Muttur Siege: Reflecting 10 years on
Featured image provided by author Ten years is a significant milestone: a decade; a generation. A lot can happen in ten years and a lot has. Ten years ago, the smartphone was still a concept that was...
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Paradise Lost: The hidden costs of tourism development in Sri Lanka
August 27 is World Tourism Day. This year, the theme is “promoting universal accessibility.” Groundviews decided to focus on sustainable tourism – and specifically, on how tourism development has...
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“His name is Kamaleswaran”
Justice Denied to Survivors of the Kumarapuram Massacre Featured image courtesy Shehan Peruma “Shoot me but, please don’t kill my children,” pleaded Kanthappoody Kamaladevi with her arms outstretched...
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October – A Bleak Month for Freedom of Expression
Photo courtesy of Twitter Today is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists October was a bleak month for freedom of expression with four cases of assault against five...
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12 Years Later, the War Affected in the East Struggle On Without Land and...
Thennamaravadi is an isolated rural village some 65 kilometres north of Trincomalee on the Pulmoddai Road. The inhabitants rely mostly on farming and fishing to make a livelihood. They have some...
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Fear in the East: What Lies Beneath
They joke of being followed by intelligence officers and questioned on who visited them and what they spoke about but underneath lies a real fear of being intimidated, harassed and threatened when they...
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Identities deemed Irrelevant: Land Issues in the Kuchchaveli Divisional Area
Image Courtesy nashaplaneta Censuses of the Trincomalee District taken through the various years will point out a slight numerical majority and minority in its various communities. Yet it is worth...
View ArticleWomen’s Attire Stokes Religious Tension in Eastern Sri Lanka
Photo courtesy of NBC News In times of calamity women are affected disproportionately, and Sri Lanka’s ethnic and religious conflicts are no exception to the rule. In the post-war context, Tamil women...
View ArticleThe Fight for Land Rights
Photo courtesy of Jamhoor Land is an important component of any Sri Lankan household. A considerable proportion of the rural population continues to be dependent on arable land as a source of...
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