PUTTING THE CHURCH’S EASTER CLAIMS ON TRIAL
For seven years, the Catholic Church has demanded answers over the Easter Sunday attacks. Who knew? Who failed to act? Who warned whom? Who protected whom? Who was behind Zahran Hashim? Was Easter...
THILEEPAN — LTTE TERRORIST, CANCER PATIENT, USED BY THE LTTE AGAINST INDIA
A HUNGER STRIKE DOES NOT ERASE A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE A bronze statue now stands at Nallur. Flowers are being laid. Commemorations are being held. Schoolchildren in uniform and younger generations are being...
DILEEPA PEIRIS MUST RETRACT & APOLOGIZE TO THE ARMED FORCES DEPUTY MINISTER ARUNA JAYASEKERA — COMMANDER, SECURITY FORCES EAST IN APRIL 2019 — MUST SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
SAINTHAMARUTHU: DID THE ARMED FORCES KILL 16 PEOPLE — OR DID THE TERRORISTS BLOW THEMSELVES UP? There is an allegation made in court on 15 September 2026 that cannot simply be allowed...
SEX EDUCATION OR SEXUALITY EDUCATION — WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN?
There is an important distinction that must not be lost in the debate over Sri Lanka’s education reforms. No responsible parent would oppose children being taught about puberty, menstruation, reproductive biology, personal hygiene,...
WHY DOES CHEMMANI GET PROCESSIONS BUT THUNUKKAI DOES NOT? WHY IS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION ON CHEMMANI — BUT NOT THUNUKKAI?
Justice, we presume, is for all victims. That is why it is necessary to ask whether we are witnessing a change in the status quo — where some victims are receiving unprecedented mobilisation,...
WHY IS A CATHOLIC NGO PAX ROMANA PROPOSING PERMANENT SETTLEMENT & CITIZENSHIP TO ROHINGYAS & MUSLIM REFUGEES IN SRI LANKA AT THE UNHRC?
Sri Lanka is not a State party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol. Both UNHRC & UNHCR knows this. UNHCR also knows that Sri...
ඉන්දියාවට එකම ශිෂ්ටාචාරයක් තිබුණේ නැත්නම් — ශ්රී ලංකාව එහි “ශිෂ්ටාචාරික නිවුන් රට” වන්නේ කෙසේද?
ඉන්දියාව ශ්රී ලංකාව තම “ශිෂ්ටාචාරික නිවුන් රට” ලෙස හඳුන්වා දීමට දැඩි උත්සාහයක් දරමින් සිටී. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා මෙම යෙදුම අවස්ථා කිහිපයකදීම භාවිත කර ඇත. 2024 ඔක්තෝබර් මාසයේදී ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස් සන්තෝෂ්...
INDIA NEVER HAD ONE CIVILIZATION – SO HOW CAN SRI LANKA BE ITS “CIVILIZATIONAL TWIN”?
India is taking pains to feature Sri Lanka as its “civilizational twin.” India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has used the expression repeatedly. In October 2024, India’s High Commissioner Santosh Jha said: “We...
IF MUSLIM NATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTING ROHINGYA REFUGEES, WHY SHOULD SRI LANKA?
A Rohingya refugee living in Sri Lanka addressed the UN Human Rights Council by video through Pax Romana and called, among other things, for Sri Lanka to consider granting citizenship or permanent residency...
THE WAR INDIA EXPECTS BETWEEN US & CHINA MAY NEVER COME — SO WHY IS SRI LANKA BEING ASKED TO PREPARE FOR IT?
India increasingly presents the Indian Ocean through the prism of great-power competition. China is described as a strategic challenge; the United States is increasingly seen as India’s strategic partner; and Sri Lanka...
