We, the undersigned individuals from academia, the professions, the corporate sector, the clergy, and civil society organisations, join all those citizens and groups in condemning the abduction, arrest, detention without due process, and other acts of abusive Presidential and State authority, committed against persons who participated in the Aragalaya Peoples’ Movement. We condemn the acts of […]
Some time ago there was a TV programme on the Elephant/Man conflict. Many participants said the elephants come to the villages as they have been displaced by unplanned industrial structures, and farm lands authorized by the Government, in the name of development. Two good examples are the Mattala International Airport and the Suriyawewa Cricket Stadium. […]
The Friday Forum, an informal group of academics, intellectuals, professionals, activists and concern citizen issued the following statement last week on the current situation in the country appealing to all Lankans that “Together we must save our nation from becoming a failed state.” “Several years ago, when the current President came forward with his “Viyath […]