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‘Avidya’: Vidyan Ravinthiran’s poems are a compelling chronicler of Sri Lanka’s political history
24 Aug 2025 19:24 GMT
… was the island country of Sri Lanka.
The winds blowing in from … weaving in the narrative of Black July. There’s a deliberate refrain … armed forces/ and in Sri Lanka, journalism. Countless journalists have been …
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The Fasting Monk, Islamophobia, and Episodic Violence in Sri Lanka
16 Aug 2025 14:37 GMT
… “crucial punctuation point” in Sri Lanka’s modern history, echoing … an unprecedented scale in Sri Lanka, making visible whose lives … the edge of another “Black July,” feeding the same discursive … the figurehead of contemporary Sri Lanka’s most vociferous anti …
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Peace or Oppression? The Fraught Symbolism of Sri Lanka’s National Waterlily
30 Jul 2025 15:28 GMT
… , is the national flower of Sri Lanka: a pale-blue bloom whose … Colombo, or by one of Sri Lanka’s holiest Buddhist temples in … of the nil manel as Sri Lanka’s floral emblem took place … what is now remembered as Black July, when Tamils were killed across …
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Remembering the infamous 1983 Black July Massacres of Tamils in Sri Lanka
24 Jul 2025 07:40 GMT
… EINPresswire.com/ -- Black July 1983, the infamous massacre … of their properties in Sri Lanka, which prompted the … community to hold Sri Lanka to unconditionally release … international community should refer Sri Lanka to International Criminal …
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Statement by Prime Minister Carney to mark 42 years since Black July
24 Jul 2025 00:51 GMT
… anti-Tamil pogrom erupted in Sri Lanka, leaving thousands dead, families shattered … to flee. Black July remains a tragic chapter in Sri Lanka’s history.
Driven …
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Chandraguptha Thenuwara’s Neo Glitch Commemorates Black July
23 Jul 2025 12:55 GMT
Photo courtesy of Saskia Fernando Gallery
July 23 holds a sombre significance for Sri Lankans, marking the anniversary of the 1983 pogrom, a brutal event that ignited decades of ethnic violence and conflict. For artist, sculptor and social activist Prof. …
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Why Black July still matters in 2025
22 Jul 2025 03:06 GMT
“When we commit ourselves to education as the practice of freedom, we participate in the making of an academic community where we can be and become intellectuals in the fullest and deepest sense of the word.”
– bell hooks (1989)
Traditionally understood, …
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How Rajiv Gandhi’s decision to send troops to Sri Lanka cost him his life
08 Jul 2025 03:47 GMT
… culminating the country’s Sri Lanka misadventure that has long … demanding autonomy or independence for Sri Lanka’s Tamil regions — Tamils … that led to the “Black July” riots which sparked the … Indian Military (2017).
In Sri Lanka, the Indian intervention was …
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Sri Lanka’s War Widows Are Clearing Its Land of Mines
21 May 2025 14:55 GMT
… eastern Sri Lanka,” says Cristy McLennan, the former Sri Lanka country … had culminated in the Black July pogrom of 1983, when … minefield in Vavuniya, northern Sri Lanka. (Jessie Williams)This … work in Sri Lanka.
The government of Sri Lanka issued a …
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New Booklet Unveils a Legal Model for Recognizing Sri Lanka’s Tamil Genocide, Urges Global Action for Justice
24 Mar 2025 18:30 GMT
… Act, pogroms such as Black July 1983
RALEIGH, NC, UNITED … pogroms such as Black July 1983. Sri Lanka’s escalation during … these horrors, directly challenging Sri Lanka’s denials.
Global … amplify genocide risks. Sri Lanka leveraged these loopholes by …