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#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Corruption, Disaster Management, Economy

Sri Lanka Goes to the IMF

Sri Lanka has taken the (rather delayed) initiative to seek International Monetary Fund (IMF) aid and assistance to cure the economic crisis. Before I delve into what the IMF conditionalities and its…

Shania Dedigama Shania Dedigama on 07/04/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Advocacy, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

The Tea is Cold: Cinema as Social Responsibility

A young man from Colombo, Randika, travels to Jaffna on an assignment to find out how the war has affected people there. At first he is more interested in sharing photographs on…

Groundviews Groundviews on 07/04/2022
Colombo, Gender, Healthcare, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Bodily Harm: Abortion and the Rights of Women in Sri Lanka

The title of this article is taken from a collection of short stories by Margaret Atwood who has attained celebrity cult status recently due to her dystopic novel The Handmaid’s Tale, which…

Lilanka Botejue and Devika Brendon Lilanka Botejue and Devika Brendon on 06/29/202206/29/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Economy, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Good Governance, Bad Governance and No Governance

Good governance means a system of governance that ensures economic efficiency guaranteeing economic stability throughout a nation. This economic efficiency can only be brought about by the observance of transparency, accountability and…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 06/28/202206/28/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

Looking for a Way Out of the Abyss

Our country has collapsed. Government spokesperson Bandula Gunawardena announced that fuel supply has come to a standstill and fuel will be available only for essential services. These is no one to blame,…

Godwin Constantine Godwin Constantine on 06/28/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Arrests and Intimidation of Protesters Undermine Human Rights

The arrest of several protestors calling for Sri Lanka’s president and his associates to step down amid the ongoing economic crisis, has drawn attention to the grave human rights situation which persists…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 06/27/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Bringing Justice and Relief to Torture Victims

That Sri Lanka is a country where torture is rife has been well documented by several international organisations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) and…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/26/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Wild Politics and Brutal Policing

Police brutality is very much a normal part of the abnormal way of life that exists in Sri Lanka just as attacks by wild elephants have become an usual part of life…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 06/24/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Development, Economy, Elections, Politics and Governance

Elections Are the Only Way Forward

Verité Research The young Sri Lankan cricket team has done the impossible and beaten the powerful Australian cricket team several times in the shorter formats of the game, giving Sri Lankans some…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 06/24/202206/24/2022
#GoHomeGota, Colombo, Education, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Life after this Death?

“All that is solid melts into the air…” Marx and Engels (The Communist Manifesto) The socio-economic edifice that is Sri Lanka’s informal sector is collapsing.  According to the 2020 Labour Force Survey,…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 06/19/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Culture, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Dissent Art Comes Into its Own

There is a lot of blood; faces grotesquely distorted, hands dripping red, bared fangs and dismembered body parts. Disgraceful alliances are mocked, leaders are lampooned and ridiculed and suffering and repression are…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/17/202206/17/2022
Human Rights, justice, Kilinochchi, Peace and Conflict

Yogarasa Kanagaranjani’s Journey for Justice

“March 25, 2009. I remember that day very well. How can I forget it? That was the day I saw my son for the last time. That was the day I last…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 06/15/202206/17/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, War Crimes

Ananthy Sasitharan: One Woman’s Relentless Quest for Justice

Thousands of women across Sri Lanka are searching for missing their husbands, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. The long and tragic history of enforced disappearances goes back to the first JVP insurrection…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/15/202206/20/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Can the Aragalaya Be Sustained? What Does the Future Hold?

From a small, localised protest that began in the outskirts of Colombo, the aragalaya, or struggle, has flourished into a small village named GotaGoGama (GGG) complete with a library, first aid centre,…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/14/202206/14/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

Hiding the Sins of the Elite

Therein lies the rub. At the heart of most of the crises that have beset the nation of Sri Lanka is a corrupt, inequitable and underdeveloped economic structure of colonial origin. Attention…

Michael Cooke Michael Cooke on 06/13/2022

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