06December2021
Featured Articles
Featured Articles
Sri Lanka's ‘Reconciliation Army’ slams journalists for exposing brutal attack
A simple photo for a suggestive shot by a journalist has become a serious eyesore for the Sri Lankan military. The Sri Lanka Army has now issued a veiled threat to journalists accusing them of attempt...
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 Bishops condemn state sponsored demographic changes in Tamil regions
Echoing longstanding fears of Tamil grassroots activists and politicians, the Ca...
Media
Sri Lanka’s misplaced COVID -19 response policy kills promising Tamil journalist
Pragas Gnanapragasam deserved to live longer. This young Tamil journalist became...
Human Rights
Tamils and Muslims come under brutal Police attack in Sri Lanka
As Police brutality continues in Sri Lanka, at least four members of the Tamil a...
International Affairs
X-Press Pearl disaster: Indian fisherman alarmed over marine pollution
Fishermen along the South Indian coast have expressed fears after the deadly tox...
Politics & Economy
Tamil resistance lives on despite Sri Lanka’s ban on 'Maaveerar Naal'
Over the three decades that it has been celebrated, Maaveerar Naal has undergone...
Human Rights
Alive from the abyss: continuing abductions and torture in Sri Lanka
A new generation of young Tamil men are being picked up and tortured by the secu...
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...
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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