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Colombo, Elections, International, Political philosophy, Politics and Governance

Power To The People

Reflecting on the recent elections in both Sri Lanka and the US is an interesting exercise particularly because, as the two countries now have synchronized election cycles, comparisons and contrasts are readily…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 11/19/202411/19/2024
Human Rights, International, Peace and Conflict, Poetry

Listen

Listen to the doctor, the pediatrician, the head of the children’s hospital   in North Gaza.  Listen to him mourn his son. Listen to his cries, his wailing.   his son killed…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 11/12/202411/19/2024
International, Peace and Conflict, Poetry, Politics and Governance

Nyet

  No more refugees. No more border- crossers. No more morning after pills. No more right to decide who will decide if I will bear the greatest child in the greatest nation….

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 11/07/2024
Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Traveling Genocide

    I will not be silent. When Sri Lankan soldiers murdered seventy thousand Tamil civilians in the Vanni during the last months of the last Eelam War,   there were cries…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 11/01/2024
Human Rights, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

AI and the Erosion of Humanity: Lessons from Israel’s Wars

Washington Post The ongoing conflict in Gaza has become a chilling showcase for the perils of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in warfare. Israel’s deployment of AI-powered systems to generate target lists and guide…

Andrea Novellis Andrea Novellis on 10/31/2024
Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Out of Yaffa

He has never visited Yaffa, home of his grandfather, just forty miles away across No Man’s land and the border fence. He has not seen the Wailing Wall, stepped on   the…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 10/29/2024
Human Rights, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

A Bloody Turn

You say we are all traumatized by this genocide, that we are responsible as well, that we cannot hide under books or pillows from drones, fighter jets and two thousand pound bombs….

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 10/21/2024
Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

US Imperialism Drives Middle East War

(Lenin) (General Alexander Haig, American Secretary of State) It is little over one year since Hamas fired those deadly rockets on Israel as mark of its violent struggle to liberate Gaza from…

Dr Ameer Ali Dr Ameer Ali on 10/19/2024
International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Gaza as a Moral Compass – and a Strategic Blunder

The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has pledged solidarity with Gaza and Palestine. In this the National People’s Power (NPP) party differs little from other political outfits in the country, which…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 10/09/202410/09/2024
Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Global Israel Poses Global Threat

Global Israel is a name coined by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe in his latest book and it refers to “a coalition that includes most governments, mainstream media and some parts of…

Dr Ameer Ali Dr Ameer Ali on 10/07/2024
Human Rights, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Gaza, First Death Anniversary

International   Words cannot bring back the dead. But they can heal the wounded my teacher said.   I went to the house; found its absence baffling and bitter like smoke disappearing…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 10/07/2024
Colombo, Gender, Healthcare, Human Rights, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Need for Humanitarianism is Greater Than Ever

Former High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, said there were no humanitarian solutions to humanitarian problems because what they required were political solutions. When states and governments fail their citizens, endangering their…

Groundviews Groundviews on 08/30/202409/03/2024
Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Erasure of the Palestinian

During the final stages of the 30 year war in Sri Lanka there was a perception held by the West and its allies, and reiterated like a mantra ever since, that it…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 08/24/202408/24/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Seventy Five Years of the Geneva Conventions

In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Groundviews conducted an in depth interview with Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy, a distinguished human rights lawyer and former UN Under-Secretary-General. Dr. Coomaraswamy, renowned…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 08/12/2024
International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Crisis in Bangladesh

After the shocking fall of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh enters a new era with a non-partisan government headed by US-backed businessman and Nobel laureate, banker Muhammad Yunus. The Hasina regime fell in a…

Anisur Rahman Anisur Rahman on 08/11/2024

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