01October2020
Featured Articles
Featured Articles
Police obstruct Tamil journalists carrying out their duty in northern Sri Lanka
Police spies in the war affected Northern Sri Lanka have obstructed journalists carrying out their duty and intimidated Tamils remembering the dead. Tamil people had assembled at the Oddusuddan Sivan....
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
Worst drought-hit Sri Lanka’s north not given drinking water
Latest official figures from Sri Lanka reveal that authorities have failed to pr...
Media
Tamils and Muslims protest Sri Lanka police harassing Sinhala journalist
Tamil and Muslim journalists from the east of Sri Lanka protesting police harass...
Human Rights
First ever torture map of Sri Lanka identifies over 200 torture sites
To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, JDS j...
International Affairs
International outcry against Sri Lanka threatening Yasmin Sooka
More than 150 individuals including two former UN human rights high commissioner...
Politics & Economy
Relatives of Disappeared ask “betraying” Tamil politicians to step aside
In a statement to the media to mark Independence Day on 4 February, the Associat...
Media & Culture
Impunity Island: Sri Lanka's "predator emeritus" on rebound
Many local journalists feel discomfort when they hear the name Gotabaya Rajapaks...
Reflections
Dharmaretnam Sivaram: 'Appa died doing what he loved most'
This year marks the 15th anniversary of our father’s death and to this day, no o...
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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