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Batticaloa, Elections, Politics and Governance

Local Government Elections Aim to Restore Democratic Governance at the Grassroots

The Local Government elections scheduled for May 6 give Sri Lankans the opportunity to once again take control of running their own affairs and restore democratic governance at the grassroots level. The…

Groundviews Groundviews on 05/05/202505/06/2025
Batticaloa, Culture, Elections, Politics and Governance

Local Government Elections Herald a Positive Change for Women in the East

Women in Sri Lanka shun participating in politics for numerous reasons including hostility, harassment, threats, intimidation, violence and personal attacks on all fronts. While women consist 52 percent of the country’s population…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 05/04/202505/07/2025
Batticaloa, Culture, Gender, Human Rights, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Religion and faith, Trincomalee

Women’s Attire Stokes Religious Tension in Eastern Sri Lanka

In times of calamity women are affected disproportionately, and Sri Lanka’s ethnic and religious conflicts are no exception to the rule. In the post-war context, Tamil women were left to look for…

Shreen Saroor Shreen Saroor on 05/08/2024
Batticaloa, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Transitional Justice

The Mylanthanai Massacre: A Continuing Cycle of Impunity

Nallasera Nallamma was cooking lunch when the soldiers stormed into her remote village of Mylanthanai, one hour northwest of Batticaloa town, on August 9, 1992. They rounded up the villagers, separating the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 11/24/202312/31/2023
Batticaloa, Farming & Agriculture, Human Rights, Human Security, Politics and Governance

Batticaloa Dairy Farmers Face Violence and Threats over Grazing Land

Batticaloa cattle farmers protesting against the encroachment of outsiders into their grazing land have faced physical attacks and threats as tensions escalated. Their cows have been killed and land set on fire….

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 10/09/202310/09/2023
Arts and Theatre, Batticaloa, Gender, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict

Kamala Vasuki: Bringing Truth Through Art

Kamala Vasuki is an artist and feminist activist who has continuously reacted and responded to oppressive, marginalizing and silencing mechanisms through her social action and her expressions through art. The work she…

Dr. S. Jeyasankar Dr. S. Jeyasankar on 03/29/2023
#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

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