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Colombo, Gender, Healthcare, Human Rights

All Those Who Labor: Enduring Obstetric Violence In Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, motherhood appears to be publicly venerated: the country is called The Motherland, and mothers are universally regarded as a powerful force and influence in the lives of their children.…

Kanya D’Almeida and Devika Brendon Kanya D’Almeida and Devika Brendon on 11/25/202311/25/2023
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…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 11/24/202311/25/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Kill the Families

  When I set off for Columbia University to become a foreign correspondent, to cover wars and peacemaking, famine,   floods, murders, kidnappings, larceny on a global scale, I never imagined that…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 11/24/202311/24/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Remembering the Dead

As a Catholic, I start November with All Souls Day remembering our departed loved ones; as a Tamil, November ends with remembering the Tamil militants who sacrificed their lives for a Tamil…

Maureen Ernest Maureen Ernest on 11/23/202311/25/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Three Poems for Palestine

   APOCALYPSE The thunder of horses’ hooves No longer evokes terror This comes from the skies Life limps amidst the craters, The suffocating smoke, Brimstone would be a welcome manna from heaven…

Premini Amerasinghe Premini Amerasinghe on 11/22/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

“Absence of Evidence is Not Evidence of Absence”

The title of the article comes from a comment made by Donald Rumsfeld when he was US Defence Secretary for President George Bush and when they learnt that the UN Monitoring, Verification…

Dr Ameer Ali Dr Ameer Ali on 11/21/202311/21/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, Politics and Governance, Youth

Sri Lanka’s Journey on Universal Children’s Day

Universal Children’s Day is an important global event that focuses on the rights and welfare of children worldwide. It is celebrated on the 20th of November in commemoration of two significant milestones…

PEaCE/ECPAT Sri Lanka PEaCE/ECPAT Sri Lanka on 11/20/202311/20/2023
Colombo, Corruption, Economy, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Still, the Mirage

The Supreme Court judgement about the Rajapaksa culpability for Sri Lanka’s economic ruin couldn’t have come at a better time. The sense of hope generated by the ending of chronic shortages and…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 11/19/202311/19/2023
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

German Artist Otto Dix Depicts the Horrors and Futility of War

Artists and writers throughout the ages have depicted the horrors of war in graphic detail in their work. From Wilfred Own’s poems about World War I to Picasso’s painting Guernica on the…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 11/15/202311/15/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Nathasha Edirisooriya, Ramzy Razeek, Shakthika Sathkumara and the ICCPR Act

 Nathasha Edirisooriya, a young female standup comedian, was arrested under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act no. 56 of 2007 on May 27, 2023 for comments during a…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 11/14/202311/14/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance, Science and Technology

Impact of Internet Intermediaries on Digital Spaces and Human Rights

Since September 2023, the discourses on online safety and digital spaces in Sri Lanka have been dominated by the implications of the proposed Online Safety Bill. The Bill has attracted criticism for…

Piyumani Ranasinghe Piyumani Ranasinghe on 11/13/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Indefinite Security Responsibility or Infinite Control Over Gaza?

“Those who want to thwart the possibility of a Palestine State should support the strengthening of Hamas and the transfer of money to Hamas. This is part of our strategy” (Benjamin Netanyahu…

Dr Ameer Ali Dr Ameer Ali on 11/11/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, International, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Palestine and Israel, International Law and Sri Lanka’s Grim Experience

Recent events in the Middle East have left people throughout the world horrified, especially since so many of the injured and killed have been children. Those with widely varying backgrounds and beliefs…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 11/10/202311/10/2023
Colombo, Gender, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Women’s Access to Decent Work in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, only 7.7% of working age females are engaged in formal employment with decent wages and decent working hours. The country’s persistent challenge of low female labour force participation is…

Kimuthu Kiringoda and Himani Vithanage Kimuthu Kiringoda and Himani Vithanage on 11/08/202311/08/2023
Colombo, Diaspora, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Poetry, Politics and Governance

Tamilian in Paris

Weekly   The restaurant served idly and dosai around the corner from Notre Dame, before the fire, in a perfect union of India and Europe, while at my table a waitress asked…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 11/06/2023

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