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  1. Sri Lanka: People鈥檚 power coalition wins landslide electoral victory

    Asia & the Pacific Economy Elections Women Workers & unions Janaka Biyanwila 2024 Sri ... (NPP) coalition Colombo The Sri Lankan parliamentary elections held on November 14 were historic. The ... parliament. The NPP 鈥 made up of trade unions, women鈥檚, students鈥 and other civil society organisations ...

  2. Behind the left victory in Sri Lanka

    women鈥檚 groups, youth groups, civil society groups and activist networks. One of the NPP鈥檚 key themes was ... the fight against corruption, nepotism, economic waste and mismanagement. This was also on the agenda ... within a social democratic frame, focused on continuing the country鈥檚 export-based economy, while ...

  3. Sri Lanka: Building the people鈥檚 movement is a priority

    organising women who are struggling with micro finance. We are building a national movement focused on that. ... women during the uprising have their profile pictures (on Facebook) with a tag line 鈥淚 hate politics鈥. ... Asia & the Pacific Socialism Women Workers & unions Youth & students Pubudu Jayagoda ...

  4. 'Sand' explores the post-war trauma of Tamil survivors

    Asia & the Pacific Film & theatre History Imperialism & war National liberation Janaka ... trinkets. Once his offer is refused by the injured young man, who is intent on living, the boy moves on to ... Lankan anti-Tamil war, the necklace carries the infamous cyanide capsule worn by the Tamil Tigers 鈥 the ...

  5. Sri Lanka: Debt restructuring and restraining dissent

    efforts to curtail fundamental freedoms of speech, association and dissent. This attack on basic human ... announced at his United National Party convention, on October 21, that presidential and parliamentary ... inquiry is to raise the electoral participation of women and young people and enable electronic voting ...

  6. Sri Lankan student leader says diversity strengthens the people鈥檚 movement

    President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on July 9, the people鈥檚 movement in Sri Lanka continues. Rajapaksa fled the ... Wickramasinghe became president through an interparliamentary election on July 20, mostly with the votes of ... Minister from 2015鈥19, when an insider-trading deal on Treasury Bonds led to the loss of public funds. ...

  7. Sri Lanka: A victory for a non-violent people鈥檚 movement

    on July 9 with President Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa's offer to resign. On this historic day, ... costs of essential consumer goods. The night before the main mobilisation, police enforced a curfew on ... claiming the curfew was 鈥渂latantly illegal and a violation of the fundamental rights of the people鈥. On the ...

  8. Sri Lanka: Protesters demand regime change, demilitarisation of the state

    and thugs to attack peaceful protesters on May 9 in Colombo. The protesters were demanding the ... cricketing stars Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, who condemned the attacks on the peaceful ... who came to your office first before going on to assault the peaceful protestors". Former Sri ...

  9. Behind the popular protests in Sri Lanka

    women 鈥 have engaged in an enduring protest demanding wage rises. The current government received the ... Although numerous investigations were carried out, some still on-going, what has emerged is the complicity ... vandalised under the cover of darkness on April 27. State capture In 1978, the newly-elected Sri Lankan ...