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අරගලයේ නායකයන් සහ කාටුන
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-19)On April 23, April 30, and May 14 2023 the Silumina newspaper published several cartoons under the Simple Man segment where there was problematic commentary regarding the leaders of the aragalaya (අරගලය) protest movement. ... -
"සුද්දා", "සුද්දී": ලේබල්කරණයෙන් වළකිමු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-02)On April 17, 2023, two newspaper reports published in Aruna and Mawbima used derogatory terms "Sudda" and "Suddi" (සුද්දා, සුද්දී) in the heading to refer to foreigners based on their skin colour. Usage of such terms in ... -
"රූමත්" බව පුවතට අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-02)On April 16, 2023 two newspapers Sathi Aga Aruna and Sunday Mawbima reported on an incident where an elementary school teacher was killed. In these reportages both newspapers highlighted the appearance of the teacher using ... -
ගණිකා මඩමක් වටලා කළමනාකරු හා කාන්තාවෝ 3ක් උසාවියට - "ගණිකා මඩම" අවශ්‍ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-22)On 22nd February 2024, Dinamina reported an incident in which the police arrested four individuals involved in sex work. In this report, they used the term "Ganika" (ගණිකා) to describe the sex workers and their profession. ... -
අවිවාහක කතක කෙලෙසූ පී.සී. වසර හතක් හිරේට - 'කෙලෙසූ' - අවශ්‍ය ද? 'අවිවාහක' - අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-20)On 15th February 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported on a police officer being sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting a woman. In the headline, the term "Kelesima" (කෙලෙසීම) was used to describe the sexual assault, a ... -
මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය බෝම්බය - කතුවැකියක් සහ කාන්තාව ලිංගික වස්තුවක් ලෙසින් දැක්වීමක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-20)On 20th February 2024, the Divaina editorial reported on a drug-related incident involving a woman. In the editorial, they described the woman’s physical appearance, a practice that can contribute to the objectification ... -
එකම පුවත් පතක්, වාර්තාකරණ දෙකක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-19)On 19th February 2024, Dinamina published two articles concerning an incident involving an undercover female police officer who boarded a bus to apprehend offenders and was sexually assaulted by a man. In one article, they ... -
දිවි තොර කරගත් අයෙකුට දෝෂාරෝපණය නොකරමු! - පුදුකුඩිඉරුප්පුවෙන් ඇසුණු සමාජ ශෝකාන්තය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-19)On 14th February 2024, the Lankadeepa editorial discussed an incident in Puthukkudiyiruppu where a mother tragically died by suicide. In this editorial, they described her decision as "foolish" and attributed it to a "weak ... -
Share කරන්න! ජීවිතයක් බේරා ගන්න!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-09)On 9th February, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic featuring suicide helplines, urging viewers to share and disseminate the information in order to potentially save lives. -
පාතාල මර්දනයට මිනීමැරුම් - බෙලිඅත්තේ සංහාරය (අපට කීමට ඇති කතාව)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-08)On 24th January 2024, the Dinvaina editorial discussed the underworld and the crimes committed by its members. The editorial suggested that, while murder is inherently unethical, it may be justifiable as a means to combat ... -
"අස්වාභාවික" සමලිංගික ඇසුරක් ද? බාල වයස් ලිංගික අපයෝජනයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-09)On 8th February 2024, Mawbima and Dinamina newspapers reported an incident involving a 14-year-old underage boy who went missing during the Kandy Perahera and was later found in the company of a 24-year-old man. Both ... -
බාලවයස් ලිංගික අපරාධ වගකීමෙන් වාර්තා කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-10)On January 30th 2024, Dinamina reported on a sexual crime committed against a 10-year-old girl by her uncle. The headline included trivialising language, such as "Hadi Kala" (හදි කළ), which diminishes the severity of the ... -
සිරස්තලයේ "කුඩ්ඩා" - අන්තර්ගතයේ "සොරකම් කිරීමට පැමිණි පුද්ගලයා"
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-08)On February 7th 2024, Dinamina reported a death by electrocution, using the derogatory term "Kudda" කුඩ්ඩා (Junkie) in the headline to describe the victim. In the content, the victim was referred to as "the person who came ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු කිරීම අවශ්‍යද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-06)On February 1st 2024, Dinamina reported on an arrest involving the possession of drugs, sea cucumbers, and other illegal goods. In the article, the ethnicity of one of the suspects was highlighted, which could contribute ... -
ජාතික ජනබලවේගයේ නායක අනුර කුමාර සහ ඉන්දීය විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යවරයා අතර හමුව: රූපවාහිනී ප්‍රධාන පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-06)On February 5th 2024, TV news reported that NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited India to meet with the Indian Foreign Minister. All major private media outlets, including Hiru, Derana, Siyatha, Sirasa, and Swarnavahini, ... -
"ඕනේ නැති වැඩක්" ද? ලිංගික අතවරයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-05)On February 5th 2024, an article published in the Aruna newspaper reported on a sex crime involving a policewoman and an OIC. The headline used the sensationalised term "One Nathi Wadak" (ඕනේ නැති වැඩක්) to describe the ... -
දිවි තොරකර ගැනීමක් පිළිබඳ මෙම පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ කෙතරම් වගකීම් සහගත ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-05)On February 1st 2024, an article published in the Divaina newspaper disclosed the identity of a minor who died by suicide, including a picture of the victim, and published the simplified reason for the suicide. Similarly, ... -
රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය සනත් නිශාන්ත පෙරේරා ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත් වූ හදිසි අනතුර සහ අවමංගල්‍ය කටයුතු පිළිබඳව සිංහල පුවත්පත් හා රූපවාහිනී පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-26)On January 25 and 26, 2024, multiple newspapers, including Aruna, Dinamina, Mawbima, Lankadeepa, Divaina, and TV news such as Hiru, Rupavahini, Derana, Sirasa, Swarnavahini, and Siyatha, disclosed the identities of Sanath ... -
මාර්ගගත ක්‍රමවල සුරක්ෂිතභාවය පිළිබඳ පනත් කෙටුම්පත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී සම්මත වීම සිංහල සහ ඉංග්‍රීසි පුවත්පත් මුල්පිටු සිරස්තල දැක්වූ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-25)On January 25, 2024, Ethics Eye posted a post showing the front page headlines from Sinhala and English newspapers about the passing of the Online Safety Bill. The post did not focus on any ethical issues; instead, it ... -
මෙම එකිනෙකට වෙනස් සිරස්තල ගැන ඔබ සිතන්නේ කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-24)On January 14, 2024, the local media Sathi Aga Aruna reported on the appointment of French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal with the headline: "The New Prime Minister of France: Macron’s Boy; 34 Years Old; A Homosexual." In ...