20September2020
Featured Articles
Featured Articles
International powers cautioned of extending support to new Sri Lanka government
Diplomats in Colombo have come under criticism for expressing their support for the new Sri Lankan government that continues to deny justice for victims of gross human rights violations. On the Intern...
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
Trade unions slam police violence against George Floyd protest in Sri Lanka
Police in Sri Lanka drew heavy criticism for violence against a protest in Sri L...
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
Sri Lanka: Eyewitness reveals how young detainee was beaten to death by guards
Prison officials in Sri Lanka used long wooden clubs to beat a young detainee to...
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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