Lanka Solidarity

Exploring methods of social & political engagement that can contribute to the development of a democratic Sri Lankan society based on pluralism & equality.

[Himal Southasian @HimalSouthasian]

Sri Lanka’s exodus of healthcare workers, by @AlwisInosha: https://t.co/Pc5KjluEfa

[Lanka Solidarity @lankasol]

Sri Lanka’s Former President Ordered to Pay Victims of 2019 Bombings (from 1/12)
https://t.co/ftwMOTgtDc

[Lanka Solidarity @lankasol]

#lka

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

John Howard’s government considered letting offshore detainees into Australia in 2002 https://t.co/xl7FjyPkfM

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#SriLanka: A mass uprising showed that no leader is invincible, and no might is bigger than people’s power. Not a new or novel message when you turn the pages of history, but certainly a valuable reminder for a reporter - #Notebook column in @the_hindu
https://t.co/1fvfoY20IG

[Sandya Ekneligoda @SP_Ekneligoda]

Thank you @BBC100women for this! I'm honoured and humbled. I am just one activist in the midst of thousands of families of the disappeared in Sri Lanka fighting daily for truth and justice. We're all in this struggle together.

https://t.co/lL7AtEvUs7

#BBC100women #lka

[Arun Arokianathan @aroarun]

“In many households, they are cooking one meal a day,” Dr. Ahilan Kadirgamar shares first hand observations from his research in the rural villages in the Northern Province . Watch full interview 👇
https://t.co/sOE1xKqRvI #EconomicCrisisLK #Jaffna #Srilanka #lka #Srilanka

[Lanka Solidarity @lankasol]

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[Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat]

#RepealPTA

In July 2021 I filed a RTI request to TID for statistics on no of persons in remand and on detention orders for offences re to LTTE and the Easter Sunday attacks. TID stated my request wasn’t specific and I appealed. On 26 Oct 2022 RTI Comm ordered info to be released

[Lanka Solidarity @lankasol]

Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis Is Still Spiraling (from Oct 6) #lka @ForeignPolicy

https://t.co/GIhF1ZN0qj

[Dr. Asha de Vos @ashadevos]

Bioluminescence in Galle face, Colombo last night! Worth heading out tonight - no guarantees but if you see it, it’s magical! Read this for more https://t.co/E4oijOqfz4 thanks @iFiri for the video! @OceanswellOrg

[DailyMirror @Dailymirror_SL]

70% of Sri Lankans believe that the Executive Presidency should be abolished. #DailyMirror #SriLanka #SLnews

https://t.co/Ny44Zj9SIF

[Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat]

When we demand the right to memorialize victims of war time violations, we must not forget violations such as massacre of Muslims at Kurukkalmadam by LTTE, which are rarely spoken about or memorialized. Families’ right to know the whereabouts of remains is imp part of it.

[Shubhanga Pandey @ShubhangaP]

What next if Sri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns?
Watch @himalistan's latest video, based on @GehanDG's explainer for us, with footage from @exfrotezter and production by @sanaamir06.

https://t.co/JfOFJHsxos

[Devjyot Ghoshal @DevjyotGhoshal]

In a corner of a darkened hall at Rajapaksa's official residence, audio engineer Sameera Karunaratne sat with two friends playing Sri Lankan pop songs on a large, polished piano.

"It's a dream to come to a place like this," he said. "We just came to see what's going on."

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

“Our struggle is not over.”

Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka continue to occupy the presidential palace and vow to stay until both the president and PM officially step down https://t.co/hL57b8qg8K

[Lanka Solidarity @lankasol]

Sri Lanka police impose curfew, fire tear gas as unrest escalates #lka
https://t.co/jyx1Q1rmqh

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

Up and down Sri Lanka, people are waiting days in long lines at fuel stations, as the island nation runs low on supplies
@BBCRajiniV reports from capital Colombo w @andrewclarance and @shaluyadavbbc