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Patterns and Risks of Religious Violence Against Christians (October 2020 – October 2021)
Get PDF39p. This study was compiled by Media Team of Verité Research. Stephanie Nicolle was the lead researcher and author of the study. Rochel Canagasabey facilitated and managed the study.Ethno-religious violence has persisted in post-war Sri Lanka irrespective of changes to the country’s political leadership. The current study unpacks the macro-level and micro-level patterns of religious violence against Christians. For this purpose, Verité Research analysed incidents of religious violence that were recorded by the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka.
The analysis of macro-level patterns offers insights into religious violence against Christians from January 2010 to October 2021. The findings of this analysis suggest a pattern of increasing momentum pertaining to the number of religiously motivated incidents against Christians. However, COVID-19 and national elections appear to disrupt this pattern of increasing momentum. The analysis of micro-level trends offers insights into 72 incidents of violence against Christians from October 2020 to October 2021. This analysis revealed that state officials, including the police, were responsible for most incidents of violence. The findings of this analysis suggest a worrying trend regarding the state’s negative bias towards permitting Christians to function in an environment free of violence
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 3 infographics and 3 writeups (in Sinhala)In the month of June 2022, the following media ethics violations took place in relation to women discrimination.
In the month of June 2022, an article published in Dinamina newspaper highlighted the gender of a suspect of fraud as a female in the headline with the silhouette of a woman. However, the sister paper of Dinamina, Daily News reported the same news without highlighting the gender of the suspect.
In the month of June 2022, both the newspapers Divaina and Aruna highlighted women when the offense was committed by both male and female suspects.
In the month of June 2022, Aruna newspaper reported that women were having affairs in the fuel queue and blamed the act on females rather than the males involved in the act as well
Open Budget Survey 2021 in Context: South Asia
Get PDF14 pagesIn an effort to make the Open Budget Survey (OBS) better reflect the views of their civil society partners and respond to requests by stakeholders, including development partners, IBP commissioned a set of regional briefs, authored by a selection of Open Budget Survey 2021 Partners, that aimed to complement the more general global findings and the more specific country summaries for the OBS 2021. This entry comprises the brief for South Asia, authored by Verite Research, covering Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. IBP aims to publish this in concurrence with the launch of the OBS 2021 in May 2022
එක් පුවතක්, රාමුගත කිරීම් දෙකක්?
No full textThis entry includes an infographic and a write-up (both in Sinhala)In the month of March 2022, articles published in Sunday Divaina, Sunday Aruna, Ceylon Today and Mawbima, reported on the 43rd Brigade joining the satyagraha organised by the UNP. Sunday Aruna and Mawbima framed the framed the incident as the 43rd Brigade joining the UNP party, hence not clearly describing what happened. By contrast Sunday Divaina and Ceylon Today reported it accurately
Presidential Powers: As per the 21st amendment proposed by SJB
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThese infographics show the current powers of the President and the proposed changes to those powers under 21st amendment by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)
Most active MPs in parliament in August 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis Infographic shows the most active MPs in the 9th Parliament in August 2022. They are Kanchana Wijesekera – SLPP, Mahindananda Aluthgamage – SLPP, Nalin Bandara Jayamaha – SJB, Harsha de Silva - SJB and Mujibur Rahuman – SJB
නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ අධිකරණයට: ස්වාධීන රූපවාහිනි සිරස්තලය
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).In the month of May 2022, ITN, Sirasa, Siyatha, Swarnavahini and Rupavahini covered the news of Namal Rajapaksa being summoned to the magistrate's court, while Derana and Hiru primetime news did not cover it. Notably, the ITN headlines combined the news of Namal Rajapaksa and the father of Easter bombers' father being granted bail, and framed it in a way that could evoke ethnic tensions
Parliamentary report card: Naseer Ahamed – August 2020 to February 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in SinhalaThis report card shows the contribution of MP Naseer Ahamed (SLMC) in the 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to February 2022. This includes attendance in parliament sittings (100/142), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (9) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Justice, Defense and Public Order; Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs; Economy and Finance
Parliament Summary – October 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis parliament summary for October 2022 provides following details: number of parliament sittings (9), written questions asked (128) and answered (103), adjournment motion (0), motion at adjournment time (1), Speaker’s announcements (20), Bills – tabled (4), debated and passed (7), regulations (1), orders (3), private member’s bills – incorporation bills (3), questions by private notice (4), points of order - technical (47) and disruptive (2), Expunged statements (21) and most responsible MP (Sarath Fonseka - 6)
The lure of Chinese loans : Sri Lanka’s experiment with a special framework to finance its infrastructure investments - Presentation
No full textThis IKR entry contains the slide deck presented at the 'Lure of Chinese Loans' event held on the 22nd of September 2022. The presentation has 39 slides and it is available in English and Sinhala.China was the leading provider of external finance to Sri Lanka for infrastructure development during 2010-2016 accounting for 37% of the total. Sri Lanka borrowed USD 5,895 million from China for infrastructure development during this period. More than half of these loans from China (53%) came through a special regulatory framework set up in 2010, enabling the government to entertain unsolicited proposals (USPs) for public funded infrastructure projects circumventing the normal competitive procurement process. This research paper delves into the design and the actual practice of this special regulatory framework. Based on published and unpublished official documents and conversations with the officials, the paper unravels the flaws in the design and the execution of the special framework. In depth investigation of a water supply scheme implemented via the special framework demonstrates how the flaws in the design and the implementation led to outcomes different from the ones expected at the time the framework was established. It reveals the hidden costs the country incurred to secure funds for its infrastructure development and the ineffectiveness of the oversight processes in place to detect and prevent malpractices and irregularities