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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
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Writers Under Siege

Challenges in Addressing Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in Sri Lanka

In a report on Sri Lanka presented to the UN Human Rights Council in September 2023, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had stated, “lack of accountability at all levels remains…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 11/02/202311/02/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Refugees in Their Own Land: The Shared Plight of Sri Lankan Tamils and Muslims

I was 10 years old when Muslims were forced to move out of their homes in the North in October 1990. I never again saw or heard about the two Muslim students…

Maureen Ernest Maureen Ernest on 10/31/202310/31/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

A Single Story But With Differing Actors

In Israel/Palestine these are dark, terrible times with no obvious end in sight to the mounting bloodshed and destruction. It is also a time that gives rise to difficult but necessary con­versations:…

Mark Salter Mark Salter on 10/30/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Northern Muslims’ Right to Return – Whose Responsibility?

Thirty three years have passed since the eviction of northern Muslims. In October 1990, some 75,000 to 100,000 Muslims in the Northern Province, about five percent of the province’s total population,  were…

Shreen Saroor Shreen Saroor on 10/30/202310/30/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Media Narratives, Hateful Rhetoric and the Gaza Genocide

“Mom, I’m fine.” Those were the final words of Wadea Al-Fayoume, the six-year-old Palestinian American who was fatally stabbed 26 times at his home in Plainfield Township, Illinois on October 14, 2023.…

Ayesha Zuhair Ayesha Zuhair on 10/26/2023
Colombo, Culture, Human Rights, Identity, Jaffna, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Politics and Governance

Kanesh Thabendran: Remembering the Past and Uncovering the Truth

For most of his life, 35 year old artist Kanesh Thabendran has lived in a war zone where every day was a struggle for survival amid exploding bombs and falling artillery shells.…

Groundviews Groundviews on 10/24/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Cauldrons We Make

Jewish Currents is a US-based leftwing Jewish magazine. Soon after October 7 Hamas attack, its editor, Arielle Angel, a vocal proponent of Palestinian liberation, penned a letter to the readers. “I watched…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 10/22/202310/22/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Tragedy and Power of a Single Story

I am sick and tired of people not taking a stand on Palestine because they fear it is a “complex” issue; they don’t know enough of the history, they are neither Israeli…

Ruwanthie de Chickera Ruwanthie de Chickera on 10/20/202310/21/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

From the River to the Sea: Sri Lanka and Palestine

Sri Lankans are overwhelmingly standing with Palestine and with much of the Global South, which voted for a recent UN resolution, introduced by Russia, condemning Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip. There…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 10/19/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Sanitizing Israeli Horror and Demonizing Palestinian Resistance

Hamas’ coordinated rocket attack on Israel, which killed hundreds of Israeli citizens and brought a new Palestine-Israel War, is another chapter in the history and expansion of the Zionist settler state. To…

Dr Ameer Ali Dr Ameer Ali on 10/17/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Voice Referendum in Australia: Correcting Past Wrongs

Australia and Sri Lanka share a complex history of colonisation, which has deeply impacted their Indigenous populations. Both countries, members of the Commonwealth of Nations[i], grapple with the repercussions of their colonial…

Lionel Bopage Lionel Bopage on 10/13/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Reflections on the Israel-Hamas War

Israel’s Western allies, the US in particular, believe that any investigation into Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip will “exacerbate tensions” and “undercut efforts to advance a negotiated two-state solution.” I…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 10/11/202310/11/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, Longing and Belonging, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

Sutharsan’s Journey: When Leaving Does Not Take Away the Pain

What is home to you? Is it a place, a person, a vocation, or something else? Most immigrants, including myself, struggle with this question. Is home the place we were born or…

Sabrina Sourjah Sabrina Sourjah on 10/11/2023
Batticaloa, Farming & Agriculture, Human Rights, Human Security, Politics and Governance

Batticaloa Dairy Farmers Face Violence and Threats over Grazing Land

Batticaloa cattle farmers protesting against the encroachment of outsiders into their grazing land have faced physical attacks and threats as tensions escalated. Their cows have been killed and land set on fire.…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 10/09/202310/09/2023

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