Systematic discrimination and human rights violations against minority communities in Sri Lanka are not new in the country’s political and social realm. The most recent of such violations have been brought to the forefront during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, exposing the State’s skewed practices in its wake. This will be an endeavor to examine how a purely tolerant (in its classical sense) society is ultimately an unrealistic, and moreover destructive, standard to strive towards. By analyzing various viewpoints on what tolerance truly means within the context of Sri Lanka’s treatment of its religious minorities, the ideology itself comes to scrutiny. A system of checks and balances is pertinent by both state and non-state actors for the survival of a society and the ultimate protection of the religious minorities in a country where they are routinely marginalized and discriminated against, specifically in the context of the rise of religious intolerance faced by the M
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The elderly most affected by the coronavirus
By Easwaran Rutnam
A spike in the number of coronavirus related deaths is expected in January, health experts said.
Editor of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) Dr. Haritha Aluthge said that there is an expectation that the number of infections in Sri Lanka will see a rise in January.
“We are anticipating a rise in infections and a rise in deaths in January,” he said.
As a result, he said that homes for the elderly should be properly managed to ensure the virus does not spread in such locations.
The elderly have been among the most affected by the coronavirus.
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