Archives mensuelles : mai 2018
“The May 18 Disconnect” by Ruki Fernando
“Returning after an emotional day in Mullivaikkal, nine years after the end of the war, I struggle to keep faith that the few exceptional voices and initiatives will prevail and Sri Lanka will overcome the May 18 disconnect. Reconciliation will remain elusive till then.”
via: http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2018/05/20/opinion/may-18-disconnect
Online Museum of Memory and Coexistence
The International Centre for Ethnic Studies is pleased to launch its online Museum of Memory and Coexistence. The museum will seek to celebrate diversity, coexistence, resilience and solidarity, while archiving social exclusion, loss, and personal trauma.
“Témoin des violences civiles survenues à Colombo à la fin du mois de juillet 1983” par Vincent Faugère
“unpublished photographs taken by a French tourist during the anti-Tamil pogrom of 1983” by Vincent Faugère
We warmly thank Vincent Faugère for allowing us to upload unpublished photographs he took during the anti-Tamil pogrom of 1983. Vincent Faugère came with his father to visit Sri Lanka in July 1983. He was then 15 years old. It happened that Vincent and his father were in Colombo when Tamil people were killed and chased from the town.
“Untold Stories from Kandy” by Groundviews
Featured image courtesy Vikalpa/Ishara Danasekara
Featured image courtesy Vikalpa/Ishara Danasekara
“This is the money that my daughter and I collected every day in a till. It used to be on the cabinet. The notes can no longer be found. The coins were caught in the flames and were burned.”
He took the coins one by one and held them in his hands. His breath caught in his chest.
To him, the value in these coins was clearly more than the rupee or two that they were worth.
“We’re not angry with the Sinhalese”, were his last words to me.
Vikalpa traveled to Digana and surrounding areas in the aftermath of riots targeting the Muslim community in March. The following story is a translation of Vikalpa’s coverage.
Read the full article here.
source: Groundviews
“Mired by Multiple Loan Sharks” by Amra Ismail
After a nearly three-decade civil war those devastated by it had to rebuild their lives and finding employment was a challenge. The strategy adopted by the Government was to expand credit and promote self-employment. But then things took a turn for the worse when their livelihoods did not flourish. People could not repay the mounting debts. The once war-torn areas of the country are now mired by multiple loans which include ‘predatory’ microfinance loans and loans provided by informal lenders at exorbitant interest rates.Failed attempts at self-employment coupled with accumulating high interest loans have now driven families to the brink of poverty.
via: www.dailymirror.lk/article/Mired-by-Multiple-Loan-Sharks-149365.html
source: dailymirror.lk
Lecture and Discussion on “Facets of Populism and the Threat to Liberal Democracy” by Neil De Votta at ICES auditorium, on May 17th 2018
Projection/débat autour du court-métrage “Unlock”, dimanche 6 mai à 18h, Grand Rex
“M.I.A. says she was unable to board plane to Canada for Hot Docs Festival” by By Katie Scott
Musician M.I.A. says she was unable to board a plane to Canada on Tuesday after officials in the United Kingdom found a stamp on her passport.
The British-Sri Lankan rapper, whose real name is Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam, is scheduled to attend the Canadian premiere of her new documentary Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto on Wednesday, May 2.
via: https://globalnews.ca/news/4179821/m-i-a-unable-to-board-plane-to-canada-hot-docs/
“CBK demands suspension of multimillion dollar Chinese water project” by Namini Wijedasa
A multimillion dollar Chinese-funded water supply project has run into controversy with former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga openly demanding its suspension and an inquiry on the grounds that it is overpriced. In August 2016, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) awarded a contract to China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) for the Gampaha, Attanagalla and Minuwangoda Integrated Water Supply Scheme. The project cost is US$ 229.5mn (Rs 35.8bn). It is 85 percent funded by a China Development Bank (CDB) loan while the Bank of Ceylon will lend the Government 15 percent of the contract price or US$ 34mn (Rs 5.3bn) as local funding.
“Reviving education in North will take years: PM” by DailyMirror.lk
It would take at least another ten years to revive the fallen education system in the North, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.
via: http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Reviving-education-in-North-will-take-years-PM-147952.html
“Police, politicians accused of joining Sri Lanka’s anti-Muslim riots” by Reuters
Police and politicians backed by the country’s former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked Sri Lanka’s Kandy district this month, according to witnesses, officials and CCTV footage reviewed by Reuters.
“Sri Lankan corporals arrested on Sri Lankan corporals arrested on anti-Muslim riot charges Reuters charges” by Reuters
Sri Lankan police have arrested two army corporals for their suspected involvement in anti-Muslim riots in the central highlands district of Kandy last month, police said on Tuesday.
“US rights report notes Sri Lanka’s slowness in transitional justice” by The Hindu
Torture remained endemic throughout Sri Lanka in 2017, the US has said, highlighting limited progress made by the government in establishing additional transitional justice mechanisms.