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“And on the democratic side, Sri Lanka is one clear case of a democratic regime that in 1989–90 authorized military squads to track down and summarily execute members and suspected supporters of the JVP (Peoples Liberation Party), which had begun its second rebellion that threatened to overthrow the state.
Prabhakaran (Sinhala: ප්රභාකරන්) is a 2008 Sri Lankan biographical war film directed by Thushara Peiris and produced by Osmond de Silva. [2] It stars Priyankara Rathnayake, Anuruddhika Padukkage and Dasun Madhusanka in lead roles along with Darshan Dharmaraj and Sarath Dikkumbura. [3] Music composed by Mahesh Denipitiya.
Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli: Chapter 2 (Sinhala: ගිනි අවි සහ ගිනිකෙළි 2, English: Firearms and Fireworks 2) is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese crime film directed and produced by Udayakantha Warnasuriya for Bahuroo Films. [1]
D. C. Atukorala [3] - A Chief Engineer attached to the Ports Authority, Sri Lanka; Daya Pathirana [6] - Former leader of the Independent Students Union (ISU) of University of Colombo; Daya Sepali Senadheera [5] - United National Party MP for Karandeniya; DIG Bennet Perera [7] - Former Director Criminal Investigation Department of Sri Lanka.
In 2022, as protests began growing in Sri Lanka, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, former Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States and Mexico, and a cousin of the Rajapaksa brothers, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for defrauding $332,027 from the Sri Lankan government during the purchase of a new embassy building in 2013.
The 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) insurrection (also known as the 1971 Revolt) was the first of two unsuccessful armed revolts conducted by the communist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) against the socialist United Front Government of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) under Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
1987–1989 JVP insurrection; Part of the Cold War and Sri Lankan Civil War: Clockwise, from top left: A militia of the DJV, graffiti on the wall of a post office reading "let's kill J. R.", a bus that was burnt by the DJV, a security guard in front of the BOC vandalized by the DJV
The Dark Corners of Sri Lanka - A documentary by Centre for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (CPPHR) about the ones suffered or died under torture in Sri Lanka. It was directed by Yogeswaran Veerasen [5] Haunted By Her Yesterdays [6] A Sri Lankan woman's search for her missing husband [7] [8] Sri Lankan civil war: Damilvany's story [9 ...