28February2021
Featured Articles
Featured Articles
Tamils fight back ongoing land grabbing in northern Sri Lanka
The war-affected Tamil people have once again resisted another land grabbing effort in the Northern part of Sri Lanka that continues unmindful of the plight of the people who are yet to sustain..........
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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 Lankan Government in the soup over Indian fishermen deaths
As condemnations rise across both sides of the Palk Straits over the alleged kil...
Media
Norway citizen detained in Sri Lanka for alleged assault on journalists
A Norwegian citizen of Sri Lankan origin is among two in custody for allegedly a...
Human Rights
Tamil protest pushes back land grab attempt for Sri Lanka navy camp in Jaffna
Tamils in northern Sri Lanka have won yet another ‘Tug of war’ with the Sri Lank...
International Affairs
International outcry against Sri Lanka threatening Yasmin Sooka
More than 150 individuals including two former UN human rights high commissioner...
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...
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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