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#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Thugs Attack Peaceful Protesters, GotaGoGama Destroyed

After 30 days of peaceful protests, the Rajapaksa regime unleashed its thugs on the protesters outside Temple Trees. After demolishing the tents and assaulting the people gathered there, the thugs proceeded to…

Groundviews Groundviews on 05/09/202205/09/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Environment, Politics and Governance

Taking the Fight Against Ecocide to the Galle Face Protest

The last two years have witnessed the unparalleled destruction of Sri Lanka’s environment, with more than 1,000 cases of environmental degradation being reported throughout the country. The plundering of natural resources by…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/22/202204/22/2022
#GoHomeGota, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

It’s Time to Seize the Moment: No More Lost Opportunities

They stand firmly in the baking sun and the torrential rain. They sacrificed their new year holidays. Their determination and courage is steadfast. Their cries are united – go home President Gotabaya…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/16/202204/18/2022
#GoHomeGota, Colombo, Photos

#GotaGoHome in Galle Face (Images)

Gota Go Home rings loud and clear across Galle Face. Anti-government protesters began converging on Galle Face on the morning of the 9th. By the evening of the next day, multiple tents had…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/11/202205/02/2022
Disaster Management, Farming & Agriculture, Healthcare, Pandemic, Poverty

Our Planet, Our Health

Today is World Health Day World Health Day, a global health awareness day, was declared to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organisation (WHO) on April 7, 1948. World…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/07/202204/07/2022
Colombo, Economy, Human Rights, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Politics and Governance

March 31 Protests and Aftermath: Updates

The Protest Events of March 31 leading into the early hours of April 1, 2022 On March 31, a silent citizens protest that began at Jubilee Junction in Nugegoda burgeoned into a massive show…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/02/202204/04/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Amnesty International’s Damning Report of Human Rights in Sri Lanka

In its latest report The State Of The World’s Human Rights 2021/2022, Amnesty International gives a damning indictment of Sri Lanka’s human rights situation during 2021. Here is the report: The government…

Groundviews Groundviews on 03/31/2022
Colombo, Gender, Human Rights, Identity, justice, Politics and Governance

Working Towards Acceptance and Recognition for the LGBTIQ Community

In a historic landmark decision, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) found that Sri Lanka’s criminalizing of same-sex sexual relations under section 365A of the Penal Code…

Groundviews Groundviews on 03/31/202203/31/2022
Colombo, Culture, Development, Moving Images, Politics and Governance

Capturing the Disappearing Glory of Slave Island

As elegant old buildings and diverse neighbourhoods disappear before our eyes, sacrificed on the altar of development, a group of people came together in 2018 to initiate the We Are From Here…

Groundviews Groundviews on 03/04/202203/04/2022
Colombo, Economy, Human Rights, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

Does the Apparel Industry Supply Garments Without Guilt?

Sri Lanka’s apparel workers, mostly female, provide an important contribution to the country’s economy. In 2019, apparel exports amounted to $5.2 billion, almost 40% of all exports. The industry provides direct employment…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/25/202203/03/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Twelve Cries From Home: Searing Accounts from Families of the Disappeared

“Sri Lanka has the world’s second-highest number of cases registered with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. Since the 1980s, an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 people from all…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/01/202202/03/2022
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Disabilities, Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Longing and Belonging, Peace and Conflict, Post-War, Reconciliation

Atrocities of the Civil War Through the Eyes of Artists

A common theme running through this year’s Colomboscope, entitled Language is Migrant, is the enduring consequences of Sri Lanka’s civil war as seen through the eyes of several young artists based in…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/28/202201/28/2022
Colombo, Education, Pandemic, Politics and Governance, Youth

Tackling Access to Education During Covid-19

Sri Lanka can be justly proud of its educated population and high literacy rate due to decades of free education up to university level. Universal access to primary education has been achieved…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/24/202201/24/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Youth

To Flee or Not to Flee, That is the Question

Once known as being the best fed, most educated and healthiest people in South Asia, Sri Lankans are facing the bleak prospect of a full blown economic crisis that will dramatically push…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/19/202201/21/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Taking the Military to Task with International Sanctions

While Sri Lanka grapples with an inevitable economic meltdown, the international community has not forgotten the country’s obligations to move towards a reconciled society through the process of transitional justice. One of…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/17/2022

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