இணைய இதழ்- மே மாதம் முதலாம் திகதியில் இருந்து உங்கள் பார்வைக்கு………. ஒரு சில முயற்சிகளை கருத்து, செயற்பாட்டு தளத்தில் எடுத்து வருகிறோம்! இதுவோர் மீள்பரிசீலனை காலகட்டமாகும்.மறுபரிசீலனைகளும் புதிய தேடல்களும் உரையாடல்களுக்கும் கருத்து பரிமாற்றத்திற்கான அவசியமும் புதியதோர் கலாசார இயங்குதளத்தினை நோக்கி நம்மை பயணிக்க கோரி நிற்கிறது. நமது அரசியல் ,கலாசார பண்பாட்டு சிந்தனை, எழுத்து இயக்கமும் இதற்கு விதிவிலக்கல்ல. நீண்டகாலமாய் தொடரும் தேசிய இன நெருக்கடியும் இனமுரண்பாடும் முப்பது வருடங்களுக்கு மேலாய் நீடித்த போரும் வாழ்வுச் [...]

‘‘ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ සතුරන් විසින් අටවා ඇති උගුල කුමක්ද? අප ඉන් ගැලවී ගත යුතු ය. යෝජනාව අවසානයක් නොවේ. එය ක‍්‍රියාදාමයක් ආරම්භ කරයි. එය විසින් බාහිර පරීක්ෂණයක් සහ මැදිහත්වීම සඳහා නිසැකවම පසුබිම සකස් කරයි.  එසේ නමුත් එවැන්නක් සිදුවිය හැක්කේ තවත් සාධකයක් මතය: එනම් දේශීය පිළියම් ක‍්‍රියාත්මක නොවීම, ඒ සඳහා අධිශ්ඨානයක් නොවීම සහ ඒ සඳහා හැකියාවක් නොතිබීම යන [...]

Sri Lanka:Targeting a daughter of a journalist in exile by the government backed media inSri Lankashould be condemned NfRSri Lanka, a network of Sri Lankan journalists and human rights defenders, vehementlycondemns the virulent campaign launched by the Government backed media in Sri Lanka, against a daughter of a journalist inexile, in the wake of Human [...]

AsianForum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) received informationregarding threats, harassment, intimidation, vilification and incitement toviolence against Sri Lankan human rights defenders in connection with theirviews on accountability issues in Sri Lanka. These threats are partof a hate campaign directed against human rights defenders who have engagedwith the 19th regular session of the UN Human [...]

In the past, our groups of survivors of torture, rape, other human rights violations, families of the prisoners and the families of the disappeared, met as three different units with their own unique experiences, ideologies and identities. Now that these different groups have started sharing their pain altogether there has emerged a sense of belonging to a greater group. This new group feeling has united the survivors closer, giving them a meaning to their pain and vitality to dedicate themselves to a common cause. In sharing, they have been healed individually and as a group. The process of inner healing through group therapy has brought them and their family members to a more stable life and strengthened family bonds.

ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට එරෙහි එදිරිවාදු ප‍්‍රචාර සහ පළිගැනීමේ  තර්ජන භයානක ලෙස ඉහළ යයි – අයි.එප්.ජේ. ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප‍්‍රධාන පෙළේ ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන් සහ මානව හිමිකම් ආරක්ෂකයින් ගණනාවකට රුහැණිව රජයේ නියෝජිතයින් සහ රාජ්‍ය පාලිත ජනමාධ්‍ය විසින්  කැරෙන එදිරිවාදු ප‍්‍රචාර, විවෘතවම පළිගන්නා බවට කැරෙන තර්ජන බිය ජනක ලෙස ඉහළ යාම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගේ සම්මේලනය ( අයි.එප්.ජේ./ජා.ජා) සිය දැඩි කණගාටුව [...]

Sri Lanka- Human rights defenders threatened and subjected to a smear campaign forparticipating in the Human Rights Council From 9 March to 23 March2012, Dr Paikiasothy Saravunammutta,Ms Nimalka Fernando, Ms Sunila Abeysekera, and Mr Sunanada Deshapriya were targeted bygovernment media and a Government Minister for their participation in the 19thsession of the Human Rights Council [...]

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution on Accountability and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka   The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a regional human rights group with 49 member organisations in 17 countries across Asia, has welcomed the resolution on “promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka”, which was adopted by the UN [...]

In conclusion, as a neighbour with thousands of years of cordial relations with Lanka, with deep rooted spiritual and cultural ties, we cannot remain untouched by developments in that country. We have been bound also by a shared quest for freedom and dignity. We will continue to remain engaged with the Government of Sri Lanka to take forward the process of reconciliation to secure for all its citizens a future marked by equality, dignity, justice and self-respect.