Voldemort rising
Kofi Anan, former UN Secretary General At the time of writing, news of the liberation of the East and the resulting celebrations have captured headlines and the public imagination in Sri Lanka….
Ampara
Dismissing inconvenient truths – The Divaina’s take on Groundviews
Clearly, Groundviews seems to be doing something right in highlighting the plight of IDPs and refugees in the embattled North and East of Sri Lanka through stories such as and others. The…
“I pray God that no one in this world should face the hardships, faced by my child and meâ€Â
“registration” Eachchilampattai, Trincomalee Sri Lanka. IDP registration point. this young girl and her family had to flee from their village. They had to walk 36 km to reach this school where hundereds…
The forgotten: Sriyanie’s story from Welikanda
ගරු ජනà·à¶°à·’පà¶à·’à¶à·”මනි. අධ්â€à¶ºà·à¶´à¶± ඇමà¶à·’à¶à·”මනි විà·à·Šà·€ විද්â€à¶ºà·à¶½ පâ€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶à·’පà·à¶¯à¶± කොමිසමේ සභà·à¶´à¶à·’à¶à·”මනි විà·à·Šà·€ විද්â€à¶ºà·à¶½à¶ºà¶§ යෑමට සියලූ සුදුසුකම් à¶à·’බු මේ දà·à¶»à·“යට එය අහිමි වුයේ පදිංචි දිස්à¶à·’â€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶šà·Šà¶šà¶º à·€à·à¶»à¶¯à·“ම නිසà·à¶¯? එය මක෠දම෠හ෠නà·à·€à¶ අයදුම් පà¶à¶šà·Š ගෙන්වළ
The Indo-Lanka Accord – Some reflections 20 years hence
ඉන්දු ලංක෠ගිවිසුම (1987 ජූලි- 2007 ජූලි): අවස්ථà·à·€à¶šà·Šà¶¯? බලහà¶à·Šà¶šà·à¶»à¶ºà¶šà·Š ද? “ඉන්දු ලංක෠ගිවිසුමෙහි දසවන සංවà¶à·Šà·ƒà¶»à¶º අවස්ථà·à·€ පෙන්නුම් කරන්නේ එහි අරමුණ වු ජනවà·à¶»à·Šà¶œà·’ක ගà·à¶§à·…ුවට දේà·à¶´à·à¶½à¶± විසඳුමක් සොය෠ගà·à¶±à·“මෙහි ල෠à·à·“â€à·Šâ€à¶» ලංකà·à·€ ඇදහිය නොහà·à¶šà·’…
Wars and Waves: Sri Lanka’s internally displaced
The 28 minute documentary “Wars and Waves: Sri Lanka’s internally displaced” that was produced by COHRE, and directed and written by me, is available online. There was a small private launch a…
Homeless in one’s homeland
Photo credit: Agron, from Portraits of Displacement Worldwide, those rendered homeless and destitute by violent conflict is growing. According to UNHCR statistics, the figure of Internally Displaced Persons stood at over 32…
The Publicity Baby
Abilash Jeyarajah looks like any other ordinary toddler, living with his family in a small village near Kalmunai in the Ampara district of Sri Lanka. But life was not so ordinary for…
Any More Separation For TMVP?
TMVP is remembering their 3rd year of separation from the LTTE on April 10th 2004 when 175 Karuna cadres, including female cadres, were massacred in Verukal in an attack by the LTTE…
Security Forces North & East Operations
Civilians are returning to government-controlled areas on a mass scale and are fleeing LTTE territory, while the main goal of the government is to wipe out LTTE from the eastern area. This…
The wages of passivity
Sri Lanka’s Muslims have long kept quiet while Tamil militancy has made its own demands. Now they are becoming restive, fearing that silence may have cost them too much. By | Dilrukshi…
What Is The Future Of The Eastern University?
The Eastern University Muslim students are trying to get transfers to other universities for security reasons following the claymore attack by the LTTE on January 31st 2007. Students outside of Batticaloa district…
Brotherhood Bloodshed Again?
The TMVP has given a request to the government to conduct eastern provincial council elections and before that to setup an interim council. Because most of the eastern province is now under…
Double standards?
A post here points to a powerful new report on the dangers on humanitarian aid work in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. Reports in Groundviews, both from Citizen Journalists as well as news…
Abandoned War Displaced People From Border Villages
The people who are displaced from border villages in the east face many problems. However other communities get assistances through some NGO’s or CBO’s (community base organization) than the Singhalese communities. Specially…