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Year: 2008

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Colombo, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The persuasive power of numbers (Part 2): “54 per cent of Tamils live outside the North and East”

My earlier article (The persuasive power of numbers and the mystery “8.5%” figure) highlighted the dangers of using incomplete census data and how it has been manipulated to bolster political agendas. Another…

unionblackcolombo unionblackcolombo on 01/03/200806/23/2008
Colombo, Media and Communications

The origins of the Media Accreditation Card

By Niresh Eliatamby I was rather surprised at the public statement by the Minister of Mass Media & Information that only those who have been granted Media Accreditation Cards by the Government…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/03/2008
Colombo, Human Rights, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Looking back, looking forward: A brief chat with HRW Human Rights Defender Award winner Sunila Abeysekera on war and peace in Sri Lanka

Sunila Abeysekera, a recipient of the prestigious Human Rights Defender Awards by Human Rights Watch, speaks on the year that was and what lies ahead in 2008 . In her interview, Sunila…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/02/2008
Peace and Conflict

“Liberated”- A Personal Account Of Batticaloa And Ampara

The lagoon lay shimmering in the afternoon heat, mesmerized by the sun. Three young boys jostled in the thicket nearby sharing a smoke, then tired, they plunged into the lagoon, rippling the…

mihiriw mihiriw on 01/01/2008
Advocacy, Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Lionel Bopage: Protection of fundamental human rights is a responsibility of a democratic government

by Lionel Bopage Any government genuinely looking after the interests of its people would stand for pluralism and the fundamental democratic and human rights of its people. Thus that government will be…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/01/2008

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