Who is Ibrahim Traoré and what can Sri Lanka learn from him?
At only 32, Captain Ibrahim Traoré took the reins of Burkina Faso in 2022 through a military-led transition of power. In less than three years, he has emerged as a prominent figure in...
Category: Chartering Our Future
“Police Data Proves No LGBTQIA Discrimination: Repealing Penal Code 365/365A would be Political Suicide and a Betrayal of Sri Lanka’s Children”
Sri Lanka’s Penal Code Sections 365 and 365A have come under increasing scrutiny, particularly by international human rights organizations and advocacy groups pushing for their repeal. These sections are often portrayed as discriminatory...
Are we being led into another Manufactured Crisis? The Brave warning of MP Archuna and the Nation’s unanswered questions!
Sri Lanka is once again standing at the edge of a political and national security precipice. A bold and disturbing statement made by Member of Parliament Archuna inside Parliament has triggered ripples far beyond the...
Is the Repeal of Penal Code 365 & 365A a Move to Legalize Public Sex—Even with Minors?
When ‘Discrimination’ demands Freedom to have Sex (carnal intercourse) against the Order of Nature in Public: A Critical Look at LGBTQIA Demands on Penal Code 365 & 365A. Are LGBTQIA Rights Truly Being Denied?...
Protecting Children or Promoting Sexual Abuse? The Battle to retain Sections 365 & 365A in Sri Lanka’s Penal Code
Sri Lanka’s Sections 365 and 365A, enacted during colonial times and strengthened in 1995 and 2006, protect children from sexual exploitation, including same-sex abuse. Private consensual acts, where adults are involved, are not the...
Buddhism, Law, and Governance in Sri Lanka: Ethics Must Guide the State: Continue Penal Code 365/365A
Sri Lanka, is a nation morally anchored in the teachings of the Buddha. From the Constitution to the Penal Code though the latter is colonial, Sri Lanka’s legal foundations echo Buddhist ethical values such as non-harming, truth, justice, and restraint. These...
Sri Lanka’s SOE Privatization: Vision for Citizen Ownership
Since the late 1970s, with constitutional change Sri Lanka embarked on an ambitious journey to open its economy & reform through privatization of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). Over 500 SOEs existed at independence and afterward,...
Letter from the Citizens of Sri Lanka to the Government and People of Canada: Erect monument for Canada’s Genocide against Indigenous Peoples
To the Prime Minister and Members of the Canadian Parliament, We, the citizens of Sri Lanka, write to express deep concern over the growing political narrative emerging from Canada that seeks to label Sri...
Comprehensive Legal rebuttal to Genocide and War Crimes allegations against Sri Lanka
Lack of Credible Evidence Supporting Genocide Allegations. The 1948 Genocide Convention defines genocide as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group. Allegations...
Born this way? Science confirms No Gay Gene – No One is Born Gay
The Myth that shaped a Movement: For decades, the claim that people are “born gay” has been the foundation of modern LGBTQIA+ activism. As a result it has unfairly shaped court decisions, education policy,...
