20May2019
Featured Articles
Featured Articles
Catholic priests urge U.S. restraint on Sri Lanka's use of emergency powers
A group of Catholic priests have appealed to Washington to ensure Christian and Muslim rights are not suppressed by Sri Lanka’s new national security legislation. In a letter, more than 40 Catholic pr...
Interviews
Interviews
'Sri Lanka and Myanmar are ethnocratic states' - Dr Maung Zarni
'Enemy of the State' screamed the banner headline of a Burmese national newspaper in September, featuring full page photograph of Maung Zarni. More hatred follows, a week later. "These publications ar...
Politics & Current Affairs
Sri Lanka military "linked to Easter Sunday bombers" (VIDEO)
A top government minister revealed shocking details of alleged Sri Lanka militar...
Media
Sri Lanka: UN treaty invoked to imprison award winning writer
In an unprecedented move, police in Sri Lanka, made use of an international agre...
Human Rights
Mobs attack Sri Lanka Methodist center for disabled on Palm Sunday (VIDEO)
Christians attending a prayer meeting at a center for the disabled were pelted w...
Politics & Economy
IMF, World Bank & Sri Lanka's bloodbath: "Collateral damage on private people"
The Sri Lankan military’s victory over the LTTE, in 2009, involved a high number...
Human Rights
A distant grief: Mourning the dead in exile
They stood mourning their dead in a cold church hall, hands respectfully clasped...
Media & Culture
Impunity Island: Sri Lanka's "predator emeritus" on rebound
Many local journalists feel discomfort when they hear the name Gotabaya Rajapaks...
Reflections
Vairamuttu Varadakumar: the quiet centre of the struggle for Tamil rights
The Tamil community has lost a quiet hero. V. Varadakumar held the centre of Tam...
Poetry & Prose
Press Releases
JDS condemns attacks on journalists following Sri Lanka Easter Massacre
Journaists for Democracy in Sri Lanka denounces the spiteful hate campaign direc...
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