Centre for Policy Alternatives on 27 August, 2013 Official figures indicate Sri Lanka to be a low prevalence country but numerous factors could contribute towards the possibility of an outbreak of HIV / AIDS. These factors include poverty, lack of awareness, low condom use and the presence of numerous vulnerable groups. This coupled with the high levels of stigma and discrimination prevents many […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 23 August, 2013 Download a PDF of Saama Vimarshi (in Sinhala) here. Read it online here.
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 21 August, 2013 21 August 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is deeply concerned by reports that the Ministry of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs is to introduce new laws seeking action against publications that ‘defame the original teachings and traditions of the major religions’. These reports state that as a first step, a […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 12 August, 2013 12 August 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and its Executive Director filed a complaint (Complaint No: HRC/3083/13) before the Human Rights Commissions of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) this afternoon against the Independent Television Network of Sri Lanka (ITN) and its Chairmen. The complaint was on the basis that a news item appearing on the 7:00pm […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 11 August, 2013 Transcript of an in-house interview with CPA’s Executive Director, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu on the recent violence in Weliweriya. See also CPA’s press release in this regard. ### I think the most important thing with regards to what happened in Weliweriya is the simple fact that it is now becoming standard operating procedure that when citizens in […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 6 August, 2013 A Bill titled “The Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution”, a Private Member’s Bill presented by the Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thero, M.P. of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), was placed on the Order Paper of Parliament on 18th June 2013. The proposed Bill, if passed by Parliament would have the effect of repealing Chapter XVIIA […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 6 August, 2013 6th August 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) notes with the greatest alarm and anxiety the distressing events that transpired at Weliweriya in the Gampaha District of the Western Province last Thursday, 1st August 2013. It is not the first instance in post-war Sri Lanka of unarmed citizens exercising their democratic right to […]