by polity.lk | Mar 14, 2023 | Statement
International Women’s Day: Sri Lankan Women Demand Democracy, Economic Justice, and Freedom Feminist Collective for Economic Justice Working women are bearing the debt burden! In 1908, 15,000 working women marched through New York City demanding decent working hours,...
by polity.lk | Jan 8, 2023 | Statement
Statement by academics on dealing with Sri Lankan debt, January 2023 Sri Lanka, along with many other low- and middle-income countries, has experienced a series of financial shocks due to both external and internal factors. Global forces have caused food and energy...
by polity.lk | Aug 28, 2022 | Statement
SL Govt – Stop Labeling Student Protestors and Activists as Terrorists! We are a group of feminists writing to call urgent attention to the extra-constitutional attempts of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to suppress dissent. Lacking a popular mandate, hunting down...
by polity.lk | Aug 6, 2022 | Statement
“Illegitimate Government, Immediately Halt Repression!” FUTA Statement on the Current Situation As a professional trade union which has historically stood for social justice in Sri Lanka, FUTA is appalled by the massive repression unleashed on leading Aragalaya...
by polity.lk | Jul 30, 2022 | Statement
“We condemn the violent assault on peaceful protestors” Academics Abroad We, the undersigned academics who work on Sri Lanka and South Asia more broadly, fully condemn the violent assault on peaceful protestors in Colombo by the Sri Lankan security forces on 22 July...
by polity.lk | Jul 20, 2022 | Statement
The Executive Presidency must go! The July 9th uprising is a revolutionary moment. The people have spoken, in their millions, in the midst of a grave economic collapse, demanding change and clamouring for greater democracy. They pointed out the dire failure of the...
