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Journalism for Citizens. The 2024 presidential election marked the first major electoral event following the aragalaya and the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Netanyahu’s Insulting Middle Finger to ICC’s Arrest Warrants
1 天前 · Photo courtesy of News 18. After Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza since October 7, 2023, which has killed nearly 44,000 “human animals” and “cockroaches” in the words of Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant and wounded around another 105,000 while turning that strip of land into an uninhabitable heap of brick and concrete rabble, judges of the ...
About - Groundviews
2019年11月26日 · Image shows version 2.0 of the site, launched in 2009. Groundviews is a citizens journalism website based in Sri Lanka.The site uses a range of genres and media to highlight alternative perspectives on governance, human rights, the arts and literature, peace-building and other issues.
Saving Sinharaja: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Groundviews
2021年4月13日 · Popular Articles . Rohingya Refugees in Sri Lanka Seek a Permanent Solution to Their Plight; NPP and Women’s Parliamentary Representation; Culture vs. Human Rights: Decriminalisation of Same-Sex Relationships in Sri Lanka
Power To The People - Groundviews
2024年11月19日 · Reflecting on the recent elections in both Sri Lanka and the US is an interesting exercise particularly because, as the two countries now have synchronized election cycles, comparisons and contrasts are readily evident. The US has presented itself for decades as a beacon of democracy: progressive ...
Survey Reveals Dramatic Shift in Voting Patterns - Groundviews
2023年2月22日 · Assuming general election voting intent transfers to voting in local authority elections due in March, our January polling suggests that the SJB and the NPP/JVP between them will win the plurality in most local authorities and wards.
End of war | 5 years on Archives - Groundviews
Image courtesy Tehelka Five years ago the demise of Velupilai Prabhakaran was a fast-spreading secret-on-the-block several days before it was made official and the war was pronounced to have ended.
Seventy Five Years of the Geneva Conventions - Groundviews
2024年8月12日 · In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Groundviews conducted an in depth interview with Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy, a distinguished human rights lawyer and former UN Under-Secretary-General. Dr. Coomaraswamy, renowned…
Arugam Bay: Hidden Currents - Groundviews
3 天之前 · There has been growing public concern over the recent weeks about happenings in Arugam Bay. This analysis adds to the discourse. Democratic states are obliged to protect all people within its borders whether citizens or non-citizens. Non-citizens include tourists on short stays subject to the law of ...
Rohingya Refugees in Sri Lanka Seek a Permanent Solution to …
6 天之前 · Photo courtesy of UNHCR. Hundreds of thousands of terrified Rohingya refugees flooded onto the beaches and paddy fields of southern Bangladesh in August 2017.When the refugees – almost 60 per cent of whom were children – poured across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh, they related accounts of the unspeakable violence …