Photo courtesy of We Effect The transitional justice process in Sri Lanka has come to a grinding halt. Reconciliation between the majority and minority communities…
Photo courtesy of NNN Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation In a tribal region of Afghanistan, a sad 10…
Image Courtesy of Pinterest A poem reflecting on the meaning of independence day. This country isn’t yours to offer, Upon the conditions set by you. You…
Photo courtesy of Newsin.Asia If colonization is the exercise of hegemony, administrative control and the fundamental subjugation of one group of peoples to another, then…
Photo courtesy of The Jakarta Post Sri Lanka continues to maintain its policy of mandatory cremations for those who have died due to COVID-19, deeply…
Photo courtesy of Social News XYZ “I was fascinated with the theme that we must make it happen together, which was perhaps said a countless…
Photo courtesy of Artmajeur Sri Lanka will celebrate its 73rd independence anniversary on February 4 but for many years now, the day has become one…
Photo Courtesy of BBC News Sri Lanka is led by a man who has, by his admission, two faces. In a more democratic avatar is…
Photo courtesy of Global Centre for Responsibility to Protect International and local human rights advocates urged the UN Human Rights Council’s Core Group for Sri Lanka…
Photo courtesy of Progressive Women’s Collective From Lithuania, Italy, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other many countries the plea is the same: bring us home.…
Image courtesy of CTV News Below is an excerpt from a presentation given by Shreen Saroor at the event Night of Ideas 2021 organized by the…
Photo courtesy of Shutterstock The findings of the National Study of Prisons undertaken by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka have been discussed in…
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As…
Photo courtesy of Independent Diplomat The Sri Lankan government is likely to face an uncomfortable time at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session…
Photo courtesy of Daily News Today in the International Day of Education Achieving a 92 per cent literacy rate, universal primary education, gender parity and…
Image Courtesy of Women Working “The sleep of reason produces monsters.” –Goya (Title of the 43rd etching in the Los Caprichos series) The tyranny of…
Photo courtesy of This Week in Worcester In his presidential election manifesto, Gotabaya Rajapaksa noted that “Sexual and Gender Based violence has increased in our…
Photo courtesy of The Guardian Using the policy tool of a dedicated special economic zone for services, the Colombo Port City in Sri Lanka aspires…
Photo courtesy of KLCC I put on a shirt today with red and blue stripes bordering a sea of white, and wrapping my legs a…
Photo courtesy of The Base Abolition is not a delusional cry for social chaos. It goes beyond the momentary, deconstructive approach of eliminating the police.…
Photo courtesy of InfoLanka Kanagasabai Thevathasan is a 64-year-old prisoner I met while I was at the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. Twelve years…
Photo courtesy of Eastern Eye We watched the film, Funny Boy, directed by Deepa Mehta and adapted from Shyam Selvadurai’s 1994 novel, twice. We were…
Photo courtesy of Ada Derana For nine months Muslims in Sri Lanka have been begging the government to allow them to bury relatives who have…
Photo courtesy of Daily News Sri Lankans are, in general, an emotional lot. They like conspiracy theories and where there aren’t any they like to…
Photo courtesy of Longitude 80 The estate sector, a high foreign exchange earner for the country, is undergoing a severe crisis. On one hand, estate…
Photo courtesy of Politico The propagation of extremism, the political patronage it receives and the fueling of division in society by extremist elements and their…
Photo courtesy of Indian Express “If only they would respect Tamils as humans.” An alleged former combatant who was “rehabilitated”. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam…
Photo courtesy of Twitter We will not forget Mullivaikkal, the shot, the strafed, the scissored, and the cluster-bombed. We will not forget holes in…
Photo courtesy of Asia News Twelve years ago today The Sunday Leader Editor, Lasantha Wickrematunge, was brutally murdered in broad daylight within a high security…
Photo courtesy of Quartz There is a tension between “equality” and “difference” in modern South Asia. The tension defines South Asia when it comes to…