A New Script for Tamil Politics in Sri Lanka? - Groundviews
Oct 28, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Minority Rights Group Tamil politics in Sri Lanka has entered uncharted territory. The cracks in Tamil politics had been evident for some time but with the September 21 presidential elections, it has broken into fragments. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake received little support from the Tamil electorate but so did the candidate endorsed
Muslims Returning to Jaffna Face Many Challenges to Exist
Apr 13, 2024 · Photos by Ama Koralage In October 1990 some 75,000 to 100,000 Muslims in the Northern Province, about five percent of the province’s total population, were forcibly expelled from their homeland by the LTTE. In some places, they were given only about 12 hours to leave. Beginning in Chavakachcheri on October 15, all the Muslims were
Out of Yaffa - Groundviews
Oct 29, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Nena News For Mosab Abu Toha He has never visited Yaffa, home of his grandfather, just forty miles away across No Man’s land and the border fence. He has not seen the Wailing Wall, stepped on the cobblestones of old Jerusalem. He is Palestinian and Israel does not give him a
Monitoring Mass Grave Excavations - Groundviews
Sep 23, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Asanka Abeyrathna. The Colombo Port is an economic hub of Sri Lanka. In this densely populated area, a group of people are digging a pit during the day; it is not a gem pit or an oil well but a grave containing remnants of people who were victims hidden from the law and their relatives.
Sri Lanka’s Political Moment in 2024: Part 1 - Groundviews
Oct 4, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera In the wake of the National People's Power (NPP) party's remarkable victory in the 2024 presidential election, some observers have been quick to attribute the result to a protest vote against traditional political parties and misinterpret its failure to secure a clear majority. The Indian media in particular - which has
The Need for Stable Government and Strong Opposition
Oct 29, 2024 · Photo courtesy of France 24. Sri Lanka stands at a critical juncture in its political and economic history. As the country prepares for the parliamentary elections on November 14 with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s party, the National People’s Power (NPP), projected to make significant gains and expected to win, the direction of the nation’s governance hangs in …
10/25/2024 - Groundviews
Oct 25, 2024 · This article attempts to critically examine the contribution of transgender men to the transgender movement in Sri Lanka. It analyses the marginalisation faced by transgender men in the current context of transgender…
The Post Aragalaya Political Trajectory - Groundviews
Jul 22, 2024 · Photo courtesy of News18 This month marks the second anniversary since former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ousted in a mass uprising. The 2022 March to July mass protest wave was truly an extraordinary event in Sri Lanka’s political history. People from all walks of life joined the protests that demanded the resignation of the former
11/25/2024 - Groundviews
Nov 25, 2024 · After Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza since October 7, 2023, which has killed nearly 44,000 “human animals” and “cockroaches” in the words of Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant…
10/20/2024 - Groundviews
Oct 20, 2024 · The point had been made often enough. Without a Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency, there wouldn’t have been an Anura Kumara Dissanayake presidency.