Image: To combat this, a critical mass of civil society must mount an apolitical challenge to the political establishment .
Governance in Sri Lanka today...
Image (c)Human Rights Watch 2016.
There is a constitutional coup in Sri Lanka. There is much more about it at Groundviews, but you can start here if you...
Image: If enacted the act will make collectives like Purawesi Balaya (Citizens Power) illegal of bring them under control.
Ruki Fernando.
On February 20, 2018, the Cabinet...
Image: Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu ( Lake house photo)
The aftermath of the local government election has been fraught with political tension and the uncertainties of coalition...
Image courtesy of rtepakistan.org.
In light of the recent incidents of alleged sexual abuse of 18 children who were residing in the Darun Nusra Orphanage, situated...
Image: Andrew Gilmou, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights presented the report.
The Human Rights Council, in resolution 12/2, expressed concern over continued reports...
Image (c)s.deshapriya: A fisherman looking at sea anxiously in the eastern city of Batticoloa. It difficult to ignore the question of justice in the...
Image:Chairperson of the Consultation Task Force for Reconciliation Mechanisms (CTF) Manouri Muttetuwegama courtesy GV.
Interview: Deconstructing the CTF Report by Raisa Wickrematunge/ Groundviews.
Excerpts from an...
( Welianuma: Civil society doesn’t want to see a split, if they split, we won’t achieve this reform)
Attorney-at-law and Human Rights Lawyer, J.C. Weliamuna...
(10 leading civil society persons speak to SLB on Human Rights in Sri Lanka)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The implementation of pledges made by the new Government to...
Statement on Accountability and the timing of Transitional Justice Mechanisms in Sri Lanka.
We, the undersigned Sri Lankan civil society activists and organisations, note with...
By Camelia Nathaniel.
Brito Fernando, President of the Families of the Disappeared, says that the government is under the impression that just like the Rajapaksa...
The regular posturing by the so-called Rajapaksa-led Joint Opposition calling for the upholding of democratic rights in Sri Lanka must be treated with the...
(Image: (c) Sunanda Deshapriya)
Hundreds of people, including priests, environmental activists and fishermen, protested in Sri Lanka's capital on Monday, demanding the government halt a...
With the result of the Presidential election Sri Lanka began a march toward good governance on January 8, 2015. Several important steps, actually the...
President Sirirsena's negative foreign participation in the accountability process has been condemned by a statement drafted by Northern civil society and endorsed by number...
( PM Wickremesinghe and Maduluwawe Sobhitha Thero singing the agreement)
(SLB)
Civil society groups which singed agreements with the Maithipala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe respectively as...
(Ambassador Samantha Power at the Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Mexico City)
Finally, I just want to conclude with an example -- a very...
(Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and Economic Affairs Harsha De Silva)
Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and Economic Affairs Harsha De Silva last week clarified...
Leading civil society organizations and actors have called for an urgent parliamentary election to overcome the current political deadlock.
* In a joint statement 17...
A collective of artistes, academics and civil society activist has come together to provide a joint platform for all opposition political parties that campaign...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is filling government with ex-top brass in the name of 'professionalizing' island-nation's politics.
by Salman Rafi Sheikh
Even at the height of the Sri...
Caroon by Avantha Artigala.
Militarisation of civilian space began during the first Rajapaksa regime. Yet, it didn’t cause public concern, except amongst certain civil society...
