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Colombo, Culture, Gender

The Conquering Hero: “Success” in Danushka Gunathilaka’s Sexual Assault Case

In the 11 months just past, several media reports were busy portraying the events in the trial of Danushka Gunathilaka, the Sri Lankan cricketer charged with sexual assault and violence against a…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 09/29/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance

The Online Safety Act: A Trojan Horse for Authoritarianism

The draft of Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act, published last week, is draconian, dangerous, and it should come as no surprise, also dumb. I’ve not studied any vocal support of the draft,…

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa on 09/23/202309/24/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Anti-Terrorism Bill Version 2.0: Still Worse Than the PTA

On September 15, the government published an Anti-Terrorism Bill, referred to as the ATA. The Bill is presented as a revision of an earlier version that was gazetted in March 2023, when…

Ermiza Tegal Ermiza Tegal on 09/23/202309/23/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Unthinking Nation

It was the spring of infatuation. Millions of Sinhala voters saw Gotabaya Rajapaksa the way he saw himself, a colossus among men, a king reborn. He and his acolytes had spent much…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 09/17/202309/17/2023
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Political philosophy, Politics and Governance

Re-Imagining Democracy in Sri Lanka

We at the BCIS began to conceptualize and plan this publication on the experience of democracy in our country at a time when the Sri Lankan people were on the verge of…

Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda on 09/15/202309/15/2023
Colombo, Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Health System Needs Urgent Support to Save Lives

Sri Lanka’s health system continues to face extreme challenges in the aftermath of the economic crisis and continued lack of health system strengthening. While some of the urgent threats such as power…

Shashika Bandara and Inosha Alwis Shashika Bandara and Inosha Alwis on 09/12/202309/12/2023
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Sri Lanka’s Channel 4 Problem

Perhaps I have been a little provocative in my choice of title. It’s not Sri Lanka that has a Channel 4 problem, it’s the Sri Lankan government. But in this corner of…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 09/10/202309/10/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Government Attacked for Lack of Accountability Ahead of HRC Sessions

Lack of accountability by the powerful undermines the rights of numerous Sri Lankans, according to a hard-hitting report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. The situation of…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 09/08/2023
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Debt Restructuring, Austerity and the IMF: a Panacea or an Exacerbation? Part 6

The IMF programme needs to be used to negotiate debt restructuring with commercial and multilateral creditors. It would create space to spend on priorities such as food and fuel. However, the country…

Lionel Bopage Lionel Bopage on 08/29/202308/29/2023
Colombo, Culture, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Elephants, Egos and Rain

It is in these months of Esala and Nikini, when the drought reaches its maxim that the first rain making festivals began. Rituals to appease the rain gods were initiated by the…

Sunela Jayewardene Sunela Jayewardene on 08/28/202308/28/2023
Colombo, Culture, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Pyromaniacs on the March

“Patriotism,” wrote Ambrose Bierce in is “The combustible rubbish ready to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his name.” Patriotism is not the last refuge of the scoundrel, as Samuel Johnson…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 08/20/202308/20/2023
Anuradhapura, Development, Economy, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Tracing Roots and Winning Rights: the March of the Malaiyaha Tamil Community

Two hundred years ago, the first groups of women and men were brought from southern India by the British colonial rulers to Sri Lanka to work in the hill country plantations. They…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 08/11/202308/18/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Sri Lanka’s Commission Addiction

The last few weeks have seen increased media coverage in a relation to a government proposal to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Sri Lanka. At face value, this seems…

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 08/05/202308/05/2023
Colombo, Culture, Gender, justice, Long Reads, Politics and Governance

The Statue of Tara: It’s Time to Come Home

She stands tall at the heart of the British Museum’s South Asian exhibit. In all her gilded bronze glory, her eyes search passing spectators, although the jewels which once adorned them have…

Sheruni Pilapitiya Sheruni Pilapitiya on 08/02/202308/02/2023
Colombo, Development, Environment, Politics and Governance

Saving the Leopard from Slipping into Extinction

In 2021, the Wildlife & Nature Protection Society (WNPS), Sri Lanka’s oldest such organisation (the third in the world), with the aid of the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC), persuaded the government…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 08/01/202308/02/2023

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