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Development, Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Issues

Release Our Land As Promised: Displaced People And Supporters Write to President

Editor’s Note: The following is the text of a letter handed over to the President, Prime Minister and party leaders, asking for the release of land in the North and East to…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/27/201812/28/2018
Colombo, Identity, IDPs and Refugees, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict

Redefining Home: Experiences of the Jaffna Displaced

Many middle-aged displaced Tamils who have resettled in Colombo remain reluctant to return to their places of origin in Jaffna due to personal and professional reasons. This article explains how they have…

Diotima Chattoraj Diotima Chattoraj on 04/28/201804/28/2018
Issues, Peace and Conflict, Poetry, Post-War, Science and Technology

The Other Side

A glimpse of the streets we would have called home, I’m laughing in the park, climbing the coconut trees, Cycling through the dusty lanes, playing at the local spots. It’s a strange…

Indrani Balaratnam Indrani Balaratnam on 03/30/201604/01/2016
Development, Human Rights, Issues, Poverty

Voiceless: Stories of the Displaced

On Friday, posted a map to the displaced and marginalised, marking the International for the Right to Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, which falls on…

Groundviews Groundviews on 03/28/201603/28/2016

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