More: Human Rights
Don’t Whitewash the Sri Lankan State’s Many Crimes
A recent article in these pages examines the Sri Lankan government’s battle against the Tamil Tigers, the activities of the Tamil diaspora and more....
The Neglected Kashmir Calls For Attention
The modern-day Kashmir conflict, having roots in the partition of the Indian subcontinent, is the oldest unresolved conflict in the history of United Nations....
Deconstructing Huntington’s thesis in the context of “Black Lives Matter” movement in the USA
Authors: Nalaka Jayasena and Punsara Amarasinghe
While writing an article to the famous Foreign Affairs, American polymath Joseph Nye jubilantly remarked that the COVID 19...
ECHR mandate on reproductive rights, especially Abortion
The European Convention on Human Rights, ratified in the year 1953, established the European Court of Human Rights to “ensure the observance of the...
Gadhafisation of Trump
Since decades, the United States has been sponsoring dozens of so-called "Regime Change" revolts around the world. Regime Change has been an active part...
Racism and Trump’s Strong Man politics: Is America Turning on Itself?
From Birmingham Jail some 60 years ago, Martin Luther King prospected his non-violent protests to force those in power to negotiate for racial justice,...
Evaluation of the George Floyd Indictment
As it is understood from the camera on the police officers, the officers approach the vehicle. There are three people in the vehicle, including...
India must follow Supreme Court orders to protect 100 million migrant workers
The Indian Government must urgently comply with a Supreme Court order to ensure the wellbeing of more than 100 million migrant workers, after coronavirus...
A different hybrid war
Imagine such a scenario of hybrid warfare: Russia uses speculation on financial markets to collapse the currency of some Western country and as a...
Asian countries urged to honour right to freedom of expression, over pandemic fear
A dozen countries in the Asia-Pacific region have seen an alarming clampdown on freedom of expression during the COVID-19 crisis, UN High Commissioner for...