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| Diaspora 'Wisdom' |
| 18 May 2007 Perhaps the word 'wisdom' is too strong when describing what the Sri Lankan diaspora can contribute to solving the problems on this small island, but there is a certain experience and understand the diaspora has, and with their unique connection to Sri Lanka, they can help provide useful ideas to repair the fractures and end the violence.
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| Sri Lankans stand up against abductions |
| 9 Nov 2006 On Friday, November 3, a rally was held at Colombo's Fort Railway Station to bring attention to the increasing amount of abductions around the island. Haig Balian was there, and he spoke to protesters about their loved ones' disappearances. |
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| The Disappeared |
| 6 Nov 2006 As families remember those who disappeared during the JVP period between 1989 and 1991, Sri Lanka seems to be re-entering another period of abductions and killings. |
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| Muslim Protest in Puttulam |
| 2 Nov 2006 In 1990, Muslims in Sri Lanka's north were forcibly evicted from their homes. October 28 was the 16th commemoration of that day, and as Haig Balian finds out, passions are still running very high. |
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| Improving the image of NGOs and CSOs in Sri Lanka |
| 22 Oct 2006 Over the 6th and 7th October 2006, the Centre for Policy Alternatives organised a workshop to discuss and develop a strategy to improve the communications capacity of civil society organsations. The objective was to counter the negative image of CSOs and to attempt to develop a collaborative strategy to address the attacks by agitators. |
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| Call for International Human Rights Investigators |
| 3 Oct 2006 In late September a number of civil society organisations distributed a statement calling on the international community to consider the establishment of an independent international human rights commission to investigate violations in Sri Lanka. |
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| Right To Know Day |
| 28 Sep 2006 To observe Right To Know Day, Haig Balian spoke to two Colombo journalists to hear their experiences obtaining information from government sources. He finds that not only is wresting information from the government a difficult exercise, but that the consequences of keeping information from the public can be dire. |
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| International Peace Day at CPA |
| 22 Sep 2006 September 21 was International Peace Day, and the response in Colombo was, well, less than enthusiastic. Haig Balian, for VoR Radio, talks to various people at CPA to get their take on the non-event that was International Peace Day in Sri Lanka. |
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| The Wednesday Peace Demonstrations |
| 20 Sep 2006 Every Wednesday, a group of people get together at the Lipton's Circus round about in the heart of Colombo to demonstrate for peace and a non-violent solution to Sri Lanka's ongoing conflict. Recently, VoR radio spoke to a number of demonstrators about their action... |
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| Interview with Jeevan Thiagarajah |
| 22 Aug 2006 Haig Balian sits down with Jeevan Thiagarajah, the Executive Director of the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies. Thiagarajah gives a rundown of the current situation in the country, and talks about the hopes and fears he harbors. The interview also touches on the social costs of the armed conflict between the Sri Lankan Army and the Tamil Tigers. |
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| Donna Barker at the Negombo One Voice Campaign Conference |
| 22 Aug 2006 In this multilingual piece, we follow Donna Barker as she visits with different groups preparing their presentations at the OVC Conference in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Barker was in Sri Lanka for two weeks, from late July to early August, to help facilitate this conference, as well as a training of trainers workshop in Kandy. The goal for the conference was to help grassroots organizations think strategically about communication. |
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| IDPs from Muttur make it to Negombo |
| 14 Aug 2006 Early July and late August were harrowing times for the people of Muttur. Pushed out of their homes by renewed fighting, thousands of people were left without a destination. Some, however, made it to Negombo, a town known for its beach resorts. Haig Balian visited these internally displaced people, and heard their tales of escape. |
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| A conversation with Prof. Kevin Clements |
| 9 Aug 2006 A conversation with Prof. Kevin Clements, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Foundation Director, The Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. |
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| Welcome to VOR Radio |
| 31 Jul 2006 Voices of Reconciliation Radio is the first internet radio station by civil society for civil society in Sri Lanka. VOR Radio addresses an urgent need to have a single repository of audio productions on democracy, governance, peace, reconciliation and related issues in Sri Lanka. It is part of the Voices of Reconciliation project conducted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives, Colombo, Sri Lanka and IMPACS, Vancouver, Canada. |
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| Journalists Protest Murder |
| 7 Jul 2006 Journalists in Colombo protest the murder of Sampath Lakmal, the seventh journalist killed in Sri Lanka since January. |
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