18June2013
Featured Articles
Featured Articles
A government lost in a sea of cynicism
It was 16 years ago but the memory of the Australian navy and air force charging to the rescue of lost sailors in a yacht race still resonates as a clear statement of Australia’s commitment to the law...
Interviews
Interviews
'In Sri Lanka, accurate information percieved as a crime' - Lasantha Ruhunuge
When the Sri Lankan government wanted to give away free laptops to journalists, many seemed happy. But Lasantha Ruhunuge differed. As the president of the largest media trade union in the island....
Mo...
Media
Systematic impunity renders Govt. responsible - RSF/JDS
Reporters Without Borders and its partner organization, Journalists for Democrac...
Human Rights
Leading archaeologist calls for accountability on mass grave
An expert archaeologist in Sri Lanka who investigated a mass grave in the centra...
International Affairs
"Buddhist Nation", My arse! : On Bama "Buddhist" Nationalism
Almost 70 years after independence from the White Man (the British Raj), Myanmar...
Regional & Global
Burmese Dissident Maung Zarni on 'Genocidal Buddhists'
In 2007, inspiring images of Burmese Buddhist monks leading their compatriots in...
Politics & Economy
Sri Lanka monk self-immolation highlights anti-Muslim sentiment
The suicide by a Buddhist monk who set himself on fire in Sri Lanka to protest t...
Human Rights
Stranded in Dubai: Tamil refugees live in ‘constant fear’
After surviving the brutality of the Sri Lankan civil war and its aftermath, 15 ...
Reflections
Four years on, genocide continues off the battlefield
On the anniversary of the 26-year civil war, the Sri Lankan state celebrates its...
Poetry & Prose
The shadow of your story
That evening
your voice was low
you spoke slowly on a darkened stage
and opened a d...
Video
Matale Mass Grave: Digging up the dead
The remains of more than 150 people have been excavated in the town of Matale in...
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