Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Sections
    • A-Z of Sri Lankan English
    • Banyan News Reporters
    • Longing and Belonging
    • Long Reads
    • LLRC Archive
  • Authors
  • Editors
  • Special Editions
    • End of war | 5 years on
    • 30 Years Ago
    • Mediated | Art
    • Moving Images
    • End of War
    • Remember the Riots
  • About
  • Contact
  • Site Guidelines
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • Subscribe: RSS | EMAIL
  • ARCHIVES
Groundviews

Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks

Year
Month
#GoHomeGota, Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Curse on Sri Lanka’s Bloodstained Leaders

The Catholic Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, knows exactly why most Sri Lankans are living through the worst times ever experienced in recent history. It’s the curse on the bloodstained leaders…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 04/21/202204/21/2022
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Preventing or Promoting Terror? Regime’s Rough Ride at UN

The Sri Lankan government was never likely to find the scrutiny of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in March 2022 a comfortable experience. In a discussion delayed because of the…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 03/08/202203/08/2022
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

The Puzzling Case of Hejaaz Hizbullah

The gold balloon tubes spelling out the words “welcome back” still hang in the living room, swaying in the gentle breeze one month after he finally returned home, a stark reminder of…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 03/07/202203/14/2022
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

The PTA and Defending the Human Rights of a Sovereign People

The onset of the bi-annual sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in which Sri Lanka features prominently on the agenda through UNHRC Resolution 46/1, contributes to several local activities.…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 03/03/202203/03/2022
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Catholic Church Demands Justice for Easter Sunday Attacks

The latest drama in the long running saga of the Easter Sunday bombings was the sudden arrest by the CID and subsequent release by the Magistrate’s Court of social activist and Easter…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 02/17/202202/17/2022
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
Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Kalutara, Kandy, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Transitional Justice

The Role of the Public in Fighting Racial Nationalism and Religious Extremism

It is not strange to Sri Lanka that race, religion and culture are continuously exploited by politicians to maintain their voter base and to secure their seat in governance. It is a…

Sajini Wickramasinghe Sajini Wickramasinghe on 11/04/202111/04/2021
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

The Prevention of Terrorism Act: Whom Does It Keep Safe?

Does the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) keep us safe? How often is it misused? Does it cause unjust suffering to people? If it does cause suffering, how much suffering are we…

Ermiza Tegal and Amra Ismail Ermiza Tegal and Amra Ismail on 05/25/202110/11/2021
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, justice, Politics and Governance

A Big Lie: The Promise of Justice for Easter Sunday Attacks

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith presided over the April 21 commemoration with the participation of other religious leaders. Talking about the issue he has said that the problem is not just about Catholics, but…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 04/22/2021
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
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Denying Justice While Dehumanizing a Community at Large

Thirty-one people died in the suicide attack on Zion evangelical church in Batticaloa on April 21, 2019, of which 14 were children. To date the church remains locked with a notice on…

Shreen Saroor Shreen Saroor on 04/21/202104/21/2021
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Justice for Easter Sunday Attacks, Navaly Church Bombing and Other Crimes

Last Sunday, February 28, during the holy mass our parish priest  at St. Joseph’s Church, Ratmalana announced that all Catholics in Colombo Archdiocese are requested to wear black when going to church…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 03/03/202103/12/2021
Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Gampaha, Memorialisation, Terrorism

Remembrance and Tribute to Victims of Terrorism

Today is the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to Victims of Terrorism. In Sri Lanka, the word terrorism embodies an experience that stretches over 30 years, the most recent being the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 08/21/202009/03/2020
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Honouring the victims of 21 April 2019 through togetherness and unity

Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP via NPR Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Easter Sunday attacks, in which eight IS terrorists senselessly murdered 269 Catholic and Christian worshippers and tourists, shattering our…

Shreen Saroor Shreen Saroor on 04/21/202004/21/2020

Posts navigation

Older posts

  • Popular
  • Recent

Facebook

Groundviews

Twitter

Tweets by @groundviews

Copyright © 2016 Groundviews. All rights reserved. All content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Web Design & Development by SABERION