Several remembrances events were held across the North and East in Sri Lanka on 18th May 2015 (the day the war ended in Sri Lanka in 2009) by Tamils to remember those…
Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war ended six years ago amidst allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious abuses by both government and rebel forces. In 2011, a U.N. panel…
Valalai[1] is a Tamil village of about 233 acres[2] that was occupied by the military for nearly 25 years and before it was handed back to villagers in March 2015 by President…
Photo courtesy WHO Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva MP Leader of the Opposition Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha Colombo 7. My dear Honorable Sir, I thought of writing to you, due to the…
Image courtesy fivethirtyeight Thursday’s election leaves the Anglo-Scottish Union on the brink. A combination of the first past the post system and the crystallisation of increasingly sharp attitudinal differences between England and…
Photo courtesy JDS On 8th May 2010, the Urban Development Authority (UDA) demolished 20 homes that were occupied by 33 families on Mews Street in Kompannyaveediya, Colombo 2. Families were informed verbally…
Image: Amnesty Access to information is a universal human right; despite that it has never been a part of the constitution in Sri Lanka although attempts have been made throughout the last…
Public screening of Satyajit Maitipe’s film was launched on 14th February 2015 seven years after its production. This was the first time I watched this film. I think it presents some aspects…
Image courtesy President’s Office Introducing the 19 Amendment Bill The 19A Bill was gazetted in March, after having obtained the approval of Cabinet. The Gazetted version did not go as far as…
Image courtesy DBS Jeyaraj Amidst killings, disappearances, assaults, threats, intimidations, harassments and restrictions on journalists, widespread self-censorship and exile of journalists critical of the government, surveillance and blocking of websites, and absolute…
Image courtesy Salon The conclusion of the one hundred (100) days is a good time to compare and indeed contrast the Maithripala Sirisena Administration from the Rajapakse rule that it replaced. This…
Photo courtesy Asianews.it Sri Lankan government has announced that it had dispatched emergency supplies and support personnel to Nepal a day after the devastating earthquake and that there would be further materials…
Photo via Open, Equal Free I wish it were easier not to care. I wish I could grow up to be a corporate lawyer or a banker and just be content with…
On the 23rd April, President Sirisena completed a 100 days in office. On a site – one of many – that has monitored the implementation of the 100-days programme, 10 out of…
Photo by REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte, via FT Although a signatory to the , Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo, where a mother of a student was forced to file a complain with the Human Rights Commission…
