Photo courtesy Al Jazeera “Don’t judge us on broken promises of the past government.” Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera told the 30 Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 14…
KEYNOTE: ‘The challenge of constitutional reform: Mediating change and managing continuity’ by Rohan Edrisinha, 5.30-7.00pm, 17th September JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free & open to public. Parking available inside…
KEYNOTE: ‘The constitutional vision of the new government ‘ by Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne, 5.30-7.00pm, 16th September JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free & open to public. Parking available inside the…
Opening Night Corridors of power: Drawing and modelling Sri Lanka’s tryst with democracy 6 – 9pm, 15th September 2015, JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Completely free and open to the public….
15 – 22 September 2015, JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free and open to the public. No tickets. Limited seating at venue. Led by the input of Asanga Welikala and…
AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, via 19 years in remand without conclusion of case, 17 years and case still ongoing in High Court, 15 years to file charges, 400-500 court hearings without conclusion of…
Photo from Balendran Jeyakumari was arrested with her then 12 year old daughter in March 2014 on charges she possessed two stolen mine detectors. Lugged in remand prison for almost a year,…
Photo EPA/M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA via Upon discovering I had been chosen as a short-term observer for the parliamentary election, it felt like Christmas had come early. Dallas to Doha to Colombo. And then on…
We like to admit that we’ve moved past that and are moving forward but conflict scars a nation in ways that can’t always be healed. Our places are beautiful – sea, lagoon,…
Today (Saturday, 15th), 5.30-7pm, Park Street Mews, Warehouse D, Colombo, Sri Lanka Free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets. Limited seating. What role does mainstream politics have to play in…
Keynote on ‘Sights of Violence, Sites of Memory: Reframing the Past’ delivered on the 13th of August, 2015 for ‘Framing the Past: Untying the Future’, 11th -17th of August 2015, Park street…
Today (Thursday, 13th), 5.30-7pm, Park Street Mews, Warehouse D, Colombo, Sri Lanka Free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets. Limited seating. Should sites of violence have new lives and under…
### When Sanjana Hattotuwa asked me to give the keynote today on the topic “Beyond Violence and War- Imagining a Just Peace” and to center that topic around the question of art,…
The Parliamentary election is getting closer. The submission of nominations has been completed. Voters look on with surprise at the antics of some candidates. Some people are confused due to views expressed…
Photo by Tehani Ariyaratne’s ‘Sanctuary’, part of exhibition ‘Watch this space: Framing the past, untying the future’ – an exhibition featuring Sri Lankan art and work from the Artraker “Art of Peace”…
