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Human Rights, justice, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Vavuniya

The Enduring Cost of a Long and Brutal War

Human rights defenders, journalists, families of the disappeared and people remembering their dead are continually being harassed and monitored by intelligence services, military and police in the North. Although the war ended…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 11/23/202211/23/2022
Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Vavuniya

The Never Ending Search for Sri Lanka’s Forcibly Disappeared

Chandrakumari whips out her smart phone and prods it sharply with one finger. She wants to display the website that says Sri Lankan Tamil girls are being held as sex slaves in…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 11/21/202211/26/2022
Colombo, Economy, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Stability or Protest, That is the Question

One striking issue is currently polarising society. Should the country forget about demanding system change and accept the status quo for now to get the economy back on track? The argument is…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 11/12/202211/12/2022
Colombo, Gender, Human Rights, justice

She Said/He Said

Much has been written and said in the last few days since the news was released that a Sri Lankan cricketer has been charged with sexual assault by an Australian woman. Between…

Lilanka Botejue and Devika Brendon Lilanka Botejue and Devika Brendon on 11/10/202211/13/2022
Colombo, Gender, Human Rights, justice

No Means No: A Cricketer’s Lesson on Consent

Innocent until proven guilty is a popular legal maxim seems to be flowing out of the mouth of many men and perhaps even an equal number of women who have suddenly developed…

Shruthi De Visser Shruthi De Visser on 11/09/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Poetry, Politics and Governance

On the Operating Table

  Paralysis, blocked arteries, arrests cutting off ringleaders, in a plot to silence the flow and will of the majority, this reality implemented swiftly once the dictator fled to be replaced by…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 11/03/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Writers Under Siege

Challenging Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in Sri Lanka

Brief Many journalists have been killed and subjected to enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka, with the Jayewardene-Premadasa led UNP governments of 1977 to 1994 and Rajapaksa led UPFA government of 2006 to…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 11/02/202211/02/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Only A Temporary Reprieve: The Supreme Court Determination on the Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill

Independent The Supreme Court’s determination on the constitutionality of the Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill was met with relief last week. While the determination affirms many fundamental principles and constitutional protections, it provides…

Ambika Satkunanathan Ambika Satkunanathan on 10/26/2022
Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), Vavuniya

Tortured Under the PTA, the Scars Will Never Heal

Pranavan (name changed), a former militant, was arrested in Vavuniya in April 2009 by people dressed in civilian clothes. Neither he nor his family were given prior warning of his arrest, which…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 10/22/202210/27/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Aragalaya is a Struggle for the Future of our Children

“be careful as you go ‘cos little people grow and little people know when little people fight we may look easy pickings but we got some bite”  Sunday October 9 was a…

Angeline Ondaatjie Angeline Ondaatjie on 10/16/202210/16/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Unfreezing the Grief: Coping with Ambiguous Loss

Are you a wife or a widow if your husband has been gone for years? Are you still a mother if your only child is missing? Do you speak of your brother…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 10/14/202210/15/2022
Colombo, Gender, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Transitional Justice

Justice is Elusive for Women of the North

Women of the north have been one of the most affected communities of the war; they are a socially excluded community. Approximately 60,000 households in the Northern Province were estimated to be…

Divya Mascranghe Divya Mascranghe on 10/12/202210/13/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

A Life Wrecked by an Unjust Law

In the decades of its use, the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) has been condemned for being an unjust and arbitrary law. The suffering of those detained under the PTA and the…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 10/12/202210/25/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Sri Lanka After Geneva: Quo Vadis?

Yet another resolution on Sri Lanka has passed in the UN Human Rights Council, 20 member states voting for it, seven against and 20 abstaining. This resolution will facilitate the continuation of…

Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu on 10/09/202210/09/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Achieving Human Rights for Sri Lankans After UN Vote

On October 6, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution calling for major change after repeated abuses by the Sri Lankan regime. There were 20 votes in favour with…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 10/08/202210/08/2022

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