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Award winning citizen journalism from Sri Lanka


06 Nov
CHOGM-2011: HOW DIPLOMATIC VICTORIES END IN DISGRACE - Groundviews Finally, there was that photograph of the President shaking the hand of the Queen; doctored (according to a web based media outfit, Lankaenews), whereby, for instance, the SG of the Commonwealth who should have been next to the Queen is missing in the photo! If the photo that appeared in the official website of the President was indeed a doctored one (and there’s no reason to believe it wasn’t, as anyone who would have seen the original photos would notice the difference), the question that will (and should) be asked is a very serious and disturbing one: is this the Government which claims that Channel 4’s video footage is doctored? What moral right, it will be asked, does the Government have to point fingers at others when it is seen to be doctoring photos of its own President? Very simply, then, that is how a ‘diplomatic victory’ ended in ‘disgrace’.

CHOGM-2011: HOW DIPLOMATIC VICTORIES END IN DISGRACE - Groundviews

 

Finally, there was that photograph of the President shaking the hand of the Queen; doctored (according to a web based media outfit, Lankaenews), whereby, for instance, the SG of the Commonwealth who should have been next to the Queen is missing in the photo! If the photo that appeared in the official website of the President was indeed a doctored one (and there’s no reason to believe it wasn’t, as anyone who would have seen the original photos would notice the difference), the question that will (and should) be asked is a very serious and disturbing one: is this the Government which claims that Channel 4’s video footage is doctored? What moral right, it will be asked, does the Government have to point fingers at others when it is seen to be doctoring photos of its own President?

 

Very simply, then, that is how a ‘diplomatic victory’ ended in ‘disgrace’.

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23 Feb

Ameena Hussein is one of Sri Lanka’s best known English authors. See write up of this interview here - http://www.groundviews.org/2010/02/24/interview-with-ameena-hussein/

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16 Feb

This inane verbal abuse by supine apparatchiks of the President signifies a churlish regime, unable and unwilling to grasp the importance of civil and progressive media relations, communications skills and soft diplomacy after the end of war.

http://www.groundviews.org/wp-content/uploads/insult.mp3

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18 Dec

Groundviews in conversation with Dilrukshi Handunnetti on human rights and the freedom of expression in particular. Dilrukshi is a lawyer by training having specialized in international law. A journalist for over 17 years, she has extensively covered the areas of politics, conflict, environment, culture, and history and gender issues.

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14 Dec

This video features Sunila Abeysekara, an award winning Sri Lankan human rights activist. The interview was conducted over a Skype video call.

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14 Dec

This video features two well known youth activists. K. Guruparan, who has also appeared earlier on Groundviews is associated with Beyond Borders and was one of the founders of the Sri Lankan Youth Parliament. Jovita Arulanantham, also a youth activist, is a student at the University of Colombo.

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10 Dec

As part of our video series for human rights day 2009 (falling on 10 December), Groundviews interviewed Sunethra Bandaranaike, Chairperson of the Sunera Foundation. With the interrogation of human rights in Sri Lanka often solely focussing on violations of political rights, Groundviews sought to focus attention on disability and the rights of the disabled in our country.

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10 Dec

Q&A at Robert Blake Press conference - 9 December 2009

http://www.groundviews.org/wp-...erence-Recording.mp3

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10 Dec

To commemorate Human Rights Day, falling today, Groundviews interviewed a number of leading activists in Sri Lanka to find out their perspectives on current challenges facing human rights in post-war Sri Lanka.

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05 Dec
See a visualization of Sri Lankan Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka's key speeches to date here - http://www.groundviews.org/2009/12/04/visualising-key-speeches-and-submissions-of-sarath-fonseka/
See a visualization of Sri Lankan Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka's key speeches to date here - http://www.groundviews.org/2009/12/04/visualising-key-speeches-and-submissions-of-sarath-fonseka/

5, Dec 2009   •   report abuse

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