Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Let’s think a bit before posting!

Admin March 18, 2021

Ahsan Afthar The rapid growth of digital media has kept its users active all the time. Its speed is still accelerating after the Corona. In this case, there is a tradition in the digital media to react immediately when someone posts something. Here is a typical case: A person who is working as

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Is it unfair to commemorate deceased relatives?

Admin March 18, 2021

S. Partheepan During the long civil war in Sri Lanka, it was the practice in the North and East, to hoist red and yellow flags at all memorial grounds for martyrs on November 27. It was to commemorate the Liberation Tigers, who lost their lives fighting the government forces.  However, ever since the war  came […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Menstrual Poverty – Hygiene of Sri Lankan Women?

Admin March 18, 2021

Ahsan Afthar The threat by Covid 19 infection had big impacts on the normal life of everyone in Sri Lanka.  At the time the economy and hygiene are faced with severe challenges, the introduction of 15% Cess on women’s sanitary towels in 2021 Budget has made period poverty the topic of the day in Sri […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Reconciliation and Sri Lanka

Admin March 18, 2021

Nadeesha Aberathna What is reconciliation? In simple terms, reconciliation means harmony of ideas between two or more parties. However, reconciliation takes a more profound meaning within the complicated framework of transitional justice. Reconciliation in the aftermath of massive and widespread human rights violations means rebuilding relationships.  Reconciliation

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Is COVID-19 the only epidemic?

Admin March 18, 2021

Heshani Karunarathna “Please doctor; I cannot stay at home with my husband during the lockdown. He has almost killed me,” said a woman who telephoned a radio programme. Few people know that another epidemic is spreading within the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost all the media focus on the numbers related to the coronavirus pandemic. Increasing numbers […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Contemporary media ethics

Admin March 18, 2021

Heshani Karunaratne Mass media is a crucial tool utilized to provide information regarding an incident or people related to it. Media ethics are the principles or guidelines that govern all forms of media such as broadcast media, film, drama, print media and the internet. The above mentioned ethics arrived to the forefront of society during […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Breaking Imagined Walls that Became Real: Importance of Urban Peacebuilding

Admin March 18, 2021

Kithmini M. Ranaweera Where does ‘sustained peace’ start in Sri Lanka? It starts with the first blow to the seemingly real yet imagined walls that have been confining Sri Lankan identity over the course of our history. Mostly power-oriented, regional tensions and internal power struggles in ancient Sri Lanka were often misinterpreted as righteous quests […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Enforced Cremations: Where are We Heading?

Admin March 18, 2021

Rasma Razmi Values build our lives. They distinguish us from animals. Values vary from person to person; religion to religion and so on. What unites us as mankind is respecting and protecting each other’s values. Covid 19 has crushed our lives at different levels. It has cost many lives, destroyed the livelihood of people. This […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

The fine line between Freedom of Expression and Right to Privacy

Admin March 18, 2021

Radhini The right to freedom of expression, since its indoctrination in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, has been universally accepted as a feature of a democratic society. It can be argued that human rights have been at the core of some of the world’s most progressive movements which brought about crucial and […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Is there a Conflict between Freedom of Religion and Other Human Rights?

Admin March 18, 2021

Pavithrani Dissanayake Observing a religion of their choice is a right of all the people. Therefore people get the freedom of observing any religion of their choice as well as the right of not observing any religion at all. Religion cannot be detached from humans. The bond between religion and human activities is an ancient […]