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Peace and Conflict

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#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Arrests and Intimidation of Protesters Undermine Human Rights

The arrest of several protestors calling for Sri Lanka’s president and his associates to step down amid the ongoing economic crisis, has drawn attention to the grave human rights situation which persists…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 06/27/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Wild Politics and Brutal Policing

Police brutality is very much a normal part of the abnormal way of life that exists in Sri Lanka just as attacks by wild elephants have become an usual part of life…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 06/24/2022
#GoHomeGota, Colombo, Education, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Life after this Death?

“All that is solid melts into the air…” Marx and Engels (The Communist Manifesto) The socio-economic edifice that is Sri Lanka’s informal sector is collapsing.  According to the 2020 Labour Force Survey,…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 06/19/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Culture, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Dissent Art Comes Into its Own

There is a lot of blood; faces grotesquely distorted, hands dripping red, bared fangs and dismembered body parts. Disgraceful alliances are mocked, leaders are lampooned and ridiculed and suffering and repression are…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/17/202206/17/2022
Human Rights, justice, Kilinochchi, Peace and Conflict

Yogarasa Kanagaranjani’s Journey for Justice

“March 25, 2009. I remember that day very well. How can I forget it? That was the day I saw my son for the last time. That was the day I last…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 06/15/202206/17/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, War Crimes

Ananthy Sasitharan: One Woman’s Relentless Quest for Justice

Thousands of women across Sri Lanka are searching for missing their husbands, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. The long and tragic history of enforced disappearances goes back to the first JVP insurrection…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/15/202206/20/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Can the Aragalaya Be Sustained? What Does the Future Hold?

From a small, localised protest that began in the outskirts of Colombo, the aragalaya, or struggle, has flourished into a small village named GotaGoGama (GGG) complete with a library, first aid centre,…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/14/202206/14/2022
Colombo, Economy, Farming & Agriculture, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Food Sovereignty: Putting Farmers Back in Control

Colombo’s mayor, Rosy Senanayake, has cautioned that Colombo might run out of food by September.  The prime minister has warned that Sri Lankans will not be able to eat three meals a…

Priyanthi Fernando Priyanthi Fernando on 06/11/202206/11/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Moving Towards True Reconciliation

In May this year, a Sri Lankan living in Australia was seen tearing up a flyer on the Tamil genocide commemorations at a #GotaGoHome protest. He said, “Do you think there was…

Sabrina Sourjah and Dr. Aloka Wanigasuriya Sabrina Sourjah and Dr. Aloka Wanigasuriya on 06/07/202206/07/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Development, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Right to the City: GotaGoGama

Today, Colombo’s tent city GotaGoGama is a hive of activity but sustaining this energy will undoubtedly strain resources as participation waxes and wanes. I am reminded of another such space which celebrated…

Anoma Pieris Anoma Pieris on 06/07/2022
Colombo, Culture, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Chandraguptha Thenuwara’s Covert at Venice Biennale

Welcome to this conversation with one of Sri Lanka’s most renowned artists, Chandraguptha Thenuwara. I don’t think those who are listening need an introduction so I will go straight into ? It…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/06/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Crisis Agenda for the Vox Populi and Fourth Estate

 People gasp for breath, eyes burning as the teargas canisters explode. Smashing bursts from police water cannon fling back protesters’ bodies from the serried metal barriers. Suddenly the roaring, massed, demonstrators melt…

Lakshman Gunasekara Lakshman Gunasekara on 06/06/202206/06/2022
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Comrade Q – An Incomplete Sketch

The caption was pure Qadri: piece of June 2020 might have been the first time it strayed into his public writing. But then, as he points out, appointing a taskforce to create…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 05/29/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Anatomy of Violence

There has been a lot of violence and also a lot of talk about violence in this last month. It shouldn’t come as a surprise because violence has underlined our Sri Lankan…

Priyanthi Fernando Priyanthi Fernando on 05/28/202205/28/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Waving the Lion Flag

The lion flag is waved for a historic first time on a mass scale in the Galle Face urban youth protest but the violent anti-protester attackers coming from Temple Trees also burnt…

Lakshman Gunasekara Lakshman Gunasekara on 05/24/2022

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