Editorial Comment Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

From Fourth Estate to a real Vox Populi?   

Admin May 3, 2022 759

Lakshman Gunasekara World Press Freedom Day   When in December 1995, the United Nations General Assembly resolved that the UN member nations should celebrate ‘World Press Freedom Day’ annually every May 3, the world was still enveloped in a massively centralised industry of corporate news

Environment Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Clinical Waste Management – a Sri Lankan Success Story 

Admin April 18, 2022 365

Waste control tax proposed on health sector Aruna Lakshman Fernando    We still remember the headline-catching public protests when the Colombo Municipality tried setting up urban garbage recycling centres at a distance from the crowded metro region. The city authorities were seeking a solution to their mounting, highly polluting, garbage dumps, but the

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights Politics

A Political Morality that does not Respect the Fundamental Law of the Land?

Admin December 8, 2021 852

C. J. Amarathunga Whether a dual citizen should be allowed to be a country’s legislature is a debatable question. While some countries are not particular on the point, others point against such an allowance as there is a potential conflict of interest that arises from the duality in question. Ahead of the presidential election in […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Freedom of Speech in the Face of Quarantine Law

Admin December 7, 2021 488

Kamani Hettiarachchi Recently, the Sri Lankan Police arrested several protesters on the charge of violating quarantine laws. This happened both in Colombo and places outside where public dissent against the government was being demonstrated. Another group of 32 was taken to quarantine centres, but were later released. Protests were spearheaded by university students, trade

Editorial Comment Freedom of expression and fundamental rights Opinion Editorial

Let the Truth be Found and Written

Admin November 2, 2021 500

(Written to Coincide with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists,which falls on 2 November) Sampath Deshapriya In Sri Lanka, raising the sword of violence against the media has a long history. The media has had to deal with multiple pressures by political authorities and complex social forces that are nurtured under […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Online Education and Equal Right to Education

Admin October 5, 2021 900

Prix cialis 20 La plupart des essais ont montré que la dose nécessaire pour retarder l’éjaculation est également suffisamment instable pour permettre un traitement ultérieur. Ils peuvent diminuer la dose à un minimum de 5 mg ou levitra 10mg prix en pharmacie que le tadalafil quotidien était supérieur au placebo, ainsi qu’au tadalafil à la […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

The Ongoing Nilavarai Controversy

Admin August 30, 2021 517

Partheepan The Valikamam area in ​​Jaffna which is widely respected for its historical antiquity and natural wonders has recently become a site of contention. Situated in Valikamam, Nilavarai is one of Jaffna’s key attractions drawing tourists including many from Sri Lanka’s south. For over a year and a half, the Nilavarai area has been deserted […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

A Vacuum in the Democratic Discourse as Displayed by the Killing of Vidushan

Admin August 30, 2021 615

Asanka Abeyratne            In Sri Lanka, torture and death in police custody have become commonplace practices over the last few decades. Almost all of the recent killings targeting underworld suspects in police custody were justified by the logic of “firing in self-defence” during raids on hidden weapons or drugs. The police’s […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Child Labour: Slavery in the 21st Century

Admin August 27, 2021 731

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe  Waking up early in the morning to walk 4-5 KM to school through unpaved, deserted roads and wooded patches in poor lighting – and often without a proper breakfast – is the common plight of a majority of children in Sri Lanka’s estate sector. The descendants of labour brought down from India and […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights Society

The Question of the Future of the Keeramalai Presidential Palace

Admin August 18, 2021 1020

N. Madiyalagan During the civil conflict in Sri Lanka’s north, lands in the Naguleswaram area in Walikamam North of the Jaffna peninsula were taken over by the military. On this land, in the J/226 Naguleswaram village officer division, a five-story presidential palace was built by the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration in 2012. 12 years after the […]