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Author: Lukman Harees

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Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Puttalam

Thirty Years On: Pain of the Northern Muslims is Forgotten

“And home isn’t here and home isn’t there” – Deborah Landau, The Last Usable Hour Every story of ethnic cleansing is heart breaking. Some of them have been almost forgotten, overlooked in…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 10/12/202010/15/2020
International, Issues, Politics and Governance

Macron’s Win Against Populism: Lessons Beyond France

Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-old leader of the fledgling En Marche! (On the Move!) party, soundly defeated Marine Le Pen, the ‘unsinkable’ stalwart of the right, by 66% to 34%. Le Pen’s harsh…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 05/12/201705/12/2017
Human Rights, Issues, LLRC Revisited

Tribute to Justice Weeramantry: A world free of war, hate and prejudice

The sad demise of Sri Lankabhimanya Justice C. G. Weeramantry, one of the world’s eminent jurists and a legal scholar par excellence at the age of 90 on January 5 leaves a…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 01/10/201701/10/2017
International, Peace and Conflict

Aleppo: A complete meltdown in humanity

.” –  Zygmunt Bauma The world is witnessing in Syria a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions. People trapped in Aleppo have been posting goodbyes on social media. Russian forces supported by Iranians,…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 12/21/201612/19/2016
International Relations, Issues

Looking beyond the Trump–Clinton duel: The nightmares of American exceptionalism

The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America. –Russ Feingold The run-up to the American Election…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 10/29/201610/29/2016
International, Issues, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2015

Corbyn’s Classic Win: A Global Inspiration To Political Underdogs

Featured image courtesy the Huffington Post  “It’s all about conventional wisdom: The powers that be decide early on who is going to win, and they don’t want their narrative disturbed.”- Koenen The…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 10/03/201610/03/2016
Issues, Peace and Conflict, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

National Reconciliation – A Pipe Dream unless Inclusivity Achieved

Featured image courtesy Rotary Peace Centre “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” -Benjamin Franklin  It is…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 07/25/2016
Issues, Religion and faith, Sport

Muhammed Ali – A Positive Muslim Role Model Par Excellence

Featured image courtesy Huffington Post ‘People Will Forget What You Did , But People Will Never Forget How You Made Them Feel ‘  –Maya Angelou King of the Ring, Muhammed Ali left us…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 06/12/201606/12/2016
Corruption, International Relations, Issues, Politics and Governance

Will Sri Lanka Wake Up To The Realities of The ‘Panama Papers’ Exposure?

Featured image courtesy AFP/GETTY – Rodrigo Arangua  On April 3, 2016, , Germany’s largest daily newspaper leaked 11.5 million files from the database of Mossack Fonseca, a law firm headquartered in Panama City, Panama.…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 04/06/201604/06/2016
International, International Relations, Issues, Politics and Governance

Prospect of a ‘President Trump’! Proving a Nightmare to US and Beyond

Featured image courtesy Newsweek When the power or authority comes in the hands of unfit persons, then wait for the Hour (End of times) – Prophet of Islam SAW quoted in Bukhari…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 03/08/201603/08/2016
Constitutional Reform, Issues

New Constitution: Need to Address Post-War Challenges Effectively

Featured image courtesy constitutionnet.org (photo credit: Hemmathagama) Ever since the political changes which ensued in 2015, there appears to be another social contract between the government and the people of Sri Lanka forming.…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 02/15/201602/15/2016
Issues, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Independence Not An Accident: Muslim Leaders Put ‘Country Before Self’

Featured image courtesy Reuters  The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. –Hubert H. Humphrey  ‘A Small Island of…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 02/01/201602/01/2016
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Stand Up Against Extremism

Image courtesy NBC News Africa these days has been battling with EBOLA, a severe, infectious, often fatal disease in humans and primates with no apparent cure in sight. Many have been dying…

Lukman Harees Lukman Harees on 08/29/201408/31/2014

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