21July2019
Featured Articles
Featured Articles
JDS : A proponent of multidirectional memory among Sinhala readers
Today, JDS turns ten years old. In July 2009, it was launched by an exiled group of Tamil and Sinhala journalists in the immediate aftermath of the bloody war in Sri Lanka that killed over 70,000 civi...
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
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 ...
Media
Worldwide campaign launched for release of Sri Lankan writer
Deeply concerned by the arrest and ongoing detention of award-winning writer Sha...
Human Rights
Muslim woman jailed for wearing dress disliked by Sri Lankan Buddhists
Sri Lankan authorities have used anti-hate laws to imprison a Muslim woman for w...
International Affairs
Future Labour government to reexamine military assistance to Sri Lanka (VIDEO)
British military assistance to Sri Lanka will be reviewed under a future Labour ...
Politics & Economy
Sri Lanka must address, not ignore, Muslim grievances
The Sri Lanka government’s response to the Easter Sunday bomb blasts has been so...
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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