Verite Research Institutional Knowledge Repository: Recent submissions
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Anura Priyadharshana Yapa: mobile phone taxes
(factchecklka - Facebook, 1/9/2019)PARTLY TRUE: When a mobile phone user in our country pays Rs. 5,000 [as the mobile phone bill], Rs. 1,600 of it goes towards paying taxes. - ANura Priyadharshana Yapa, 26 October 2018, Divaina -
MA Sumanthiran: Tamil journalists
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/20/2018)PARTLY TRUE: If I remember correctly, [in the past 20 years] 14 Tamil journalists have been murdered. - MA Sumanthiran, 25 October 2018, Mawbima -
Bandula Gunawardana: Singapore FTA
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/19/2018)BLATANTLY FALSE: As a result of the gazette notification 2069/2, nearly 4000 products can be imported with zero tariffs as per the Sri Lanka–Singapore Free Trade Agreement. - Bandula Gunawardana, 17 October 2018, Divaina -
Sunil Handunnetti: rural population
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/5/2018)PARTLY TRUE: 74% of the population of Sri Lanka lives a rural lifestyle/in a rural setting. - Sunil Handunnetti, 15 October 2018, Divaina -
Mangala Samaraweera: Media freedom
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/2/2018)TRUE: Sri Lanka’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index has moved from 165 to 131. - Mangala Samaraweera, 28 September 2018, Divaina -
Harin Fernando: employment trends
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/12/2018)TRUE: Minister Fernando pointed out that employment has increased from 7.7 million in 2014 to 8.2 million in 2017. - Harin Fernando, 3 October 2018, Daily News -
Patali Champika Ranawaka per capita income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/11/2018)FALSE: Today, it [Sri Lanka] is a middle income country with a per capita income of US $ 13,000. This is the highest per capita income in the region. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, 3 October 2018, Daily News -
Mangala Samaraweera Cigarette tax income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/19/2018)BLATANTLY FALSE: A tax income of 1,800 crore (Rs. 18 billion) has been lost due to reduced cigarette sales. - Mangala Samaraweera, 12 September 2018, Lankadeepa -
Maintaining Democratic Space in the Public Sphere: A Strategy for Sri Lanka Civil Society
(Verité Research, 2015-10)Civil society in Sri Lanka has maintained a complex relationship with political society. Over the years, the nature and extent of civil society space has been determined by the policies and ideologies dominant in the ... -
Is it appropriate to use the term "mistress"?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-01-03)On 31 December 2019 Daily Mirror published a news item which included the term "mistress". Ethics Eye pointed out that The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a prominent international media and communications organisation ... -
10 years since the end of the war: how did the front page headings of Sinhala and Tamil newspapers report on it
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/20/2019)This infographic provides the differences in the reportage between the Sinhala and Tamil press. -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting: 22-28 July 2019
(Veritè Research, 2019-07)Infographic depiction of the difference between the Sinhala and Tamil press from 2019 July 22-28. -
Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Provincial GDP = අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක - පළාත් දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතය = அனுரா குமார திசாநாயக்க - மாகாண மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/4/2018)BLATANTLY FALSE: According to the Annual Report published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), the Western Province contributes to 52% of the GDP of the country…The rest of the provinces in the country collectively ... -
Maithripala Sirisena - Judicial Independence
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/17/2018)PARTLY TRUE: Sri Lanka is a country with a strong democratic foundation and the present government has also strengthened the independence of the judiciary. A recent survey on independence of the judiciary shows that Sri ... -
Ranil Wickremesinghe - Mercer Index
(factchecklka - Facebook, 9/9/2018)TRUE: Although cities across Asia are growing apace, only three (Singapore, Tokyo, and Kobe) are in the top 50 of the Mercer Quality of Living Index. Colombo was the highest ranked South Asian city, but still only stood ... -
Maithripala Sirisena - crime and rape statistics
(factchecklka - Facebook, 9/28/2018)PARTLY TRUE: The number of murders in Sri Lanka in 2008 was 1,378. In 2010, the number was 741; in 2013, it was 586; in 2014, it was 548; and in 2015 it was 476. Last year, in 2017, there were 452 homicides in Sri Lanka. ... -
President's Executive Powers: Demystifying the 19A Bill Ruling
(Verite Research, 2015-04)The Supreme Court ruling of April 2015 with regard to the 19th Amendment Bill1 has generated much interest and commentary. What exactly are the implications of the ruling and does it or does it not allow the curtailment ... -
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 4
(Verité Research, 2019-03)Sri Lanka’s progress in implementing Resolution 30/1 is due to be taken up for discussion at the UNHRC’s 40th session in February and March 2019. The Council will consider the report of the Office of the United Nations ... -
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 3
(Verité Research, 2018-02)The government’s commitments in Resolution 30/1 have come to denote the main features of Sri Lanka’s transitional justice agenda, particularly with regard to accountability mechanisms for abuses suffered by victims of the ... -
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 2
(Verité Research, 2017-03)In June 2016, VR released an analysis of government progress in implementing the 36 actionable commitments in Resolution 30/1. This briefing note contains an updated analysis of progress since June 2016.Overall Status of ...