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#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Ampara, Batticaloa, Culture, Economy, Farming & Agriculture, Gender, Human Rights, justice, Pandemic, Post-War

We want the Power of Equality, Justice and Love. Not Love for Power.

In late April, women from movements and collectives in the North and East marched into GotaGoGama in Galle Face to voice their concerns and issues in solidarity with the struggle in the…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 05/26/202201/11/2023
Batticaloa, Culture, Economy, Human Rights, Identity, Jaffna, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Refusing a Neoliberal Peace in The Incomplete Thombu

Today Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis since independence. In the coming months, people’s hardships will only worsen as more austerity is forced on them. The present crisis is a result…

Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham on 04/04/202204/04/2022
Batticaloa, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Batticaloa Bears Impact of Easter Sunday Attacks

Sri Lanka’s return to terror came on April 21, 2019 with the bombing of three hotels and three churches that killed 267 people and injured about 500. The trial of 25 men…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/05/2022
Batticaloa, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, justice, Peace and Conflict, Terrorism

“I live with his memory”: A Documentary on the Easter Sunday Attacks

The voices on the walkie-talkie sound alarming. The eyes of security officers in uniform search for unknown faces. They stand 500 meters away from the church and closely monitor the situation. Those…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 04/22/202104/22/2021
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
Batticaloa, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Trincomalee

Fear in the East: What Lies Beneath

They joke of being followed by intelligence officers and questioned on who visited them and what they spoke about but underneath lies a real fear of being intimidated, harassed and threatened when…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 04/16/202104/16/2021
Batticaloa, Peace and Conflict

The Sathurukondan Massacre: Witnesses Speak

September 9, 1990, 5.30 pm. Armed men clad in military uniform and civilian clothes instruct people from Sathurukondan, Kokkuvil, Pachchaiyadi and Pillayaradi to come out to the road. They are taken to…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 09/10/2020
Batticaloa, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

“Where, where, where?” They Ask

It was a dramatic moment: a tall, well-built young man dressed in white with a black band tied across his forehead pushed his way through the closed gates of the church premises…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 09/02/202009/04/2020
Batticaloa, Colombo, Human Rights, Jaffna, Kandy, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Vavuniya

Disappearances in Sri Lanka: Struggles by Families and Reprisals

In different parts of Sri Lanka, families of the disappeared came together to hold events to commemorate the UN Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30. In Digana (Central province), families held…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 09/02/202009/02/2020
Batticaloa, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, Long Reads, Religion and faith

Looking East

Batticaloa and Kattankudy are 318 and 317 kilometers away from Colombo, respectively. They are, however, just under 10 kilometers away from each other. The relationships and experience, that have been shaped by…

Pasan Jayasinghe and Amalini De Sayrah Pasan Jayasinghe and Amalini De Sayrah on 07/21/201907/21/2019
Batticaloa, Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Peace and Conflict

Massacre of the Innocents: Whereto from here

Photo by JEWEL SAMAD / AFP/GETTY IMAGES via KCUR. “Unmindful are the walking dead The known way is an impasse.” Heraclitus (The Fragments) We have been here before. This blooded precipice is…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 04/23/201905/04/2019
Batticaloa, Elections, Politics and Governance, Polls

Making Ripples in Public Political Space: The Entry of Women into Local Government in Post War Batticaloa

Yesterday, the day before one of the most historic elections of post-independence Sri Lanka, I sat with a friend who is standing for local government elections for the first time. She is…

Sarala Emmanuel Sarala Emmanuel on 02/10/201802/10/2018
Batticaloa, Disaster Management, Environment, Issues, Puttalam

The Waiting Earth: Communities and cultivators affected by Sri Lanka’s drought

At the time of writing, 488,277 families and 1,665,961 individuals are affected by the on-going drought in Sri Lanka. The country’s rice harvest has been halved, the worst on record in 40…

Amalini De Sayrah Amalini De Sayrah on 11/04/201711/06/2017
Batticaloa, Development, Issues

Tourism Overlooks Livelihood Recovery in Post-War Sri Lanka

Introduction In July 2016, the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in association with the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), organized a four-day international conference in Passikudah, Batticaloa district. Its theme was:…

Phurwa Gurung Phurwa Gurung on 06/17/2017
Batticaloa, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Wijedasa Rajapaksa: Unfit for the job of Justice and Buddha Sasana Minister

Justice and Buddha Sasana Minister Wijedasa Rajapaksa is seen as a blatant liar by the Muslim community. He has become Yahapalanaya’s unofficial patron of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) and its controversial leader…

Hilmy Ahamed Hilmy Ahamed on 12/27/201601/03/2017

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