Image Courtesy of Sri Lanka Brief On 11 February 2010, Pattani Razeek, a former Grama Niladhari (Village Official), a former Managing Trustee of the Community…
Photo courtesy of Mongabay Whenever President Gotabaya Rajapaksa embarks on a “discussion with the villagers” visit, Sri Lanka’s environmental defenders shudder in anticipation of yet…
On February 26, the Sri Lankan government withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 30/1, which Sri Lanka endorsed in 2015. The resolution commits Sri…
Photo Courtesy of Sri Lanka Army Many are familiar with drone technology as a highly advanced aerial technology. Drones have become increasingly useful for organizations…
Photo Courtesy of The Daily Mirror The elephant is a symbol of pride, and of cultural and religious significance to Sri Lankans. They have been…
Photo Courtesy of feminisminindia.com “We have learnt from many political parties in the world. The best two are the BJP and the CCP (Chinese Communist…
Photo courtesy of dsrmedias.com Although Sri Lanka managed to control the initial COVID-19 outbreak, the country is now at a critical juncture where political and…
Image courtesy the Economist “11 years later: Back on the Frontlines, Fighting for You” announced an article by Gagani Weerakoon on Ceylon Today on the…
Photo via The Economist “I need justice but I am scared even to ask for the medical record. My mother did not have Corona, yet…
Image courtesy Lanka Views Ramzy Razik was arrested on April 9, 2020 at his home off Katugasota in Kandy by the CID. The next day,…
Photo courtesy NewsInAsia “…by tomorrow, everything will already look different; by tomorrow, everything will already feel different.” – Viktor Klemperer (The Language of the Third…
Image courtesy Sooke News Mirror Editor’s note: The following two short stories were sent in by Tara Kumarasinghe. She is “writing on behalf of the…
26th March 2020 To: H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Hon. Jayantha Jayasuriya, Chairman of the Judicial Services Commission,…
Image courtesy WHO “Epidemic diseases are not random events that affect societies capriciously and without warning. On the contrary, every society produces its specific vulnerabilities.…
Image from Flickr “Try again; fail again. Fail better. “- Samuel Beckett Last year at Easter, sudden acts of violence spread immense fear, injury and…
5th of March 2018 marked the beginning of a series of violent mob attacks against the Muslims in the central parts of the country, perpetrated…
Photo courtesy Tamil Guardian ‘This is how we felt after the tsunami, stunned, bewildered.’ So many friends in Sri Lanka said this to me in…
Photo courtesy South Asian Voices The last year of this decade, 2019 is possibly a turning point in Sri Lankan history. When looking back on…
Featured images by Amalini de Sayrah The focus of 2019’s International Human Rights Day is on a celebration of “the courage, clarity, and principle of…
Photo courtesy Lesley Barnes On the day that marks a week since a new era of Sri Lankan politics dawned, the country that voted for…