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Author: Minoli de Soysa

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#GoHomeGota, Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Curse on Sri Lanka’s Bloodstained Leaders

The Catholic Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, knows exactly why most Sri Lankans are living through the worst times ever experienced in recent history. It’s the curse on the bloodstained leaders…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 04/21/202204/21/2022
Human Rights, Jaffna, justice, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Who Will Punish the Perpetrators?

The images are stark and compelling. The STF men are stoic and menacing. They stand unmoving, machine guns clasped tightly to their chests, their faces obscured by motorcycle helmets. The women are…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 03/24/202203/24/2022
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

The Puzzling Case of Hejaaz Hizbullah

The gold balloon tubes spelling out the words “welcome back” still hang in the living room, swaying in the gentle breeze one month after he finally returned home, a stark reminder of…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 03/07/202203/14/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, International Relations, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Transitional Justice

Time is Running Out to Stop Sri Lanka’s Slide into Mayhem

As the world marks Human Rights Day, two years of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidency and over one year of his government have seen Sri Lanka slide rapidly down the slippery slope to…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 12/10/202112/23/2021
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Transitional Justice

Pursuing Justice and Accountability for the Navy 11

There is an air of weariness around the small protest at Hulftsdorp outside of the Supreme Court. They silently unfold the banners as they have done countless times before, lining up in…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 11/04/202111/05/2021
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Writers Under Siege

Creating a Safer World for the Truth

Every week a journalist is killed. Killing the truth is the world’s safest crime; in eight out of ten cases the killers go free. Since 1992, more than 1,400 journalists have been killed around…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 11/02/202111/02/2021
Colombo, Healthcare, Pandemic

Coping with Dementia

The world is ageing fast. Today there are 703 million people aged 65 or older; by 2050 the number will rise to 1.5 billion. According to population estimates and projections from UN…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 10/01/2021
Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Adhering to Human Rights – The Time for Words is Over

When a government contravenes the rule of law, crushes human rights, reneges on its responsibility of protecting its own citizens and begins attacking them instead, the international community will step in. It…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 09/22/202110/11/2021
Colombo, Education, Human Rights, Politics and Governance, Youth

Living on the Edge: Children of Cemetery Dwellers

Their playground is a graveyard; their toys are sticks and stones. They run in the sand and dirt, flying kites and joking, fighting and laughing. They are Tamil children living on the…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 08/12/202108/13/2021
Colombo, Development, Identity, Politics and Governance

Are We the Architects of Our Own Destruction?

These quotes from conservationists and architects are very relevant to modern Colombo where it seems like every day another huge glass and concrete structure springs up like a poisonous mushroom, blocking the…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 07/07/202107/07/2021
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Systemic Torture – The Dark Stain on Sri Lanka

When Sri Lanka was ruled by kings and queens, they used 32 types of torture to keep their subjects in line. These included being trampled by an elephant and being impaled on…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 06/26/202106/30/2021
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Working for Peace and Pluralism: A Sisyphian Task

According to Greek legend, Sisyphus has the wretched task of rolling a huge boulder up a hill. Just as he gets to the top, the boulder comes tumbling down and Sisyphus begins…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 05/16/202104/20/2023
Advocacy, Colombo, justice, Politics and Governance

Has the Animal Welfare Bill Fallen by the Wayside?

The images are harrowing and all too familiar – an electrocuted baby elephant, a caged dog, a leopard caught in a trap, a butchered dolphin; accounts of animals suffering due to neglect,…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 05/02/202105/02/2021
Batticaloa, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Peace and Conflict

Two Years On, They Are Still Asking For Answers

When new faces are seen at the Zion evangelical church in Batticaloa, it is customary for the pastor to welcome them. As a healing church, it is open to non-Christians. Two years…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 04/21/202104/21/2021
Colombo, Disabilities, Human Rights

Disabled Rights as Human Rights – Fighting for Recognition and Acceptance

Not so long ago, to be a person with disabilities meant stigma, exclusion and isolation because people are disabled by society and not just by their bodies. But as the number of…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 04/19/202104/19/2021

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