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UNHRC Resolution 30/1, OHCHR Report and international accountability – Part 1

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Harindrini Corea In September 2015, the United Nations released a report on human rights violations committed in Sri Lanka during the final stages of the civil war and the surrounding period (2002-2011) in the aftermath of an international investigation. The government of Sri Lanka responded

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The Position Given to Sexual Labor in Sri Lankan System of Law

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Dhanushka Silva Selling somebody’s sexuality for a considerable amount of money is considered as the origin of the world’s first occupation. Ancient civilizations such as Greek, Hebrew and Roman are some of the examples to prove that sexual labour had been a popular occupation in the world from ancient civilizations. Therefore, it is clear that […]

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What is Secularism: A Sri Lankan Understanding (Part II)

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Dhanushka De Silva The Indo-American Model It is accepted that secularism is a “WatchDog” of Indian democracy. Although the term ‘Secular’ was not expressly enumerated in the original version of the Constitution made by the constituent assembly, there was a wide drawn discussion amongst constitution architects, Dr Ambedkar, Neru and Gandhi over the fact that […]

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What’s secularism: A Sri Lankan Understanding (Part I)

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Dhanushka De Silva Federalism is a concept that creates an indefinite sense of fear among the Sinhalese in the South. Similarly the concept of a unitary state does the same among the Tamil people in the North. Both concepts are merely power-sharing mechanisms that scatter power from the centre to the periphery. They have not yet been […]

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INSIDE AN OUTSIDER’S CULTURE: The Rebellious History of Music

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Natalie Soysa “Ever since I was 12 years old I had to defend my love for heavy metal against those who say it’s a less valid form of music. My answer now is that you either feel it or you don’t. If metal doesn’t give that overwhelming surge of power that makes the hair stand […]

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The Conspiracy of Myanmar Thathmada and Restriction of Facebook

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Asanka Abeyrathna Myanmar is the most controversial state which attracted international attention in recent history. Myanmar has been taken as an example to illustrate the characteristics of the military regime prevailing in the world. At the same time, the progressive forces in Myanmar are engaged in the attempt of establishing a democratic ruling system instead […]

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Military Dictatorial Regime or Radical Democracy? (Part 2)

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Asanka Abeyrathna “Just started the next presidential election campaign with a black Sunday” has been my Facebook status after few minutes of the Easter attack on 21st April 2019.  The idea of most social media platform users was the same. They thought such a thing would not have happened if Gotabhaya Rajapaksha was ruling the […]

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Covid-19 and Future Generations

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Naveen Silva It has been a year since the word “Online Classes” came to play a big role in Sri Lankan society. According to various reports published, Sri Lanka   is in a good position for higher education students when transitioning to online education from physical lectures. As per a survey done for an ADB […]

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The Effective Use of Freedom of Expression

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Naveen Silva In its simplest form, one’s right to express opinions freely is known as freedom of expression. As stated in Article 14 of our constitution, it involves, but is not limited to, freedom of speech and expression, including publication, freedom of peaceful assembly and so on. Are we using it properly? There remains a […]

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The bitter truth of the 46th session of the UNHRC

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Sampath Deshapriya The Ministers have already started to tell that the government would reject the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner’s report on Sri Lanka, which is to be presented at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). However, the points in the Commissioner’s report are discussed both internationally and locally. In this […]