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Published in: openSecuritySri Lanka inquiry: a Tamil asylum-seeker speaksAs an international inquiry on the bloodshed in Sri Lanka in 2009 looms, one Tamil asylum-seeker explains why it...
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Published in: openSecurityCommunity policing or counter-terrorism: What was Britain doing in Sri Lanka?Why were the British delivering a 'community policing' program during and after Sri Lanka's 2009 civil war? And why...
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Published in: openSecurityStill searching for justice: victims in Sri LankaFive years on from the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, the international community’s patience with the government...
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Published in: openSecuritySri Lanka’s twin challenges
The Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Colombo was the occasion for renewed demands that the state account...
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Published in: openSecuritySri Lanka remembers to forget
Celebrations to mark the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war perform the function of collective forgetting. If the country...
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Published in: openSecuritySri Lanka's BBS: an old spectre in new garb?
Though interreligious violence in Sri Lanka is not new, the emergence of the well-organized, well-connected Buddhist...
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Published in: openSecurityFour years on, genocide continues off the battlefield
On the anniversary of the 26-year civil war, the Sri Lankan state celebrates its 2009 victory while Tamils mark the...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom the inside out: reconciliation is more than possible
Amidst the deep hurt of civil war, many think it impossible to speak with, let alone work with, people from across...
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Published in: openSecurity'The core problem is the elites, not the people': Sanka Abayawardena respondsIs Sanka Abayawardena a government stooge, Sinhala nationalist, or peace activist? He warns his critics against...
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Published in: openSecurityNation-building in Sri Lanka: the potential and the promise
This week is the third anniversary of the end the Sri Lankan civil war. Yet there is hope: it lies within Sri...
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Published in: openIndiaIndia’s diplomatic stand on the resolution against Sri Lanka
India has tried to strike a balance between support for the Sri Lankan government and calls for Tamil rehabilitation...
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Published in: openSecurityReconciliation is not happening in Sri Lanka, and the problem isn't a question of time
The Tamil call for independent statehood stemmed from a very basic need for security against genocide. For many,...
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Published in: openSecurity'What Sri Lanka is...': acknowledging the ethnic conflict in post-war reconciliationThe term 'local reconciliation' may seem benign, but recent research amongst Tamils in the north of the country...
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Published in: openSecurity'Reconciliation in Sri Lanka means the youth must lead the way': a sceptical response
There is nothing objectionable in arguing for greater and more meaningful participation of youth in the political...
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Published in: openSecurityReconciliation in Sri Lanka means the youth must lead the way
International calls for justice in Sri Lanka which are insensitive to domestic public opinion further alienate a...
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Published in: HomeSeen and not heard: women in Sri Lanka's reconciliation commission
Sri Lanka's Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission has no mention of gender in its mandate and no dedicated...
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Published in: openSecurityRelocation failures in Sri Lanka
The tragic consequence of internal displacement in Sri Lanka and the failure of the government to address the...
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Published in: openSecurityAbyei referendum to be delayed, say northern officials
Vote in Abyei to be delayed, say northern officials, stoking fears of a return to conflict in Sudan. Greek police...
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Published in: openSecurityVenezuela obtains Chinese warplanes for ‘anti-drugs fight’
Chinese J-8 attack jets delivered in Venezuela. Sri Lankan general goes on military trial while supporters protest....
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Published in: openSecuritySri Lankan president re-elected
Mahinda Rajapakse claims Sri Lanka election victory. North and South Korea trade fire. Taliban moderates taken off...
