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War Crimes

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

Sanctions: A Step in the Right Direction to Combat Impunity

The UK government has announced sanctions on three top former war time military commanders and a former LTTE commander accused of serious human rights violations and abuses such as extra judicial killings,…

Groundviews Groundviews on 03/26/202503/26/2025
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

UK Sanctions Former Military Commanders and Karuna

The UK government has imposed sanctions, which include UK travel bans and asset freezes, on three former military commanders and a Tamil paramilitary leader accused of serious human rights violations and abuses…

Groundviews Groundviews on 03/25/202503/25/2025
Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

The Ghosts of Constitution Hill

I sense I’m standing on hallowed ground. A place searing with warnings, some heeded, many forgotten. Here the weight of history lays heavy on me, the solemn, searching, haunted visitor. I’ve never…

Amal de Chickera Amal de Chickera on 01/07/2025
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

The Murders of Troublesome Priests

January 6 this year is the 40 anniversary of the killing of Fr. Mary Bastian, a Catholic priest from the diocese of Mannar. It will be yet another anniversary to be celebrated without…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 01/06/2025
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

They Nailed Themselves to the Cross

Christianity gained popularity in Sri Lanka following the arrival of European invaders and became a widely practiced religion over time. The Nestorian crosses discovered during archaeological excavations in Anuradhapura, which was a…

Ishanka Singha Arachchi Ishanka Singha Arachchi on 12/25/2024
Human Rights, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Christmas Card to a President

  You ask me to sign a card to the outgoing president and his teacher spouse. Happy to do so while biting my tongue and repeating the mantra that this is a…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 12/24/202412/24/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Open Sesame for War Criminals?

In the second decade of the 21st Century, genocide is being televised. , the channel promises Israeli audiences “exclusive content from Gaza” – gory videos of death and destruction visited on Palestinians…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 12/22/202412/22/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

The United Nations’ Paradox: Peacekeeper or Power Puppet?

Racism has been a persistent challenge in human societies. Apart from the historical movements and the fight for justice and rights for marginalised groups, shrouded in open declarations of peace and unity,…

Safiyah Fazal Safiyah Fazal on 12/20/2024
Healthcare, Human Rights, International, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Reports Expose Israel’s Campaign of Total Extermination and Genocide in Gaza

A leading human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, and a humanitarian medical organization, MSF, have exposed Israeli’s campaign of total extermination and the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. In a…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/19/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Bringing Perpetrators of Gross Human Rights Violations to Task

The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP), an independent NGO working since 2013 to protect and promote justice and accountability in Sri Lanka, has submitted more than 60 sanctions and visa ban…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/12/2024
Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Amnesty International: Israel Committing Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization said in a landmark…

Amnesty International Amnesty International on 12/05/202412/05/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Culture of Impunity Enables Grave Human Rights Violations to Continue Unchecked

Despite ongoing pressure from the international community, reforms to advance human rights and reconciliation, especially in institutional and security sectors, have not occurred.  On the contrary, there are renewed threats to fundamental…

Groundviews Groundviews on 08/23/202408/23/2024
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
Human Rights, International, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

The Utility of Tears

  These tears fall into buckets, run to streams and rivers. These tears, shed weight from the body, leave   a light patina like drops on the windowpane. How to go on…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 06/17/2024
International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Spring

  Where do these words come from? From the bleeding River Jordan. From the Gaza sea bobbing with bodies and food packages. From the mosque in Rafah in the gunsights   of…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 06/11/202406/11/2024

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