In a chilling and frank admission of the true mentality of this repugnant government, Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (not known for his tact) admits in an interview to Reuters that the eviction…
How can those who tortured and those who were tortured co-exist in the same land? How to heal a country that has been traumatised by repression if the fear to speak out…
“Majority decisions tell us what people want at the moment, but not what it would be in their interest to want if they were better informed… The argument for democracy presupposes that…
This columnist spent the last two weeks in the UK and the US speaking to opinion and policy makers on the human rights and humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. In these conversations…
“Australia should add its voice to this call and put real pressure on the Sri Lankan Government to accept an international monitoring body. The conflict can only be resolved through dialogue, but…
The recent massacre of a family in Delgoda gripped the attention of the media recently. Reports today indicate that several houses of those suspected to be behind the massacre were torched by…
The full title should have read, “I am an enemy of the State as defined by the Rajapaksa administrationâ€Â. Truncation was not meant for sensational optics alone. The accusation is increasingly made…
Update to the story published earlier. FMM is relieved to report that former Journalist Pakkiyanathan Vijayashanthan who went mission yesterday noon, reported to Badulla Police station some 200 KM away from Colombo….
From a Free Media Movement statement released last night: Pakkiyanathan Vijayashanthan alias Vijayan, who had been a journalist and actor was reported missing today, 18th may 2007. He worked for a Tamil…
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Taken from the Editorial in the Catholic Messenger of the 29th April 2007 The Indian newspaper Hindustan Times commenting on the statement issued by the Vatican quoted thus: “According to the Vatican…
Click here for a larger version. Graphed from data on Reuters Alertnet, the chart above covers the period from 21.9.2006 to 10.5.2007. It’s an wretched contest to be in, but over the…
The photo above was taken at a busy intersection in Colombo. How much are we willing to sacrifice to root out the LTTE? Are they the only terrorists in Sri Lanka? What…
In this article I explore two issues. One, the murder of Don Bolles in America and the other, the recent virulent verbal attack by the Defense Secretary against Champika Liyanaarachchi, Editor of…
Bob Rae, former Premier of Ontario, Canada, submitted this article to Groundviews. It was first published in the Globe and Mail on 4th April 2007. To honour the memory of Kethesh Loganathan…
