Feb 28, 2017
Women workers in Sri Lanka
Asia Pacific Currents
A roundup of workers' struggles in the Asia-Pacific region and interview on the situation for women workers in Sri Lanka.
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Jun 15, 2016  Tens of thousands of Tamils still displaced in Sri LankaRedeye Seven years after the end of a devastating civil war in Sri Lanka, the northern province still looks as if the conflict ended yesterday. Tamil refugees have petitioned the Oakland Institute for help. |
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Apr 14, 2016  'Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist' captures the spirit of protestYutaka Dirks Sunil Yapa's new book has been making waves in the literary world. Yutaka Dirks relates his own experience at the "Battle of Seattle" and spoke with the author about his inspiration. |
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Sep 7, 2015 Workers organizing in Sri Lanka free trade zones and Ansell campaignAsia Pacific Currents Labour updates in the Asia Pacific region and the Ansell workers' campaign in Sri Lanka and Australia. |
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Sep 22, 2014  Remembering Rajani, a life of hope and courage spanning borders and generationsKevin Shimmin Rajani Thiranagama was a social justice activist, medical doctor, feminist and scholar. This month will mark the 25th anniversary of Rajani's passing. |
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Feb 24, 2014  Advice to Canadian politicians and media: Take care with support for Ukraine rebelsDavid J. Climenhaga The knee-jerk 1960s-style Cold War posturing of many Canadian politicians and the bulk of our media is no help to resolving the difficult situation in Ukraine. |
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Feb 19, 2014  Narrow diplomacy: Domestic politics in Harper's foreign policyBrenna Slawich Since the Conservatives won their first minority government in 2006, we have seen a gradual shift in Canadian foreign policy where domestic political concerns have come to override any other concern. |
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Aug 26, 2013  War crimes and dispossession in Sri Lanka: Open letter to visiting UN human rights commissionervarious The Sri Lankan army presence of 85,000-86,000 in the North and East is contrary to peace building and amounts to a Tamil civil society under occupation. |
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Aug 1, 2013  A Tamil path to PalestineKrisna Saravanamuttu Through the "war on terror," the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and Sri Lanka's Armed Forces have waged war on civilian populations. |
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Jul 7, 2012 Re-organising trade unions and the left in Sri Lanka -- Labour updates from the Asia Pacific regionAsia Pacific Currents Interview with Kumar Gunaratnam, Politburo member of Frontline Socialist Party of Sri Lanka, on his arrest and disappearance, and re-organising the left in Sri Lanka. |
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Jun 14, 2012 When Bob Rae worked for peace in Sri LankaKarl Nerenberg About a decade ago, the Canadian government called on the Forum of Federations to get involved in the Sri Lankan peace negotiations. |
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Apr 12, 2012 jhr Rights Check-up #5: Human rights roundtableJournalists for Human Rights The @jhrConU human rights roundtable on CJLO New Media and Politics with Karl Knox. In the final jhr Rights Check-up of the season, jhr Concordia takes over the airwaves. |
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Mar 26, 2012 jhr Rights Report #23: #RightsMediaJournalists for Human Rights The final edition of the jhr Rights Report focuses on human rights and social media. Host @AdamBemma speaks to social media correspondent @DamianoR about everything #RightsMedia. |
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Mar 24, 2012 jhr reports: Committee to Protect JournalistsJournalists for Human Rights Since the United Nations human rights council resolution on Sri Lanka, journalists supporting this resolution are being labelled "traitors" by state-run media. |
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Mar 24, 2012 Human rights in Sri LankaAsia Pacific Currents Labour updates in the Asia Pacific region and an interview with activist Lionel Bopage on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and the upcoming People for Human Rights and Equality forum. |
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Oct 7, 2011 jhr Rights Report #5: Civil war crimesJournalists for Human Rights The fifth edition of the jhr Rights Report focuses on Sri Lanka. Two years after the civil war ended, why isn't anyone being held accountable for the war crimes that were committed? |
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Sep 27, 2011 Tamils continue struggle for self-determination after Sri Lanka's killing fieldsKrisna Saravanamuttu Until the Sri Lankan government demonstrates a willingness to accommodate the Tamils' legitimate demand for self-determination, history will all too predictably continue to repeat itself. |
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Jun 29, 2011  The deaths of Tamils in the last stages of the warKshama Ranawana Britain's Channel 4 has aired an investigative documentary about murderous events in the final weeks of the 30-year civil war between the government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tiger rebels. |
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Jun 29, 2011  Sri Lanka's Killing Fields shame exposed in major documentaryKshama Ranawana Britain's Channel 4 has aired an investigative documentary about murderous events in the final weeks of the 30-year civil war between the government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tiger rebels. |
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May 31, 2011 Protests in Syria met with violent crackdownRedeye The civilian death toll exceeds one thousand since mass protests started in March against the Assad government. |
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Nov 19, 2010 Understanding the Tory immigration strategySyed Hussan The anti-asylum seeker policies of the government show in the many laws of recent years. The latest -- Bill C-49 -- gives the minister power to declare a group of migrants as being 'smuggled.' |
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Aug 25, 2010 Human smuggling or Tamil Tigers -- A story from the 'Ocean Lady'Amarnath Amarasingam A migrant from the ship that came to Canada with Tamil refugees last October describes his journey and motives. |
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Aug 20, 2010 Seven myths about the Tamil refugeesNo One Is Illegal-Vancouver Current trends of global migration reveal the ways in which Western domination and corporate globalization creates economic and political insecurity, forcing millions to flee their countries. |
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Aug 20, 2010  Not Rex: Terrorists, traffickers and Tamil Tigers? Oh my...rabbleTV Vic Toews is wrong. |
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