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Civil War Subjectivities: Space, Social Change and Ethnicised Violence in Sri Lanka

2nd October 2018 5th October 2021 / By Anoma Pieris / ASAA books, South Asia Studies, Sri Lanka

“…never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee” (John Donne, Meditation 17) The Sri Lankan civil war has been reviewed and debated by many scholars who argue its rootedness in historic enmities, its evolution from an ethnicised consciousness and its more immediate political struggles in relation to diasporic and party …

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Sri Lanka opts for normality with Rajapaksa ousting

15th February 2015 6th October 2021 / By Damien Kingsbury / Sri Lanka

DAMIEN KINGSBURY analyses the surprise election of Maithripala Sirisena as president last month and sees it as reflecting a desire for a more open, less authoritarian political process. The recent election in Sri Lanka of the new president, Maithripala Sirisena, has surprised many who thought that ousted Mahinda Rajapaksa would remain in office more or …

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Sri Lankan government unmoved by UN report on human rights abuses

20th June 2014 6th October 2021 / By Damien Kingsbury / Sri Lanka

With backing from powerful friends, Sri Lanka remains immune to international concern over its human rights record. Damien Kingsbury reports. A certain predictability has developed in the public exchange on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. In keeping with this predictability, the recent UN Human Rights Commission report on Sri Lanka’s continuing serious human …

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Civil War Subjectivities: Space, Social Change and Ethnicised Violence in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka opts for normality with Rajapaksa ousting

Sri Lankan government unmoved by UN report on human rights abuses

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