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Search Results for: freedom of expression

Colombo, Healthcare, Politics and Governance

Free Expression, Hunger and Racism in context of COVID19

Image by Nicolas Ortega via On 9th April, hundreds of people in Doluwa, in the Kandy district, came to the road demanding food and relief in the context of the three-week-long indefinite…

Damith Chandimal and Ruki Fernando Damith Chandimal and Ruki Fernando on 04/14/202004/14/2020
Human Rights, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

#FreeShahidulAlam: On protests and press freedom

Shahidul Alam is no stranger to Sri Lanka. In January 2005, the renowned photojournalist and activist documented damage wrought by the tsunami. His blog titled ‘Boxing Day blues’ shows a letter sent…

Groundviews Groundviews on 10/03/201810/03/2018
Human Rights, Issues, Media and Communications

Keeping Time On World Press Freedom Day

Sri Lanka ranks 131 on the Reporters Without Borders 2018 World Press Freedom Index, an improvement of 10 points in the space of a year. The reason for this may be the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 05/03/201805/03/2018
Education, International, International Relations, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Struggle for Freedom in India

In early January, as part of his much hyped ‘Make in India’ agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the ‘Start-Up India’ initiative. This ode to venture capitalism is but a complement to…

Vijay Nagaraj Vijay Nagaraj on 03/28/201603/28/2016
Colombo, Human Rights, Identity, Long Reads

Freedom and bondage: Lankans, then and now

Introduction There is a need to question the adequacy and suitability of current conceptions of both ‘human rights’ and ‘secularism’ to meet the challenges of unbridled majoritarianism, which seems perfectly at home…

Sajeeva Samaranayake Sajeeva Samaranayake on 04/01/201404/07/2014
Colombo, Identity, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Sinhalese and their fear of freedom

Anagarika Dharmapala, A.E. Goonesinha and C.W.W. Kannangara, three of the radical champions of the early 20th century who were ‘managed’ by the conservative leaders who eventually negotiated ‘freedom’ from the British. With…

Sajeeva Samaranayake Sajeeva Samaranayake on 01/31/201401/26/2014
Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Freedom of assembly in post-war Sri Lanka

The war in Sri Lanka ended on 18th May 2009. During three decades of war, civil liberties were severely curtailed, often in an arbitrary manner, without possibilities of challenging them or seeking…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 05/16/2013
Colombo, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

The Reckoning: Press Freedom in Sri Lanka

Cartoon by Carlos Latuff “The freedom to speak and the freedom to write are essential preconditions for the transition towards democracy and good governance” – We are living in the world, in which committed journalists writes…

Nirmanusan Balasundaram Nirmanusan Balasundaram on 05/19/201105/17/2011
Long Reads, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Securing Media Freedom in National Security States

“Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.” Benjamin Franklin. “Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.” Marx As Sri Lanka transforms from a welfare…

Jude Fernando Jude Fernando on 10/23/201012/28/2010
Colombo, Media and Communications, Post-War

Freedom to create, censorship and the future of Sri Lankan cinema: an anecdote

NB: The following is a brief (and therefore rather incomplete) note on the censorship and state-control imposed on present-day Sri Lankan cinema, where filmmakers are forced to be conscious of the prevalent…

Chaminda Weerawardhana Chaminda Weerawardhana on 07/01/201006/30/2010
Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

On Lasantha Wickremetunge, media freedom and human rights in Sri Lanka: Interview with Dilrukshi Handunnetti

“Governments usually don’t take notice of silent majorities” says well known investigative and environmental journalism Dilrukshi Handunnetti in this video interview with . To commemorate Human Rights Day 2009 (falling on 10…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/18/200903/08/2011
Colombo, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

Press freedom in the cyber age

When I first heard of indispensable machine, I left the island on voluntary exile. Some seven years later, the information technology landscape of Sri Lanka has seen dramatic transformations, in keeping with…

Chaminda Weerawardhana Chaminda Weerawardhana on 11/12/200911/09/2009
Disaster Management, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Vavuniya

Doing the Right Thing: Freedom for Vanni IDPs

[Editors note: An edited copy of this article appears in the of 27th September 2009. This is the full version.] It was a relief to hear that the government was at last…

Rohini Hensman Rohini Hensman on 09/28/2009
Colombo, Human Rights, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

War and Press Freedom

The Media at a time of war During the Second World War the German people tuned into the BBC for war news rather than their own radio managed by Goebbels who broadcast…

raja raja on 06/03/2008
Colombo, Media and Communications

Protecting the spectrum for media freedom

Nalaka Gunawardene is a science writer and media watcher. He writes a blog on media and society. This article is adapted and expanded from the author’s panel remarks made during the OUR…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/30/2007

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