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Mullaitivu

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Month
Human Rights, Moving Images, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Post-War, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Released at 71: the Story of Selvarathinam

The scorching heat beats down on the field. A herd of cows shelter under the trees that are scattered across the field. I went in search of Mr. Selvarathinam. His wife told…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 02/07/202302/07/2023
Culture, Memorialisation, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Using Art to Uncover a Lost Society Destroyed by War

In his new collection of artwork, Suntharam Anojan depicts a visual account of the impact of the 30 year war that altered the topographies of Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka. Through the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/06/202302/06/2023
Economy, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Catch of the Day, Year after Year: Mullaitivu Fishermen Battle On

A murder of crows peck at a katta karawala carcass outside a stretch of fishing wadiyas as the sun sets, leaving a long shadow over the Mullaitivu beach. Every now and again…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 01/11/202301/13/2023
Development, Farming & Agriculture, Human Rights, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Vavuniya

Bogaswewa: The Story of a Sorry Settlement

“This is the most shameless and ill thought out settlement of people in the history of this country,” says Anura Chandrasekara. He is a farmer, originally from Anuradhapura. He now speaks to…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 12/08/202201/16/2023
Human Rights, justice, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Vavuniya

The Enduring Cost of a Long and Brutal War

Human rights defenders, journalists, families of the disappeared and people remembering their dead are continually being harassed and monitored by intelligence services, military and police in the North. Although the war ended…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 11/23/202211/23/2022
Human Rights, justice, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Transitional Justice

The Luggage of Pain

“Son, this bag belonged to my daughter. I use her bag to try and find her. This bag contains all the documents. It’s now very old and has started to tear in…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 09/01/202209/01/2022
Human Rights, Jaffna, justice, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Who Will Punish the Perpetrators?

The images are stark and compelling. The STF men are stoic and menacing. They stand unmoving, machine guns clasped tightly to their chests, their faces obscured by motorcycle helmets. The women are…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 03/24/202203/24/2022
Development, Economy, Human Rights, Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Poverty, Reconciliation

Water Pumps and Chickens: Rhetoric vs Reality in the North

December 19, 2021. Jaffna town. 6 am. Three motorcycles parked one behind the other at an angle with headlights on. Two armed military personnel, clad in black, on each motorcycle. Women headed…

Ambika Satkunanathan Ambika Satkunanathan on 01/23/202201/23/2022
Development, Education, Kilinochchi, Language, Media and Communications, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya

Literacy and the Dimensions of the Digital Divide

Literacy rates in Sri Lanka have hovered in the high 90s for the past decade or so, impressive figures no doubt; enough for the country to be publicised in official publications as…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 09/08/202109/09/2021
Human Rights, justice, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Water Over the Vaduvakkal Bridge

Breakfast for three, hundred and fifty rupees. A trail of tea travelling through cups of steel, One held over another. Trees burdened by what they’ve witnessed, Hunched over. A sly wink. A…

Nida Admani Nida Admani on 05/18/2021
Human Rights, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

For Families of the Disappeared, the International Community is Their Last Hope

It is a small shed with cement brick walls and an asbestos roof facing a dusty street. Car horns blare and trucks rattle past. Outside on a weedy patch of grass three…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 02/27/202106/17/2021

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