Groundviews

Groundviews Award-winning civic media from Sri Lanka. Groundviews is a citizens journalism website based in Sri Lanka.

The site uses a range of genres and media to highlight alternative perspectives on governance, human rights, the arts and literature, peace-building and other issues.

Here was a leader of a political party which had spent decades in the political wilderness – ridiculed, ignored, sometim...
30/08/2025

Here was a leader of a political party which had spent decades in the political wilderness – ridiculed, ignored, sometimes persecuted – yet when they finally gained unprecedented power, their response was not the usual self-aggrandizement we have come to expect from politicians. Instead, they have displayed for close to a year a remarkable simplicity and discipline that still feels almost alien in our current political landscape.
https://groundviews.org/2025/08/30/why-societys-greatest-leaders-often-come-from-its-edges/

On International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, people from across the country gathered in Colombo, visi...
29/08/2025

On International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, people from across the country gathered in Colombo, visiting several embassies and the United Nations in Sri Lanka to demand justice and recognition.
The demonstration, organised by the Families of the Disappeared (FoD), highlighted their petition to the Ministry of Justice and several embassies, where copies were handed over and acknowledged with signatures.

Their voices reflect a continuing struggle against decades of silence and injustice, with urgent calls for long-delayed redress and accountability.

Sri Lanka stands at a crossroads in its journey towards gender equality. From the halls of parliament to the climate aff...
29/08/2025

Sri Lanka stands at a crossroads in its journey towards gender equality. From the halls of parliament to the climate affected fields of rural women farmers, from the rising dangers of technology facilitated violence to the quiet invisibility of unpaid care work, the lives of women are deeply intertwined with the broader political, social and economic fabric of the nation.
https://groundviews.org/2025/08/29/time-for-legal-reform-to-reap-the-gender-dividend/

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 1...
26/08/2025

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 in 1991 to an intelligence operative working against the very organization that conscripted me, my life became a complex tapestry of shifting allegiances, all woven with the single thread of survival.
https://groundviews.org/2025/08/26/from-child-soldier-to-spy-my-secret-war-against-the-ltte/

22/08/2025

Protesters gathered at the Parliament Roundabout to rally against the harassment faced by journalists in the North-East. The protest was a response to the inquiry against Kumanan by the Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division, and demanded repealing the PTA.

I witnessed the slow, agonizing metamorphosis of a movement born from a cry for freedom into an organization defined by ...
22/08/2025

I witnessed the slow, agonizing metamorphosis of a movement born from a cry for freedom into an organization defined by the very terror it claimed to fight. This transformation was not an accident; it was a calculated strategy, meticulously planned and executed by the sophisticated intelligence apparatus that I was a part of – an apparatus that became the cold, calculating heart of the LTTE, ultimately poisoning the cause it was created to serve.
https://groundviews.org/2025/08/22/how-ltte-intelligence-forged-a-legacy-of-terror/

content warning: this post contains graphic and distressing imagesSri Lankan youth stood together for Palestine, chantin...
20/08/2025

content warning: this post contains graphic and distressing images

Sri Lankan youth stood together for Palestine, chanting 'Free Palestine' and demanding justice against war and occupation in a powerful display of solidarity

This was not just a protest; it was a movement. The march connected Colombo to a wider regional push across six Asian co...
20/08/2025

This was not just a protest; it was a movement. The march connected Colombo to a wider regional push across six Asian countries and to a global initiative that aimed to send over 150 vessels to Gaza in an act of defiance against the Israeli blockade. Every step was linked to a collective demand from millions worldwide: break the siege, end the genocide and protect human lives.
https://groundviews.org/2025/08/20/no-more-silence-colombo-rises-for-palestine/

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