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Still falling apart

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‘Aragala Bhoomiya’ When the people entered the battlefield (Arakala Bhoomiya), they asked, “Abi Payyatta?” That hears a voice from the loudspeaker. “Ne … ne …” those around shout. (“Are we scared?” “No no …”) The popular battlefield around the Presidential Secretariat and in the Galle Face Stadium is an important form of political protest. Their historical mistake is that the Rajapaksa company underestimated it. The vast majority of those there are the younger generation. It was the moral outrage that their future had been looted that drove them. It is…

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SRI LANKA: The changing meanings of system change

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FOR PUBLICATIONAHRC-ART-012-2022May 10, 2022 An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: The changing meanings of system change By Basil Fernando One of the most popular phrases that is being talked about in Sri Lanka is the need for a system change. Often in media interviews, various people are asked about what they mean by a system change. Varying answers are given by persons depending on their ideologies, perspectives and above all, on the thought that they have devoted to articulate what is meant by these words. Under…

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ඉරා දැමූ නමුත් අමතක නොවේ! Torn down but not forgotten!

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ඉරා දැමූ නමුත් අමතක නොවේ! Torn down but not forgotten ලෝක මාධ්‍ය නිදහස් දිනය (මැයි 03) නිමිත්තෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගේ සංගමයේ (SLWJA) ප්‍රමුඛ මාධ්‍යවේදීන් ඊයේ ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයෙන් පිටත රැස්වී පසුගිය රාජපක්ෂ පාලන සමයේදී මරා දැමූ මාධ්‍යවේදීන් විශාල ගණනකගේ පුවරු නැවත සවි කිරීමට එක්විය. පසුගිය සතියේ එහි රාජකාරියේ නිරත ආරක්ෂක නිලධාරීන් විසින් අදාළ රූප රාමු සහිත පුවරු විනාශ කර දැමිණ. විරෝධතාවයේ නිරත මාධ්‍යවේදීන් ‘ගෝඨාගෝගම’ ජාත්‍යන්තර මාධ්‍ය මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ සිට ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය දක්වා පාගමනින් පැමිණියේය. To mark the World Press Freedom Day (May 3rd) media personnel lead by Sri Lanka Working…

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Sri Lankan Anti Capitalists are with the French working class in Paris on 01st of May 2022.

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They demanded: Rajapaksa Regime to go home The Socialists left should be united with Tamil & Muslim  working class and oppressed people in Sri Lanka. To build up solidarity with the people of North & East ensuring the right of self-determination of oppressed minorities and up country tea estate workers. To establish a political campaign to build solidarity with South Asian Socialists, working class and farmers and with the liberation movement of women.  To unite all the trade unions and call upon a General Strike all over the country demanding…

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மே 1 ஆம் திகதி ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை அன்று 

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பாரீஸ் மே தின ஊர்வலத்தில் அணிவகுத்துச் செல்கிறோம். உங்களுக்கும் அழைப்பு விடுக்கிறோம்.   தொடர்பு இலக்கம்: 06 52 12 44 84. இலங்கையின் முதலாளித்துவ எதிர்ப்பாளர்கள்  1st of May this sunday we are marching in Paris. So you are invited.  Telephone 06 52 12 44 84 Anti capitalist SRİ LANKANS

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පැරීසියේ මැයි දින පෙළපාලිය- ලාංකීය ජන අරගලයට සහයෝගය සඳහා එක්වන්න!

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மே 1 ஆம் திகதி ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை அன்று பாரீஸ் மே தின ஊர்வலத்தில் அணிவகுத்துச் செல்கிறோம் உங்களுக்கும் அழைப்பு விடுக்கிறோம்.   தொடர்பு இலக்கம்: 06 52 12 44 84. 1 st of May this sunday we are marching in Paris. So you are invited.  Telephone 06 52 12 44 84 Anti capitalist SRİ LANKANS

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SRI LANKA: The absence of the will to do justice

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An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: The absence of the will to do justice By Basil Fernando Within a few days after the Rambukkana Police shooting, a large body of information has become available to the public about this incident. The attempt by the Government and also a section of the Police to give their own version about the incident has revealed a very routine pattern that exists in Sri Lanka whenever shocking revelations are being made about such extremely serious violations of human rights. However,…

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