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Author: Ayudhya Gajanayake

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Colombo, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Why States Must Not be Left to Their Own Devices

It is a curious thing to imagine the state of human rights around the world if national leaders were simply left to their own devices. Fortunately, a minimal standard of legal obligations…

Ayudhya Gajanayake Ayudhya Gajanayake on 05/06/202105/06/2021
Advocacy, Colombo, Human Rights, Identity, Issues, Language, Reconciliation

Why Language Matters

Sri Lanka’s post-colonial language policy was neither fair not desirable. A largely non-English speaking population was governed by a small class of English-speaking elite. Weary of being excluded from governance and public…

Ayudhya Gajanayake Ayudhya Gajanayake on 03/29/202103/29/2021

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