Month: July 2022

By Raju Prabath Lankaloka There is no doubt that the reactionary and treacherous regime has suffered a lot due to the people’s struggle, which is going on for a few months. The crooked former central bank governor had to go home. Two Cabinet of Ministers had to go home in a very short period of time. Mahinda Rajapaksa had to go home on May 9 and Basil Rajapaksa followed the same path on June 9 in a humiliating manner. At this moment people are determined to chase out Gotabhaya and Ranil at once. On July 9, we are rallying for that purpose. We have repeatedly said that the purpose of these protests should not be to overthrow one government and bring another similar capitalist regime to power, but to change the entire system. Therefore, we said from the beginning that there should be a...

July 07, 2022 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Journalists and Protesters Face Arrests, Assaults, and Interrogations as Government Fails to Tackle Economic Crisis The crisis of major magnitude is taking place in Sri Lanka. The world has not yet taken adequate notice of the impact of an economic downturn as a result of the inability of the government to pay the foreign loans as a result of which it is suffering from the worst financial crisis ever faced in the country. Direct result of this crisis is that most of the schools, public institutions, and almost the entire way of life in the country has come to a virtual halt due to the inability of the government to pay for the oil that is needed for the country. The travel has become extremely difficult and ...

Journalist Tharindu Uduwaragedara was summoned to appear before the Sri Lanka Criminal Investigation Department on June 28. Credit: Tharindu Uduwaragedara / Facebook Journalist and media activist Tharindu Uduwaragedara was summoned to appear before the Sri Lanka Computer Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Colombo on June 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lankan affiliates, the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions (FMETU), urge the CID to withdraw its investigation against the journalist immediately. The CID began investigating Tharindu based on a complaint by the Intelligence Division of the Air Force about content on his YouTube channel, ‘Satahana’. According to FMM, the investigation...