Reports received by Groundviews indicate that Tamilnet is inaccessible from many major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Sri Lanka. At the time of writing, the site is confirmed to be inaccessible from:…
Tiran Alles was Mahinda Rajapaksa’s emissary to the North-East during the run-up to the Presidential Elections in November 2005. Now he is in custody and shares a fate similar to that of…
Kumbi Kathawa (Ant Story) was conceived by Anjalika, Chitrasena and Vajira’s daughter. She was inspired by a Russian children’s story. The ballet is choreographed and directed by Anjalika and Mahesh, who has…
“Australia should add its voice to this call and put real pressure on the Sri Lankan Government to accept an international monitoring body. The conflict can only be resolved through dialogue, but…
Update to the story published earlier. FMM is relieved to report that former Journalist Pakkiyanathan Vijayashanthan who went mission yesterday noon, reported to Badulla Police station some 200 KM away from Colombo.…
From a Free Media Movement statement released last night: Pakkiyanathan Vijayashanthan alias Vijayan, who had been a journalist and actor was reported missing today, 18th may 2007. He worked for a Tamil…
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“Freedom of information is a fundamental human right and … the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United Nations is consecrated.†– UN General Assembly Resolution 59(I), 1946 – In…
Rohan Edrisinha Faculty of Law, University of Colombo and Centre for Policy Alternatives The Sri Lanka Freedom Party has a new approach to negotiated settlement. It goes like this in a hypothetical…
Nalaka Gunawardene is a science writer and media watcher. He writes a blog on media and society. This article is adapted and expanded from the author’s panel remarks made during the OUR…
A.Vaitheeswaran In 1984 (remember George Orwell’s Animal Farm?), in an interview given to Anita Pratap of India Today (popular monthly news magazine published in New Delhi), Veluppillai Pirapakaran admitted that he was…
Reproduced with the kind permission of the author, and first published in the Hindustan Times. The flipside of Islamic fundamentalism in Sri Lanka PK Balachandran Kattankudy (Eastern Sri Lanka), April 24, 2007…
Bob Rae, former Premier of Ontario, Canada, submitted this article to Groundviews. It was first published in the Globe and Mail on 4th April 2007. To honour the memory of Kethesh Loganathan…
වර්ෂ1996ෙය්දි ඔස්ෙටුිලියà·à·€à¶§ එෙරහිව à·à·”à·’ ලංකà·à·€ ලද ෙලà·à·Šà¶š කුසලà·à¶± ජයගුහණය දà·à¶±à·Š දà·à¶±à·Š අපෙග් මà¶à¶šà¶º අඑà¶à·Š කරනව෠ෙනà·à¶…නුමà·à¶±à¶ºà·’.ෙමි දිනවල බටහිර ඉන්දිය ෙකà·à·™à¶¯à·€à·’ දුපà¶à·Šà·„à·’ පà·à·€à·à¶à·Šà·™à·€à¶± 9 වන ෙලà·à·Šà¶š කුසලà·à¶± à¶à¶»à¶œà·à·€à¶½à·’ෙය් අර්ධ අවසන් à¶à¶»à¶œà¶º සදහ෠ෙමම…
An article sent to Groundviews by Rajan Philips, that is slightly revised from an earlier version published in the media in Sri Lanka recently. Newspaper reports have given prominence to the latest…
