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Geneva, Rajapaksa Regime & Myanmar Shadows The darkness of night is the close companion of dictators. ~ (Hafez, Divan) (Quoted in Kim Ghattas, Black Wave, London, 2020, p.31) Within a period of just over one year the Rajapaksa regime, headed by two septuagenarian siblings with different professional traits – one, a military man, and the other, a crass politician, but both beholden to a Sinhala Buddhist supremacist ideology that is shredding Sri Lankan society into pieces, has driven the country into a cauldron of crises, from public health and economy to ecology and human rights and to ...

and a special counsel to investigate violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.  However, in 2019 the new government decided to withdraw from this Resolution, with no trace of any effort to set up such a mechanism. Reconciliation could have included the promotion and recognition of Tamil culture and history, it could have gone some way in assuring Tamil citizens they belonged to the Island that has been their home for over 4,000 years. With the new government’s withdrawal from such a commitment, it is no surprise that the Sri Lankan government is unwavering by its othe...

Geneva proposes asset freezes, travel bans ahead of HR sessions  By Shamindra Ferdinando An Extraordinary Gazette notification, pertaining to the nomination of Justice Abdul Hameed Dileep Nawaz, as the Chairman of a three-member Commission of Inquiry (CoI), to investigate, inquire into and report, or take required actions, regarding the findings of the former Commissions, or Committees, that investigated human rights violations, serious violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and other such offences, was issued on January 20. The Extraordinary Gazette notification was issued, clos...

Don’t Fret, Don’t Stress out: Helpful Lessons learnt raising a late talker Taking care of baby is hard. Taking care of a late talker is harder. In this story, I tell you of the techniques I was able to apply to get my 3 year old speech delayed kid start talking. Parents of late talkers need not fret or stress out since it will not solve anything. Instead, take action and appreciate each of the language milestones displayed by your child. The Thrive Global Community welcomes voices from many spheres on our open platform. We publish pieces as written by outside contributors with a wide rang...

16 binge-worthy podcasts to rip into in 2021 Words by Talia Rinaldo These picks will get you through a long walk, a short commute or anything in between. It’s a wide world out there when it comes to podcasts: you can pretty much find anything from informative and educational to entertaining to terrifying, but because there’s so many of them it can be a needle in a haystack to find one you like. With the new year well and truly here, and in the hope of saving you the hassle of finding a podcast by trial and error, we have lined up your summer podcast binges thanks to Acast. Whether you are...