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 Progressive Women’s Collective From Lithuania, Italy, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other many countries the plea is the same: bring us home.…
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 Quartz There is a tension between “equality” and “difference” in modern South Asia. The tension defines South Asia when it comes to…
Photo courtesy of Nikkei Asia In a statement, a group of eminent civil society activists and organisations and religious leaders have called on the government…
Photo courtesy of Mannar Women’s Development Federation “The dignity of the dead, their cultural and religious traditions, and their families should be respected and protected throughout.” World…
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Photo courtesy of New Indian Express The currently available Covid-19 vaccines have been authorized for emergency use in Europe and North America. This is due…
Photo courtesy of Newsfirst Sri Lanka hit the lowest point in their COVID-19 response when a 20-day-old Muslim infant was cremated on December 9, 2020 against the…
Photo courtesy of The Independent Systematic discrimination and human rights violations against minority communities in Sri Lanka are not new in the country’s political and…
Photo Courtesy of Women Missing Voices “After the war in 2009, society became divided into two. There was hate propaganda on the internet. Sinhalese got…
Photo courtesy of Asia News COVID-19 has been dominant factor in our lives this year. Restrictions on travel and gatherings have made it more challenging…
Photo courtesy of Times of India This year’s Human Rights Day theme is “Recover Better – Stand up for Human Rights”. The theme directly addresses…
Photo courtesy of Daily Mirror The detection of a COVID-19 positive case from a garment manufacturing facility in Minuwangoda earlier last month sparked new fears…
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 ABC News A deeply polarised nation, a capitalist theme park, an embedded infrastructure of racism and segregation, and one of the poorest…
Photo courtesy of Top News Philippines The question of the burial or cremation of COVID-19 victims took a bizarre turn to expose a government at…
Photo courtesy of Business News Sri Lanka is presently in the midst of a surge in COVID-19 cases with a lockdown enforced in parts of…
Image courtesy of Global Times 2020 has been defined by COVID-19; a year in which citizens, governments and medical first-responders found themselves in a whirlwind…
It is increasingly evident that the lasting impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic will not be merely health related. In the early stages of government efforts…
Photo courtesy of CapX With the identification of COVID-19 infected persons associated with the Brandix Factory in Munuwangoda as the second wave of COVID 19,…
Photo courtesy of Lanka China Today “In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph and self-abasement…. Always, at every moment, there…
Photo courtesy of Deccan Herald Sri Lanka is seeing an uptick in infections with 1,307 total infections with 1,180 new infections confirmed within seven days,…
Photo courtesy of Medium The sudden rise in the number of cases of Covid-19 has caused serious community concerns. Given the devastation that is being…
Photo courtesy of LAOMS Today is the UN International Day of Democracy where this year’s theme is COVID-19: A Spotlight on Democracy. The pandemic is…
Cartoon courtesy Vasuki Jeyasankar Sri Lanka has not been immune to the ravaging effects of the novel coronavirus, which emerged late last year and has…
Image Courtesy of newsfirst.lk This week, Sri Lanka will have a new, or perhaps not-so-new, Parliament. Given the unusual circumstances in which the elections will…
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…
Photo courtesy of The New Indian Express When globalisation was the dominant concept for looking at the world, pandemics were discussed as a global security…