Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by SATKUNANATHAN Ambika
Sri Lankan prisons, like prisons in many countries, are severely overcrowded
According to media reports, as at 10 November 2020, 109 prisoners and two officers have tested positive for COVID-19 at Welikada, Bogambara and Matara prisons. To date, the Government of Sri Lanka (goSL) has taken (…)
, by BBC
The internally displaced Tamils of the Menik Farm camp in Vavunia are to be resettled in a newly cleared area against their will says the major Tamil party in Sri Lanka.
Parlimentarian Sivashakthi Anandan revealed that at a meeting held last week attended by Mullaithivu Security Forces (…)
, by ZAGOR Matthieu
For several weeks in October and early November, Australian politics was dominated not by the economy or climate change, but by the conduct and fate of 78 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers aboard an Australian customs vessel, Oceanic Viking, outside the port of Tanjung Pinang in Indonesia. The incident (…)
, by NESSMAN Ravi
In just six months, one of the world’s largest camps for war refugees has been carved out of the jungles of northern Sri Lanka, complete with banks, post offices, schools and a supermarket. But no one is allowed out, and hardly anyone is allowed in.
Aid workers and foreign diplomats (…)
, by SENANAYAKE Darini Rajasingham
New Asian Donors: China and India in Sri Lanka
The current international aid configuration in Sri Lanka reflects shifting structural dynamics in the international development architecture in the context of the critique of the Western aid system in the global south, and the emergence of new (…)
, by SENANAYAKE Darini Rajasingham
The United States’ government that wields considerable influence at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sought to delay the US$1.9 billion loan appeal by Sri Lanka in the context a humanitarian crisis in the island. The Sri Lankan government that is at the end of its endgame with the (…)
, by SENANAYAKE Darini Rajasingham
Ensuring the proper use of foreign aid is crucial in post-conflict Sri Lanka.
The US government, which wields considerable influence at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has sought to delay Sri Lanka’s USD 1.9 billion loan appeal. Washington’s hesitance is tied to the context of the (…)
, by WIJETHILAKE Niel
On December 26 2005, Sri Lankans commemorated the first anniversary of the disastrous Tsunami that brought fear and devastation that will remain and haunt their minds for many years to come. Official reports said that that close on 60,000 human lives were lost and the damage caused to houses and (…)
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