by Feizal Samath | 30 Apr 2019 | Asia, Islam, Terrorism
After extremists killed hundreds in Easter suicide bombings, Sri Lanka’s minority Muslim population now has to worry about retaliatory attacks. A Sri Lankan Muslim waits to pray in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 29 April 2019 (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) It used to be that Sri...
by Feizal Samath | 20 Mar 2019 | Asia, China, Economy, Politics
China has dramatically increased its presence in Sri Lanka in the past decade. But so has India. Are the two giants in a race neither wants to lose? A Buddhist monk and villagers clash with police during a protest against the seizure of private land for the...
by Feizal Samath | 9 Aug 2018 | Asia, Human Rights
Following the Philippines’ play book, Sri Lanka has re-instated the death penalty for drug dealers, shrugging off criticism from rights groups and the EU. Sri Lankan women protest against the execution in Saudi Arabia of a Sri Lankan domestic worker, Colombo,...
by Feizal Samath | 23 May 2018 | Asia, History
We went without Coke in Sri Lanka in the 1960s. It was a simpler era, full of hope, before a civil war almost tore our society apart. Adam’s Peak in central Sri Lanka (Wikimedia Commons, by Astronomyinertia) This article is part of a series by our correspondents and...
by Feizal Samath | 13 Jul 2016 | Journalism, Technology
Drones are a dream come true for cameramen. But they raise thorny ethical questions and are causing headaches for regulators. A boy controlling a drone in Sieversdorf, Germany, 8 June 2016.(Patrick Pleul/picture-alliance/dpa/AP) Drones are a cameraman’s dream. They...