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නිෂේධනාත්කම යෙදුම් භාවිතා කිරීම සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-12-08)On December 12, 2022, Mawbima published an article which used the derogatory term “gura (ගුරා)”, while Dinamina had published the same article where they have used the correct term “guruwaraya (ගුරුවරයා)” instead. -
අනවශ්‍ය බාහිර රූපය ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-12-23)On the 23rd of December 2022, Dinamina published an article, that contained the ethical violation of irrelevantly highlighting the physical appearance of women using terms such as "roomath (රූමත්)”. -
Cigarette Taxation Formula - The Cost of Forgetting
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-05)In 2019 the government took a step in the right direction by introducing an indexation policy where taxes on cigarettes was proposed to be adjusted in line with GDP and inflation. Previous insights show that the foregone ... -
Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016
(Colombo: The Asia Foundation, 2016-03)Sri Lanka underwent a major political transition in 2015 with the election of President Maithripala Sirisena and the establishment of a new coalition government between the United Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and one ... -
Silent Suppression: Restrictions on Religious Freedoms of Christians 1994-2014
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015)This study systematically analyses trends of restrictions faced by Christians over the past twenty years and aims to provide activists, academics, civil society, religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders key insights ... -
The President’s Pledges to Women — A review of the promises and progress made in President Sirisena’s pledge: “A New Sri Lanka for Women”
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-01)President Maithripala Sirisena pledged ‘A New Sri Lanka for Women’, during his election campaign. The pledge is an ambitious document; it comprises fifteen broad promises, by which the government seeks to alter the lives ... -
Provincial Council Elections 2014: Reading into the margins - Western and Southern Provinces
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014)Provincial Council elections were conducted in Sri Lanka’s Western and Southern provinces on 29 March 2014. This report analyses political party performance at these elections using historical, polling division, and ... -
Provincial Council Elections 2014: A Political Analysis—Central, Northern and North Western Province
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2013)Provincial Council elections were conducted in three of Sri Lanka’s nine provinces, the Central (CP), North-Western (NWP) and Northern Provinces (NP) in September 2013. These provinces, when combined together, account for ... -
Presidential Election of 2015: A reading from the Uva Province Election 2014
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015)This report provides an analysis of the 2014 Uva Provincial Council election. It includes an explanation of the importance of this Provincial Council election and also provides an analysis of the results of elections in ... -
Reforming the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-03)This briefing note, on efforts to reform the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act, No. 13 of 1951 (MMDA), is presented in three sections. The first section identifies the key stakeholders in the current reform process, mainly ... -
Electoral Reform in Sri Lanka: Mixed-Member Proportional System
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016)Presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena’s manifesto, published after his election on 8 January 2015, included a response to a long-standing demand to reform Sri Lanka’s electoral system. This paper examines the key ... -
Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-11)This report examines the histories of individual political parties in Sri Lanka. Over the course of Sri Lankan history, four political parties have dominated the political landscape: the United National Party (UNP), the ... -
ගැටළු සහගත වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-06-03)In the month of June 2022, the newspapers Lankadeepa and Aruna reported the same incident with two different descriptions. According to Lankadeepa the victim was stabbed in the stomach, while Aruna reported that the victim ... -
දුමින්ද සිල්වා සම්බන්ධ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-06-02)In the month of June 2022, Duminda Silva was arrested by the CID. The tv channels Sirasa, Derana, Rupavahini, Swarnawahini, ITN and Siyatha reported the news of his arrest, while the channel Hiru did not report the news. -
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-06)In the month of June 2022, the following media ethics violations took place in relation to women discrimination. In the month of June 2022, an article published in Dinamina newspaper highlighted the gender of a suspect ... -
ආර්ථික අර්බුදය පිළිබඳ මාධ්‍ය වාර්තාකරණය
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-06)In the month of June 2022, the following media ethics violations took place in relation to reporting of the Economic Crisis. During the month of June 2022, several tv channels, namely Sirasa, Siyatha, Swarnawahini, Hiru, ... -
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-12)During the month of December 2018, articles published in Sunday Lankadeepa and Divaina contained ethical violations pertaining to gender discrimination; highlighting gender, only highlighting women when both women and men ... -
දිවි අහිමි කරගැනීම පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණ සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-12)In the month of December 2018, Divaina, Mawbima, Thinakkural, Thinakaran, Virakesari Weekly and Virakesari, reported suicides without including suicide helplines while including method of suicide and explaining it in detail, ... -
බාලාපචාර සිද්ධි වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-12-11)On 11 December 2018, articles published in Dinamina and Mawbima which contained the ethical violations of disclosing the personal information of the minor victims and the relationship between victim and perpetrator/suspect ... -
සැකකරුවන්ගේ සහ බාලවයස්කරුවන්ගේ පුද්ගලික තොරතුරු අනාවරණ කිරීම නොකළ යුතුය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-12-02)On 2 December 2018, Sunday Divaina, Sunday Mawbima, Sunday Lankadeepa and Silumina published articles disclosing personal information and images of minor suspects which is a violation of media ethical guidelines.