012 12:45 groundviews Smoothing Rapid Return of Internally Displaced People in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province http://t.co/bPUI3xgT #lka #srilanka #jaffna 11/05/2012 12:37 groundviews @jasonwhat @dinoukc Thanks. 11/05/2012 12:34 groundviews This is tragic | War Widows Turn to Sex Work in Sri Lanka http://t.co/NuIhwAQu #lka #srilanka 11/05/2012 12:33 groundviews @MathildeDratwa @samarajiva Thanks for that @Dinoukc is following up on this story, @NILENTH & @iromip confirmed getting the message #lka 11/05/2012 12:30 groundviews Steep increase in rape cases in Sri Lanka http://t.co/s62RBP0l But #lka Govt in denial? http://t.co/YcbHAdNG #srilanka @womenandmedia 11/05/2012 07:59 groundviews @SAGlobalAffairs Thanks much. 11/05/2012 07:12 groundviews Related to last tweet, read about @guygunaratne's idea and the contest here http://t.co/GEuRXePP #lka #srilanka 11/05/2012 07:11 groundviews Congratulations are in order for @guygunaratne & team for being chosen as finalists in Virgin Pioneers. Proud of them, and wish them luck. 11/05/2012 06:51 groundviews @francesharris0n There are many, Frances, within Sri Lanka, who never left, who deeply care about the country too. 11/05/2012 06:50 groundviews @SAGlobalAffairs Take it entire content of the issue will be available online? 11/05/2012 06:50 groundviews RT @SAGlobalAffairs: Is there a permanent solution of the struggle for a separate #TamilEelam in #SriLanka? Our May issue will cover the ... 11/05/2012 06:49 groundviews RT @cfhaviland: #SriLanka buys up local milk to reassure local farmers. My BBC reports. http://t.co/JspbgPoz #lka 11/05/2012 01:18 groundviews @AnnieConnected Worrying, knowing the present. 11/05/2012 01:12 groundviews Mannar Bishop questioned by Sri Lankan CID on ‘disappearances’ http://t.co/N79KAi5r #lka #srilanka 10/05/2012 16:37 groundviews Forgot to note that all short eats (rolls, pastries etc) we bought today had gone up 5 - 8 rupees today because of LPG hike #lka #srilanka 10/05/2012 14:36 groundviews @Dinoukc Anytime. 10/05/2012 14:36 groundviews @Dinoukc Au contraire, petition claims 7,500+ signatories in 4 days. And problem here is not how many signed up, but how messages got thru. 10/05/2012 14:26 groundviews @Dinoukc In light of this, worth recalling, and revisiting vital points made in this article http://t.co/UA4apbjT esp. on @dialoglk. 10/05/2012 14:23 groundviews @Dinoukc What connection does petition have to Govt to influence this kind of deep tie in with telcos? 10/05/2012 14:22 groundviews @Dinoukc Please do - it's a pity Huff Post had to break this. Who is paying for this? Across all providers? For how long? Why not post-paid? 10/05/2012 14:20 groundviews @Dinoukc Actually, he's already noted that - https://t.co/wbDhGwKn 10/05/2012 14:16 groundviews @NILENTH Thanks much. Others on other networks, can you please confirm you also received this notification? 10/05/2012 14:16 groundviews @gopiharan @dinoukc @samarajiva Seems that only @NILENTH confirms this to be true, for the moment. 10/05/2012 14:04 groundviews @Dinoukc Neither did we. 10/05/2012 14:04 groundviews @NILENTH 1. What provider/package are you on? 2. Can you take a photo of it and send us? 10/05/2012 13:59 groundviews @Dinoukc @samarajiva Precisely why we are asking. We've not encountered it. The charge is a serious one, for "every" call or SMS made. 10/05/2012 13:53 groundviews Can readers please confirm what's noted in the 1st sentence of this article? Is it true? http://t.co/10MkhhEM #lka #srilanka @samarajiva 10/05/2012 13:52 groundviews When the Little Guy's Tools for Change Are Co-opted http://t.co/10MkhhEM @TechChange #lka #srilanka 10/05/2012 13:49 groundviews What's special about these discussions? | TNA in special discussions http://t.co/k8i7fQeh #lka #srilanka @rkguruparan @nirananketell 10/05/2012 13:43 groundviews @SLcampaign Worth noting that this article was based on a misleading media report. Dr. Dhanapala full submission here - http://t.co/c7vok3rK 10/05/2012 12:59 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: The Navaanthurai cases is the result of a joint effort put in by the Navaanthurai people, Jaffna Bar Association, CPA a ... 10/05/2012 12:59 groundviews RT @rkguruparan: Supreme court grants leave to proceed in the Navaanthurai cases against the army and police after sitting on it for 8 l ... 10/05/2012 12:52 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: #SRILANKA gov/UN 2012 Joint funding appeal heading for a shortfall/updated breakdown of requirements and commitments http ... 10/05/2012 10:50 groundviews Lively & interesting debate on religion now happening on our Facebook page https://t.co/C6Vdr66x around http://t.co/77TWag8X article #lka 10/05/2012 08:20 groundviews @Dinoukc Oh my. Fascinating. Someday, perhaps a book will be written on the author as well, focussing on his JVP days... 10/05/2012 07:51 groundviews @Dinoukc And who is the author? Person noted in title? 10/05/2012 07:43 groundviews It's a no brainer. If in #Colombo this weekend, see Samhara http://t.co/WxkotHF1 6 nights at Joyce in New York, all standing ovations. #lka 10/05/2012 07:20 groundviews No longer blind, No longer bound: Poster for the film Oh My God I was born into a Malay family, where religion n... http://t.co/u2PQEdbC 10/05/2012 06:13 groundviews On the enduring need to question religion | No longer blind, No longer bound http://t.co/77TWag8X #lka #srilanka 10/05/2012 06:09 groundviews Here’s what I think. I think, we need to start thinking rationally and question what we believe in. Its 2012, we... http://t.co/3nvGmnHH 10/05/2012 05:57 groundviews Prof. Savithri Goonesekere signs up to Not In Our Name http://t.co/u7qIM81g joining a number of other leading academics #lka #srilanka 10/05/2012 05:57 groundviews Isn't it ironic that lay-persons have to tell the clergy in #Dambulla how to live by the Dhamma? http://t.co/iiDNOJlW #lka #srilanka 10/05/2012 05:57 groundviews A simple comment on Not In Our Name, that we wholly endorse http://t.co/SRIhlm0e #lka #srilanka 10/05/2012 04:27 groundviews @MelGuna @amanthap @nalakag Not sure how that fits in with this story? Recall also how we once wanted to rebrand as Pure Sri Lankan Tea? 10/05/2012 02:59 groundviews @StateDept wants to see plan for reconciliation in #srilanka. Citizens haven't even been given LLRC in Sinhala or Tamil. #lka #srilanka 10/05/2012 02:55 groundviews RT @adaderana: VIDEO: US President Obama backs gay marriage http://t.co/Hk56rnH8 #lka #srilanka 10/05/2012 01:54 groundviews @rkguruparan Fascinating. Does suggest again so clearly that it is only a matter of time before inconvenient truths come out. 10/05/2012 01:50 groundviews @ThilinaRa LOL. Thanks. 10/05/2012 01:37 groundviews @NalakaG @dbsjeyaraj It really is mind-bogglingly inept an ill-thought. Letter worth translating to Sinhala we believe. 10/05/2012 01:30 groundviews @rkguruparan What gives? 10/05/2012 01:22 groundviews Oh dear | Sri Lanka may start blending its pure Ceylon tea http://t.co/gS9uODLy @AmanthaP @MelGuna @NalakaG #srilanka #lka 10/05/2012 01:01 groundviews * In preparation for that 18th Session, no instructions were received by me nor guidelines provided on the... http://t.co/IZO4WYar 10/05/2012 01:00 groundviews Incredible | No foreign policy strategy - absolutely none - for #srilanka at the @UN_HRC in #Geneva http://t.co/wBXFSDZY #lka @lankasol 10/05/2012 00:58 groundviews Letter by former #la Amb to UN in Geneva published by @dbsjeyaraj cogent example of rot within Govt http://t.co/wBXFSDZY #srilanka 09/05/2012 18:41 groundviews @ShaadHamid To extent possible, yes. 09/05/2012 18:29 groundviews If you understand #Sinhala, a good interview with Buddhist monk http://t.co/EHvfgLk7 Trying to get subtitled in English #lka #srilanka 09/05/2012 18:12 groundviews Groundviews was invited by Google to attend @InternetLiberty http://t.co/pJKqFEDM Anyone else coming? #Internet #FOE #media 09/05/2012 18:00 groundviews What is going on? Bad example for #lka | The Pirate Bay, Vimeo blocked in #India http://t.co/PG6ZmBYv @ShashiTharoor @vijaysappani #srilanka 09/05/2012 14:36 groundviews The Sri Lankan government has demoted its ambassador to the UN in Geneva after the Human Rights Council adopted a... http://t.co/K3zSHhKA 09/05/2012 14:35 groundviews Sri Lankan UN ambassador Tamara Kunanayakam demoted http://t.co/4mkQBF8n #lka #srilanka 09/05/2012 14:33 groundviews Good question from @Apelankawe to @srilankaunites: "we do not believe in criticizing the political structure we operate in" | Why?" 09/05/2012 13:31 groundviews RT @iam_project: Quick visit to Jaffna. Took time out to meet some elders from series one like Dr Sivarajah http://t.co/oLFafCMU at his ... 09/05/2012 12:02 groundviews @AmanthaP So much for the bizarre campaign over email to get 'patriots' to vote for Bahrain. 09/05/2012 12:02 groundviews RT @AmanthaP: Channel 4 doco on #SRILANKA wins award http://t.co/wDjRQQ0l #lka 09/05/2012 06:04 groundviews Not In Our Name has now exceeded 1,300 signatures, and features some very interesting comments in English, Tamil... http://t.co/IaynpvhI 09/05/2012 06:03 groundviews Over 1,300 signatures to date | Not In Our Name: Against religious extremism in Sri Lanka - http://t.co/lk8mneAD #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham 09/05/2012 05:12 groundviews RT @nilmashazdole: @groundviews #Sri Lanka's Foreign Policy is crap! Even G.L. can't get his Palestine/Israel facts correct so who knows ... 09/05/2012 03:29 groundviews @MelGuna Indeed. 09/05/2012 03:25 groundviews Had us in stitches. Clearly some rather talented folks out there with time to spare! http://t.co/i9OBGEd1 09/05/2012 03:21 groundviews It'll take a bit more than a polite request, Mr. Speaker | Speaker request MPs to speak correctly http://t.co/7JnNTZqw #srilanka #lka 09/05/2012 02:27 groundviews Hasta la vista baby! "At the end of a short-lived war waged through the media by a few diplomats, the Sri... http://t.co/JD8mjTK8 09/05/2012 02:25 groundviews #srilanka's foreign policy: Silence Dayan, kick out Tamara, promote Namal, have a a supine FM, puppet Ambassadors, good karma for rest #lka 09/05/2012 02:19 groundviews Can't wait for UPR review | Sri Lanka appoints new Ambassador to U.N. http://t.co/29wvh9Nb #lka #srilanka 08/05/2012 17:45 groundviews RT @CeylonToday: Ravinatha Replaces Tamara: Ravinatha Ariyasinghe , andnbsp;Sri Lankaandrsquo;s Ambassador to and... http://t.co/kOmafGB ... 08/05/2012 17:37 groundviews RT @Dinoukc: Ravinatha appointed to Geneva http://t.co/cyaRhgv3 } First to confirm this story? 08/05/2012 17:35 groundviews @Prashandevisser Thanks. 08/05/2012 17:35 groundviews @mbmrameez @slcampaign @lankasol Missed it - how did it go? 08/05/2012 12:15 groundviews Sri Lanka has been hit by fresh religious unrest between Buddhists and Muslims. In a recent incident in Dambulla,... http://t.co/AzT0LBkY 08/05/2012 12:12 groundviews Religious tensions flare in Sri Lanka via @SouthAsiaWired flags #Dambulla violence and Not In Our Name http://t.co/v1dY5y2C #lka #srilanka 08/05/2012 12:11 groundviews RT @SouthAsiaWired: Religious tensions flare in #SriLanka after Buddhist monks storm a mosque in Dambulla. More at RNW's South Asia Wire ... 08/05/2012 11:42 groundviews Very interesting | How Tagore inspired Sri Lanka's national anthem http://t.co/sdnjivEx #lka #srilanka #india 08/05/2012 09:27 groundviews @cfhaviland @mhmhisham @bfonseka @lankasol @apelankawe @vijaysappani Thanks Charlie. 08/05/2012 08:22 groundviews @mwikramanayake True. This is the mag after all that had Mervyn Silva on its cover recently as a model Lankan. 08/05/2012 08:21 groundviews Read it | Silence of Good People: Ven Walpola Rahula & #Dambulla violence, via @CeylonToday #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham http://t.co/7riSx5hO