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Peoples Dispatch
“Don’t Give Additional Time to Sri Lanka”, Mothers of Disappeared Persons Tell The UN
28 Feb 2019
Families of tens of thousands of Tamils are still waiting for justice for the mass atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan government during the civil war that lasted 26 years.
Subhash Gatade
The Monks Who Spew Hate
26 Jun 2018
Why Jailing of Gnanasara Did Not Become News in This Part of Asia
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Sri Lanka Declares Emergency After Communal Riots
06 Mar 2018
Attacks by Buddhist hardliners on Muslim shops and institutions spark govt. response.
Newsclick Report
Sri Lanka Goes to Local Polls Under New Electoral System
10 Feb 2018
The election will also witness 25 percent women’s quota for the first time, a crucial success for a long struggle by women’s rights activists in the country.
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Why did Rajapaksa Lose? – An Analysis of the Sri Lankan Election Results
13 Jan 2015
Newsclick spoke to Srinivas Ramani about the recently held elections in Sri Lanka which saw the ouster of Mahinda Rajapaksa and the election of Maithripala Sirisena as President. According to Ramani…
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Politics of Engagement Must Replace Politics of Boycott
12 Nov 2013
The Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed a resolution demanding India's boycott to the upcoming Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Newsclick talks to Ahilan…
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Sri Lanka: Many Challenges apart from the Tamil National Question
12 Apr 2013
Nirmala Rajasingam, founder of the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum and who is based in the United Kingdom speaks to Newsclick about the challenges faced by the civil society and democracy activists in Sri…
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Sunila Abeyasekera: No clarity on what is on offer for the Tamil minority
04 Feb 2012
Sunila Abeyasekera, the well-known human rights activist discusses with Newsclick the situation in Sri Lanka after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers. She discusses that for a lasting peace in Sri Lanka…
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"Govt. attitude- betrayal of Tamil people" - Anandasangaree
31 Aug 2011
President of the Tamil United Liberation Front and a senior politician from Sri Lanka, Veerasingham Anandasangaree expresses his anguish at the government apathy with war affected Tamil peoples'…
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Local poll results in SL- Another push for political solution
03 Aug 2011
Ahilan Kadirgamar, spokesperson of the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum, suggests that the Tamil National Alliance's victory combined with international pressure after the Channel 4 Documentary and the UN…