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Brahmi on Potsherds in Anuradhapura

#uதுකම් (#Duty): By Laleen Jayamanne Somewhere online, I found this simple but startling composite, multi-scripted, word-slogan of the aragalaya; (#duty#යුතුකම්). Written with letters (akshara), drawn from all three languages of the country, it appears to be by an anonymous artist during the earlier GOTAGOGAMA PHASE of the aragalaya. It’s a key word expressing an ethical […] ....

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Empire's Enchantment – The Island

By Lynn Ockersz For the Isle’s local Sires, On whom the reins of power, Were bestowed with caution, By a tactically retreating empire, The umbilical tie with the latter, Was never brought asunder, For, the departing big power, Wanted a faithful local agent, And our Brown Sahib class, With its zest for adulation, Meets the […] ....

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Geneva challenge: Sabry needs to review 'case' anew – The Island

In a classified diplomatic cable from Colombo, wartime US Ambassador here Patricia Butenis categorized President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa and common candidate at the 2010 presidential poll General Sarath Fonseka as war criminals. The cable released by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, written by Butenis weeks ahead of the presidential poll conducted […] ....

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LankaWeb – Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka


Posted on December 18th, 2020
By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island
From 2012, Reconciliation and Accountability have been the twin pillars of the series of Resolutions that emerged from the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Perhaps, the thinking of those who developed the formula of linking Reconciliation with Accountability was guided by the notion that an effective accountability process that holds some members of the security forces and the associated leaders accountable and punished would somehow ease the humiliation of defeat, and make the painful processes of healing and eventual reconciliation more tolerable.
In general, this notion presumes that retributive justice would promote reconciliation. The presumption of such an outcome is not an assured given because the possibility exists for the positions of the parties hoping to reconcile to harden to a point of defeating the intended objective of reconciliation if retributive proc ....

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