P. Saravanamuttu

Interest in Governance and Human Rights

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

@dbsjeyaraj I have been saying this for some time and to Jeevan too

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

Non-inclusion of women and civil society on Rebuilding Sri Lanka is disgraceful and insulting!

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

Basic History for the Uninformed:

1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.

2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state.

3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state.

4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state.

5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Crusader Frankish and the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state.

6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there were the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state.

7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state.

8. there was the Sassanid-Persian Empire before the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.

9. Before the Sassanid-Persian Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire again, not a Palestinian state.

10. there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state, before the Byzantine Empire.

11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Jewish Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state.

12. Before the Jewish Hasmonean state was the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, not a Palestinian state.

13. Before the Hellenistic Seleucid empire, there was Alexander the Great's empire, not a Palestinian state.

14. Before Alexander the Great, there was the Persian Empire, not a Palestinian state.

15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state.

16. Before the Babylonian Empire, the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were not Palestinian states.

17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state.

18. Before the Kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state.

19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.

There have been many governments there, but never a Palestine.

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

@aarudpra Congratulations!

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

@OpenSociety Congratulations!!

[Centre for Policy Alternatives Sri Lanka @CPASL]

Almost two centuries have passed since the Tamil Malaiyaha communities were brought to Sri Lanka. Since then, they have been contributing to the Sri Lankan economy, especially through the labour they provide to the tea industry in Sri Lanka to flourish. Despite their great contributions, these communities were never given significance, their rights were dismissed, their access to basic living standards were taken away. Yet, they were obliged to toil among the tea estates at a cheap wage.
@yudhee_k | @CeylonToday
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[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

@SriLankanEye @groundviews @MaatramSL @vikalpavoices Do tell why?

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

@SriLankanEye @groundviews @MaatramSL @vikalpavoices What is the issue here? If Sri Lankans gave money for governance and human rights civil society organizations would not have to seek foreign funding. Yes, CPA has its own agenda for governance. Human Rights and Transitional Justice iand we go to funders to fund our work,

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

@SriLankanEye @groundviews @MaatramSL @vikalpavoices Love to know who you are? What is your name? Why don’t you post in it?

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

@SriLankanEye @groundviews @MaatramSL @vikalpavoices And you? Whose bitch are you?!!

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

@SriLankanEye @groundviews @MaatramSL @vikalpavoices Where is the evidence for the accusation of articles in Groundviews being paid for

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

@SriLankanEye @groundviews @MaatramSL @vikalpavoices CPA has its own agenda for governance and takes donor money only if their interests coincides with ours. These shrill and hysterical denunciations do not know the facts , are baseless and ignorant. Wonder who funds them ?

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

https://t.co/6RuRinQhGO

[P. Saravanamuttu @PSaravanamuttu]

With President and AI Sec-General

[Bhavani Fonseka @bfonseka]

Do join my colleagues @SRajasegar & @sampathslk to launch this important initiative & discuss a topic confronted by thousands in #SriLanka with no meaningful reckoning #disappearances

@MaatramSL
@vikalpavoices

[Sampath Samarakoon @sampathslk]

අතුරුදහන් කරන ලද සමීපතමයන්ගේ මතකය අමතක කිරීමට බල කරන රාජ්‍යක,
ඔවුන්ගේ මතකයන් සමග සත්‍ය සහ යුක්තිය සොයා යන ගමන් ගැන සාකච්ඡාවක්,
ඒ වෙනුවෙන් වූ ඔබේ අදහස් සමග එක්වන්න. 👇
Org: @MaatramSL #srilanka #Justice #Life

[Maatram @MaatramSL]

Memories of loved ones: A virtual memorial - webpage launch

Relatives of the forcibly disappeared share stories of the belongings that remind them of their loved ones.

Date: 30th March 2024
Time: 6.00pm - 7.30pm (LK)
Zoom link: https://t.co/mzGQTR9iZX

#lka #SriLanka

[Centre for Policy Alternatives Sri Lanka @CPASL]

Report on Understanding Interconnections between #HumanRights and #EconomicCrimes in #SriLanka is live on the CPA website! Examine the link between economic crimes by PEPs and human rights, with strategies to combat #Impunity.
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https://t.co/78sUfvOpQ5