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Gladys Jayawardena, a medical professional who was assassinated in 1988
Dr. Gladys Jayawardena was a distinguished Sri Lankan medical professional whose groundbreaking...
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The Assassination of Daya Pathirana: Sri Lanka’s First Political Student Leader Assassination
Daya Ananda Piyasiri Hewapathirana, also known as Daya Pathirana, was born and raised in Matara,...
Silenced for Truth: Justice Denied for Journalist Sugirdharajan
Nineteen years ago, on a fateful morning in Trincomalee, Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, known to his...
Batalanda Torture Camp and Allegations Against Politicians
The Batalanda Torture Camp was a notorious site in Sri Lanka during the 1980s which became infamous...
Matara Eliyakanda Torture Camp
During the period from 1987 to 1990, amidst the insurrection led by the People’s Liberation Front...
Why do we need to talk about Isaipriya?
(The opinions expressed in this interview with journalist and political analyst Sirimal Wijesinghe...
Rajini Thiranagama: The Fallen Palmyrah
Dr. Rajini Thiranagama was the Head of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Jaffna. She...
Poddala Jayantha’s Fight for Justice Against Torture
Despite living in the United States under political asylum with his family for nearly 15 years,...
Lalith and Kugan: Two Disappeared Human Rights Activists
On December 10, 2011, the Supreme Court issued a writ of habeas corpus to the then Secretary of...
A Man Who Lost 18 Family Members in Kebithigollewa Bus Bomb
On June 13, 2006, Kebitigollewa bus bombing claimed the lives of 68 people, mostly women and...
Burning the heart of Jaffna, the Jaffna Library
At the end of May 1981, during the day of the Jaffna Development Council elections, the city of...
Ransom-Driven Abductions in Colombo Amid the War
In 2008, eleven wealthy Tamil youths were kidnapped from the Colombo area and subsequently...
What happened to the persons who surrendered to the Sri Lankan state after the end of the war in 2009?
Overview In May 2009, the long-standing civil conflict in Sri Lanka reached its culmination with...
