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Author: Raisa Wickrematunge

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Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

A Violent Past, An Uneasy Present

The true stories of the violence on July 1983 are not captured in newspaper headlines. 36 years ago, Page One of the Daily Mirror read, “Anti-Govt forces behind rioting and looting.” A…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 07/26/201907/28/2020
Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Security, Reconciliation

Thicker Than Water

On April 21, 2019, the doctors working at the National Blood Transfusion Services woke to chilling news. A series of suicide bomb blasts had occurred across the island. As of June 11,…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 06/14/201907/28/2020
Gender, Right to Information, Right to Information

Systemic Violence: Mapping Police Statistics On Sexual Abuse

In 2016, mapped incidents of street harassment for International Women’s Day. None of these incidents had been reported to the police. Those who contributed their stories to the map recounted experiences that remained…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 03/08/201907/28/2020
Issues, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

Standing for unpopular causes: Ten years on

The first thing to catch my eye in Sandya Eknaligoda’s home was a comic book. It was an illustrated copy of Sherlock Holmes. Peeking out underneath was a leaflet bearing a familiar…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 01/08/201907/28/2020
Development, Disaster Management, Issues, Right to Information, Right to Information

Managing Chaos: Why Sri Lanka Needs To Think Long Term For Disaster Response

In 2017, filed a series of RTI requests to ascertain more about Sri Lanka’s early warning system. (Click here and here to see the original RTI requests filed with the Metereological Department and…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 12/21/201807/28/2020
Human Rights, Issues, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Deep Impact: Emmerson’s Report Reveals Lasting Legacy of PTA

On July 23, former UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, Ben Emmerson released a report following on from his visit to Sri Lanka in 2017. Emmerson pulled no punches in…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 08/08/201810/11/2021
Human Rights, Issues, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance, Right to Information, Right to Information

RTI Reveals Lanka E News Blocked On Order from President’s Office

In December 2017, received a list of 13 websites that had been blocked from 2015 onwards by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC), via a Right to Information request. The documentation uncovered the…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 04/11/201807/28/2020
Human Rights, Issues, Politics and Governance, Transitional Justice

UPDATE: Flip-flopping on Accountability – A Timeline

Featured image courtesy ada.lk On March 21, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tilak Marapana flagged the operationalisation of the Office on Missing Persons, the use of the Right to Information Act,…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 03/23/201807/28/2020
Corruption, Issues

Corruption and Complicity: Perceptions from across Sri Lanka

Discussions around corruption and its prevalence often focus on the highest echelons of power. In Sri Lanka, irregularities around the Central Bank bond issue continue to make the news – with the President most…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 12/15/201708/01/2020
Corruption, Issues, Politics and Governance

The Crackdown on Corruption

On November 8 President Maithripala Sirisena called the irregularities around the Central Bank bond issue a (a huge destruction) and said that those behind it must accept responsibility. He was speaking at…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 12/09/201708/01/2020
Human Rights, Issues, Media and Communications, Right to Information, Science and Technology

Blocked: RTI requests reveal process behind blocking of websites in Sri Lanka

On November 8, 2017 news began to spread that website Lankaenews had been blocked across all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Sri Lanka. The website itself has continually been mired in controversy…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 12/08/201708/01/2020
Gender, Media and Communications

#MeToo – Analysing The Conversation

On October 15, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted a request that inadvertently breathed new life into a movement. ‘Me Too’ was initially coined by Tarana Burke, who eventually formed a non-profit organization to…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 10/26/201708/01/2020
150 Years of Ceylon Tea, Economy, Healthcare, Issues, Youth

Roti and Rice: Examining Imbalances in Nutrition for Children in the Estate Sector

It’s 10:30 am at the Social Institute for the Development of Plantation Sector (SIDPS) pre-school on the Strathspey estate in Maskeliya. The children, most of them around five years old, queue up…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 08/28/201708/01/2020
150 Years of Ceylon Tea, Education, Human Rights, Issues

The Road to School: Access to Education in the Plantation Sector

For children living in Spring Valley estate, close to Badulla, the day begins at 5:30 am, when they begin to get ready for the bus to school. The bus leaves at 6:20…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 08/16/201708/01/2020
Human Rights, Issues, Reconciliation

A Honeymoon in a Refugee Camp – Remembering Black July, 34 Years Later

S Sornalingam had always thought he would have happy memories of July 1983. On July 15 that year, he and Suhenthra Muthuraja got married in a civil ceremony in Jaffna. At the time,…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 07/25/201708/01/2020

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