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Colombo, Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Nyet…Yahu

  Do you think we can put this aside, forget, go to the reading with books and introductions, nothing nagging in gut and mind? No vision   of a baby wrapped in…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 12/11/202312/11/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

75 Years On, UDHR’s Relevance in Sri Lanka and Beyond

On December 10, 1948 the UN General Assembly adopted a Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Drawing on grim experience of how misuse of power caused massive destruction and suffering and reflecting…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 12/10/202312/10/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Shadows on Justice: Unraveling the Crisis of Custodial Deaths

The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) took a decisive step towards justice by submitting a special petition to the UN, European Union and the Swiss Embassy in Sri Lanka.…

Dhanushka Silva Dhanushka Silva on 12/01/202312/01/2023
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, justice, Politics and Governance

Most People Believe Political Forces Were Involved in Easter Attacks

More than half the Sri Lankan population – 53% – believes local political forces were involved in the Easter Sunday attacks carried out in 2019, according to a survey commissioned in October…

Verite Research Verite Research on 12/01/202312/01/2023
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, 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, 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
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, 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
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

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