Photo courtesy of South China Morning Post In Sri Lanka, both mainstream and social media often portray Muslims in a negative light. This portrayal draws…
Photo courtesy of Shreen Saroor Thirty-one people died in the suicide attack on Zion evangelical church in Batticaloa on April 21, 2019, of which 14…
Photo courtesy of the Sunera Foundation Not so long ago, to be a person with disabilities meant stigma, exclusion and isolation because people are disabled…
Resilient is a word frequently used by human rights activists and the development sector, to describe persons affected by war and violence. In Sri…
They joke of being followed by intelligence officers and questioned on who visited them and what they spoke about but underneath lies a real fear…
Thennamaravadi is an isolated rural village some 65 kilometres north of Trincomalee on the Pulmoddai Road. The inhabitants rely mostly on farming and fishing to…
Photo courtesy of Twitter “You are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church” “The poor broke his heart’, ‘and the wound never…
Photo courtesy of Just Security The farcical arithmetic of the regime and its apparatchiks notwithstanding- that the abstentions should be counted as support for the…
That we cannot exist meaningfully without language and communication, is a simple concept. A look back at Sri Lanka’s history of language policy shows why…
Today is the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims On March 24,…
Photo courtesy of Kumanan Kanapathippillai The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) passed a resolution on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka…
Photo courtesy of Oneindia The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution “Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka” was adopted with 22 members…
Photo courtesy of Twitter “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two is four. If that is allowed all else follows.” George Orwell (Nineteen…
Photo courtesy of Voice of America In the 1970s, an idealistic young medical student was seized during a US-backed military coup. She and her parents…
Photo courtesy of UCA News A Gazette notification was published on March 5 announcing proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code. It creates the obligation…
Photo courtesy of Rediff Kannan was ten when he joined the LTTE; he left when he was fourteen. His testimony on what he had experienced…
Photo courtesy of Netral.News As the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) winds its way in Geneva, it is now almost certain…
Photo courtesy of Wai Wai An online interview with Wai Wai, a young female protester in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 12. How was your day…
Iranaitheevu has been in the news this month after residents steadfastly opposed a government decision to use the island to bury COVID-19 dead bodies. On…
Photo courtesy of Kumanan Kanavaripillai At its 46th sessions, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) will be debating the resolution on Sri Lanka that has…
Photo courtesy of Centre for American Progress (A briefer version of this article was published in the UK Guardian on March 4.) In the thrall of an…
Last Sunday, February 28, during the holy mass our parish priest at St. Joseph’s Church, Ratmalana announced that all Catholics in Colombo Archdiocese are requested…
Photo courtesy of the world news platform On February 24, after the interactive dialogue on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) when…
Three years ago, the villagers of Mullikulam in the Mannar district left behind their brick homes with water, toilets and beds to camp out in…
It is a small shed with cement brick walls and an asbestos roof facing a dusty street. Car horns blare and trucks rattle past. Outside…
The sentiments are unanimous. Under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidency and government, Sri Lanka’s human rights defenders in the north are being threatened, harassed and intimidated…
Photo courtesy of UNOPS Pressure on the government is growing in the run-up to a United Nations Human Rights Council session in February-March 2021. People…
Image courtesy of United Nations Former UN officials and independent experts call on the international community to take immediate steps towards justice and accountability to…
Image courtesy of Daily News Remembering Richard De Zoysa (03/18/1958 – 02/18/1990) Animals continue to crack in Sri Lanka, Richard. Lions don’t exist in the…
Image courtesy of Amnesty International Amnesty International Press Release: The Sri Lankan Government has launched a renewed crackdown on dissent that is severely curtailing civil…