By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka runs the risk of being expelled from the ‘Open Government Partnership’ (OGP) over its decision to enact the controversial ‘Online Safety...
As many as 159 of Sri Lanka’s 225 Members of Parliament have signed a petition expressing support for the besieged Palestinian people, demanding an immediate halt...
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across the world for a weekend of demonstrations demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza....
Bangladesh police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing opposition party supporters blocking major roads in the capital Dhaka to demand the prime minister’s...
Monday 15th May, 2023 Colombo looked like a garrison town over the weekend with a heavy military and police presence. The government had received an intelligence...
Aljazeera reported that France’s constitutional court has approved the key elements of President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms, triggering new nationwide protests against the plan. The nine-member...
Some countries, such as Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and Oman, offered concessions including constitutional changes, to stall protests. Ukraine’s famed ‘Maidan Protest,’ in 2013-14 led to the...
By Dharshan Weerasekera The ‘Aragalaya protests,’ by which I mean the protests that started in mid-March and culminated in the storming of the President’s House, and...