Batticaloa

Ampara, Batticaloa, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Puttalam, Trincomalee, Vavuniya

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….

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa on 08/29/2007

Ampara, Batticaloa, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Jaffna, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Trincomalee, Vavuniya

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…

Groundviews on 08/14/200704/11/2008

Ampara, Batticaloa, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Jaffna, Mannar, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Puttalam, Trincomalee, Vavuniya

The Indo-Lanka Accord – Some reflections 20 years hence

Groundviews on 07/27/200704/11/2008

Ampara, Batticaloa, Colombo, Disaster Management, Galle, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Puttalam

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…

sam on 07/18/2007

Ampara, Batticaloa, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Mannar, Peace and Conflict, Puttalam, Trincomalee, Vavuniya

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…

Janith Vipulaguna on 07/11/2007

Batticaloa, Colombo, Disaster Management, Galle, Human Rights, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

Voices of Reconciliation Radio – New Content

Tune in and turn up the volume! VOR Radio aims to enhance social, political and cultural cohesion in Sri Lanka through podcasts in Sinhala, Tamil and English with a special focus on…

Groundviews on 07/05/2007

Batticaloa, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Trincomalee

Closer Look At Operation To Capture Thoppigala

To recap what has happened recently, 15 LTTE bodies were recovered on 22nd June in Toppigala while the government forces and LTTE both launched heavy artillery and mortar strikes at the front…

CRep on 06/25/2007

Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, Colombo, Galle, Human Rights, Matara, Peace and Conflict, Trincomalee, Vavuniya

Groundviews on 04/23/200704/11/2008

Batticaloa, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict

On “traitors” and federalism: Beyond the hypocrisy, towards collaboration

Bear with me and read the following carefully: “The problems of the Tamil community are best known to the Tamils than any others. Any solution to our problems put forward by us…

Sunanda Deshapriya on 04/15/2007

Ampara, Batticaloa, Human Rights, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Trincomalee

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…

CRep on 04/10/2007

Batticaloa, Disaster Management, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict

Whiter justice? – The killing of Thillainayagam Theeban

Photo credit: Video Image, Sri Lanka Media Helping Media features a poignant submission by Nalaka Gunawardene on the murder of Thillainayagam Theeban. As noted in the article: Theeban, 16 at the time…

Groundviews on 03/12/2007

Ampara, Batticaloa, Human Rights, Human Security, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Trincomalee

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…

on 03/12/2007

Batticaloa, Colombo, Galle, Human Rights, Human Security, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Trincomalee

White Vans, Disappearances And Abductions

Lets talk about white vans, disappearances and abductions. How much do people who don’t speak in Tamil know about these subjects, and conversely how much do people who speak in Tamil know…

Chamath on 03/05/2007

Ampara, Batticaloa, Human Security, Mannar, Peace and Conflict

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…

Dilrukshi Handunnetti on 03/05/200704/11/2008

Ampara, Batticaloa, Human Rights, Human Security, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Trincomalee

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…

CRep on 02/14/2007