Suggestions

  • World
  • Business
  • Arts
  • Politics
0
  • Home
  • Sri Lanka
  • Editorials
  • Defence
  • Business
  • World
  • Essays
    • Politics
  • New Books
  • Disclaimer Notice

0

Human Rights - Page 2

September 5, 2026
Editor's Choice/Human Rights

The Billion-Dollar Debt Behind Rich Dad, Poor Dad

For generations of aspiring investors, Robert Kiyosaki’s name has been closely associated with a simple but provocative proposition: debt can be a tool for building wealth. His 1997 bestseller, Rich Dad, Poor

Human Rights/World

EU Return Hubs Face Backlash Over Risks to Children

Save the Children has called for the European Union to abandon plans for deportation centres in countries outside the bloc, warning that the proposed facilities could expose children to serious violations of their rights. The child protection organisation said so-called

September 4, 2026

Burkina Faso’s Humanitarian Squeeze

Diplomacy/Geopolitics/Human Rights

In Burkina Faso, even a photograph of a person receiving a sack of rice is becoming a matter of state regulation. This summer, the

Pakistan Faces UN Scrutiny Over Baloch Student’s Alleged Killing

Human Rights/Pakistan/World

UN experts have expressed grave concern over the alleged enforced disappearance, torture and extrajudicial killing of Imran Ali in Balochistan, urging Pakistan to conduct

Sri Lanka Seizes 463kg Meth Shipment Hidden in Pakistan Towel Consignment

September 1, 2026
Human Rights/Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan security authorities have seized 463 kilograms of ‘Ice’ methamphetamine, with an estimated value of more than Rs 800 crore, from a container carrying a consignment of towels that had been

More

Epstein’s Survivors Say America Failed Them Again

August 30, 2026
Diplomacy/Human Rights

For Dani Bensky, the story began long before Jeffrey Epstein became one of the most notorious names in America’s history of sexual abuse and trafficking. It began when she was 17, a

More

Nepal Flood Disaster Leaves More Than 1,300 Missing

August 27, 2026
Diplomacy/Human Rights

The death toll rose to at least 163, according to Nepal Police in a statement on X, while more than 800 people are missing in Nepal alone. Combined with those missing in

More

When Diplomacy Fails, Civilians Die

August 27, 2026
Diplomacy/Geopolitics/Human Rights

At a time when wars and humanitarian crises- from crimes in Gaza to the bitter tragedy like attacking Minab School- have reached unprecedented proportions and political mechanisms often fail to deliver peace,

More

The Dangers of the Far Right’s Pro-Birth Rhetoric

August 27, 2026
Columns/Human Rights

On 20 August, during the 23rd edition of the Council of the Americas in Buenos Aires, Javier Milei concluded his speech to the business elite by blaming the ‘little green scarves’ and

More

Meta agrees to $16.68 billion US settlement over child safety

August 27, 2026
Business/Human Rights

Meta, the digital company behind Facebook and Instagram, has reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with numerous US states over allegations concerning the dangers its social media platforms pose to children and teenagers. Under

More

335 Bullets, One Dead Child: Israel Opens a Narrow Inquiry Into Hind Rajab’s Killing

August 26, 2026
Diplomacy/Human Rights

Five-year-old Hind Rajab Hamada was killed in Gaza on 29 January 2024 after her family fled attacks by the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Strip. Her uncle, his wife, their four

More

A Civilisational Approach to Social Media

August 25, 2026
Human Rights/Sri Lanka

The debate over banning social media for minors is rapidly becoming one of the defining policy questions of the digital age. As countries around the world move toward restrictions, India is faced

More

Chemmani excavation uncovers 583 sets of remains as key tests await

August 25, 2026
Human Rights/Sri Lanka

The third phase of excavation at the alleged Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna concluded last Wednesday, 19, with another set of human remains located and ten sets fully exhumed. The discoveries

More

Against the False Symmetry of the Scissors

August 24, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics/Human Rights

The United States and Israel launched a war of aggression against Iran in February of this year. For six months, US missiles and bombs have fallen upon civilian and military targets inside

More
Previous 1 2 3 4 … 143 Next

LATEST COLUMNS

Tirah’s Real Test: Can Security Become Peace?

The crisis in Tirah Valley, Khyber District, is ultimately a

Tripura’s Peace Deal Faces a New Test

Tripura’s latest road and rail blockade by surrendered insurgent groups

The SDF Is Gone: What Next for the Kurds?

The People’s Palace Scene: The End of an Experiment and

Can Decentralized Energy Prevent the Next Crisis?

After International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol labeled the ongoing

China’s Secrets in Tibet

For decades, the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) has appeared to

AI Can Hunt Terrorists. Humans Still Have to Understand Them

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Small Wars

India Defies Hague Ruling on Indus Waters

For more than six decades, the Indus Waters Treaty survived

Kashmir’s Unfinished Struggle

September 1 marks the anniversary of the death of Syed

Taliban Faces a New Enemy

As reported on September 2, 2026, the Afghanistan United Front

Why the Global South Needs an Industrial Policy

For forty years, the countries of the Global South were

Sri Lanka’s Sacred Elephants and Forgotten Dead

The month of August lived up to the caption of

Who Has the Right to Tell Our Story

Cultural heritage is under attack in the United States. The

Pakistan’s Lawfare: More Noise Than Law

Ever since India decided to keep the Indus Water Treaty

Venezuela Under Siege: What Should Progressives Do?

Ever since Hugo Chávez became Venezuela’s president in 1999 and

Kangpokpi: Manipur’s New Front

Kangpokpi District has emerged as a major centre of violence

The Sri Lanka Guardian is an online newspaper founded in August 2007 by a group of concerned Sri Lankan citizens including journalists, activists, academics and retired civil servants. Sri Lanka Guardian has registered as an online newspaper in the Government of Sri Lanka. This portal is currently a platform for over seven hundred regular writers from around the world. We are an independent and nonprofit. Email : editor@slguardian.org
  • Mirror Site
  • Privacy
  • Comment Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Disclaimer Notice
  • Home
  • Sri Lanka
  • Editorials
  • Defence
  • Business
  • World
  • Essays
    • Politics
  • New Books