In February 2025, I was invited as a professional with international experience in transitional justice to speak at an event in Matara. The organisers asked me to introduce the participants, mostly small…
On April 2 this year, 26 year-old Muthuwadige Sathsara Nimesh died while in police custody. He was tortured to death at the Welikada Police Station. Nimesh had been arrested on April 1…
Large quantities of small plastic pellets, known as nurdles, are being washed up on the north western coast of Sri Lanka after the cargo vessel Elsa 3 sank off the coast of…
is an exhibition amplifying the voice of the Malaiyaha Tamil community through their own images and stories. Organised by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) in collaboration with grassroots organisations Suya Shakthi…
An American president becomes embroiled in a sex scandal. To divert public attention, his advisors recruit a Hollywood producer to invent a war against Albania. That was the plot of the US…
Sri Lanka’s fisheries industry sustains the livelihoods of over two million people and provides a substantial contribution to the country’s GDP. Fifty percent of Sri Lankans consider fish to be their main…
The long awaited aerial military showdown between Iran and Israel has begun in earnest. As Chris Hedges noted in his column in of June 16, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Independent On December 19, 2024, fisherfolk in Mullaitivu Sri Lanka observed a boat in the sea, few hundred metres away from the shore, crowded with many people and children. The number was…
Lanka Leader It has been 21 years since the murder of journalist Ayyathurai Nadesan. Nadesan is considered to be the first journalist killed during the tenure of a United People’s Freedom Alliance…
The rising trend of sensationalized media coverage involving children is becoming increasingly alarming. Each day, new incidents highlight how deeply unethical media practices, particularly those that disclose the identities of child victims,…
On the quiet shores of Mannar Island, something powerful is unfolding – not just a protest but a collective cry for justice, dignity and the right to live in harmony with the…
As issues of international law dominate headlines globally, The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is expected to visit Sri Lanka from June 23 to 26. He will meet President…
“I’m sorry I’m not around with you these days, my love. But Daddy is trying to bring food to children just as beautiful as you – children who are being starved by…
Traumatic. Painful. Irreversible. It is a practice veiled in secrecy and heavily stigmatised. No one wants to openly talk about it but Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation that…
In a country where queer lives have long existed in the margins unseen, silenced or systemically ignored, Varna emerges as a revolutionary act of resilience and pride. Organized by Youth Pride Organization,…
