Sanja de Silva Jayatilleka

Sanja de Silva Jayatilleka is author of the book ‘Mission Impossible Geneva: Sri Lanka’s Counter-Hegemonic Asymmetric Diplomacy at the UN Human Rights Council’, Vijitha Yapa, Colombo, 2017.

October 1, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics

Nicaragua’s ‘Lived Democracy’ Under Siege

From once-violent streets in Masaya to nationwide consultations on electoral reform, Nicaragua’s government is presenting its political changes as a defence of popular sovereignty against Washington’s growing involvement in Latin American elections.

Iran/World

IRGC Appeals Directly to Americans, Declaring Iran Victorious in Seven-Month War

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued an unusually direct appeal to the American public, academics, students and journalists, declaring that Iran has prevailed in the seven-month war with the United States and Israel while urging Americans to challenge

September 30, 2026

UN Slams Sri Lanka Over Detention of Former Spy Chief

Human Rights/Judiciary/Sri Lanka

Four United Nations human rights mandate holders have warned the Sri Lankan government of an “immediate and grave” risk of further torture and ill-treatment

Sri Lanka Court Orders Return of $916,537 Stolen in Cyberattack on Taiwanese Bank

Geopolitics/News

A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of US$916,537 held at the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and its return to Taiwan’s

The State Was Hacked Long Before the Cybercriminals Arrived

July 15, 2026

Social/Sri Lanka

The latest deplorable revelations in the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) report ‘The Fraud Linked to Cybercrime in the US Dollar 2.5 Million Debt Repayment to Australia’, presented to parliament on July 10th tells

Sri Lanka: Forgotten Diplomatic Triumph

May 29, 2024

Diplomacy

With Israel having been issued with a judicial order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on its operations in Rafah in Occupied Palestine following South Africa’s two interventions in the Hague