Resilient is a word frequently used by human rights activists and the development sector, to describe persons affected by war and violence. In Sri Lanka, the mothers of the disappeared are praised for their resilience…
දයලෙක්තික භෞතිකවාදය කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂ සිය නිල දර්ශනවාදය දයලෙක්තික භෞතිකවාදය යනුවෙන් හැඳින්වූවා. එමෙන්ම බොහෝ විචාරකයන් විසින්ද එලෙස හඳුන්වනු ලැබුවා.මෙය මාක්ස්ගේ භාෂිතයක් නොවීය. (ඔහු කථා කළේ සිය දයලෙක්තික විධි ක්‍ර‍මය ගැනයි. එංගල්ස් පවා භාවිතා කළේ භෞතිකවාදී දයලෙක්තිකය…
மனித-யானை மோதலைத் தீர்க்க யானைகள் வாழ்விடம் அமைக்கக் கோரி வால்சபுகலா விவசாயிகளின் 86 நாட்கள் தொடர்ச்சியான சத்தியாக்கிரகத்தின் விளைவாக, யானைக் காப்பகத்தை நிறுவுவதற்கான வர்த்தமானி அறிவிப்பு ஏப்ரல் 9, வெள்ளிக்கிழமை வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. மக்களுக்கு துப்பாக்கிகளைக் கொடுத்து யானைகளை நிர்வகிப்பதற்குப் பதிலாக, வாலாவாவின் இடது கரையில் உள்ள உழவர் தலைவர்கள் முற்போக்கான அரசியல் முன்மொழிவை முன்வைக்கின்றனர், யானை வேலிகள் போதிய தீர்வாக…
By Wijepala Weerakoon As a result of 86 days of continuous satyagraha of Walsapugala Farmers demanding the establishment of an elephant reserve to resolve the human-elephant conflict a gazette notification to establish an elephant reserve has been…
විජේපාල වීරකෝන් විසිනි හම්බන්තොට වල්සපුගල ප්‍රදේශයේ ගොවියන් අලි-මිනිස් ගැටුම විසඳනු පිණිස අලි රක්ෂිතයක් ඇතිකරන ලෙස ඉල්ලමින් දවස් 86ක් තිස්සේ අඛණ්ඩ සත්‍යග්‍රහයේ ප්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙස අලි රක්ෂිතයක් ඇති කිරීම සඳහා ගැසට් පත්‍රය අද නිකුත් කෙරුනා. මිනිසුන්ට තුවක්කු දී…
How not to counter ‘violent extremism’ By Ambika Satkunanathan Context matters The impact of law on individuals and communities is shaped by factors such as their ethnicity, religion, privilege, socio-economic status, and the socio-political context.…
Farzana Haniffa Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Colombo 12 Apr 2021 Inciting ethno-religious animosity has become a means of survival for parts of Sri Lanka’s political elite. On March 13,…
Posted Apr 10, 2021 by Joshua Cho Originally published: FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) (April 8, 2021) Over the past few weeks, the subject of anti-Asian racism has received an unusual degree of Western media attention, ever since a…
An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission By Basil Fernando There are a number of entrenched beliefs which have become institutional doctrines within the policing system which contribute to the continuing practice of torture.…
Majoritarian assertions of Sinhala Buddhist ideologues and the anti-Muslim mobilisations have gained centre stage. Attacks on devolution of power to the provinces and calls for the abolition of personal laws and customs of minorities are…