Photo courtesy of the New Yorker My journey through the shadows of the Sri Lankan civil war was not one I chose but one that was thrust upon me. From a 17 year-old student abducted from my classroom ...

On roadsides from Vavuniya to Matara, mothers still stand with photographs pressed to the light, as if willing the truth to appear. Their children, husbands and siblings vanished in the chaos of… ...

Photo courtesy of Maatram On roadsides from Vavuniya to Matara, mothers still stand with photographs pressed to the light, as ...

Photo courtesy of The Hindu “...there is such a thing as suicide.” Aldous Huxley (Texts and Pretexts) There is a picture of ...

Photo courtesy of OHCHR In the run up to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) session beginning in September, UN High ...

Photo courtesy of Ministry of Defence From the damp earth of a jungle bunker to the sterile corridors of military ...

Photo courtesy of Nisheli Pieris “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” ...

Photo courtesy of Kumanan Mannar Island is at the heart of a growing battle over its fragile ecology, cultural heritage and ...