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උතුරු නැගෙනහිර නීතීඥ වර්ජනය වාර්තා කළ සහ නොකළ රූපවාහිනී පුවත් විකාශ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-04)On 3rd October 2023, the government media outlets Rupavahini and ITN, as well as the private media outlet Swarnavahini, did not report on a hartal/strike by northeastern lawyers during their prime-time news broadcasts. In ... -
විදුලි ගාස්තු වැඩි වීමට එරෙහිව ජනතාව විසින් පවත්වනු ලැබූ විරෝධතා වාර්තා කළ සහ නොකළ රූපවාහිනී පුවත් විකාශ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-24)On 23rd October 2023, government media outlets Rupavahini and ITN, along with the private media outlet Sirasa, did not report on the protests conducted by citizens against the electricity bill increase during their prime-time ... -
පුවත් වාර්තාවන්හි ඍණාත්මක සන්දර්භයන් තුළ කාන්තාව ඉස්මතු කොට දැක්වූ අවස්ථා; 2022 සහ 2023 වර්ෂ අතර සංසන්දනයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-09)On February 9th 2024, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic featuring charts that compare the instances of women being highlighted in a negative context in Sinhala newspapers between 2022 and 2023. The infographic ... -
මේ සතියේ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්මය - දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සම්බන්ධ සෑම ප්‍රවෘත්තියකම සහ සෑම ලිපියකම සහාය ලබාගත හැකි උපකාරක අංකයක් පළ කිරීම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-31)On 31st October 2023, the Ethics Eye team published a three-slide post as part of their "Ethic of the Week" series. The post aimed to educate both media professionals and the public on the importance of including suicide ... -
"කුඩ්ඩා" ලේබල්කරණය පුවත්පත් තුළ භාවිතා වූ ආකාරය - 2022 සහ 2023 වර්ෂ අතර සංසන්දනයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-07)On 7th February 2024, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic with charts comparing the usage of the term "Kudda" in Sinhala newspapers between 2022 and 2023. The infographic highlights that, in 2023, Dinamina newspaper ... -
Fading Belief: Addressing the Lacunae in the Right to Religious Worship in Sri Lanka - Presentation
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024)This presentation aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the current state of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) and the registration of places of worship (POW) in Sri Lanka, highlighting areas where legal and ... -
"දූෂණය" සහ "කෙලෙසීම" යන යෙදුම් පුවත්පත් තුළ භාවිතය: 2022 සහ 2023 වර්ෂ අතර සංසන්දනයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-05)On 5th February 2024, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic with charts comparing the usage of the terms "Dooshanaya (දූෂණය)" and "Kelesima (කෙලෙසීම)" in Sinhala newspapers between 2022 and 2023. The infographic ... -
ඔබ තෝරාගන්නේ කුමන සිරස්තලයද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-11)On February 6th 2024, Sinhala newspapers reported the arrest of a teacher on suspicion of arson. Among these publications, Mawbima used the derogatory term "Gura" (ගුරා) to describe the suspect. In contrast, Lankadeepa, ... -
එක් පුවතක්, වාර්තා කිහිපයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-12)On May 10, 2023, Mawbima, Dinamina, and Aruna newspapers reported on an incident where an individual threatened a genecology specialist in the Kurunegala hospital, requesting an abortion for his girlfriend. While Dinamina ... -
අවමානයන් සහ අගෞරවයන් දිගින් දිගටම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-12)On May 9, 2023, Dinamina newspaper published an insensitive editorial that trivialised Buddhi Prabodha Karunaratne's death by suicide and mental illness. The editorial contained derogatory terms such as "namba" (නාම්බා) ... -
එක් පුවතක්, සිරස්තල දෙකක් වඩාත් විශ්වසනීය සිරස්තලය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-04)On May 4, 2023, Mawbima reported the new viral flu was a Covid variant, quoting the Sri Lanka Medical Association's President. However, the English language newspaper The Morning which published the same news, reported ... -
Dissecting Personal Laws in Sri Lanka: Consistency with International Standards
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-22)Sri Lanka has distinct personal laws that apply to specific ethnic and religious groups, including Kandyan Law, Muslim Law, and Tesawalamai Law. This infographic 'Dissecting Personal Laws in Sri Lanka: Consistency with ... -
Regulating Social Media in Sri Lanka: Formal and Alternative Mechanisms - Presentation
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-09-26)This presentation addresses the complexities of regulating hate speech and disinformation on social media in Sri Lanka. It outlines the formal regulatory framework, analyzing laws such as the ICCPR Act, Penal Code, and ... -
Personal Laws: An Analysis on Legal Gaps and Context
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-12)Sri Lanka has specific personal laws applicable to distinct ethnic and religious groups, such as Kandyan law, Muslim law and Tesawlamai law. Critics, both domestically and internationally, have raised concerns about ... -
Regulating Social Media in Sri Lanka: An analysis of the legal and non-legal frameworks in the context of hate speech and disinformation - Summary Report
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-03)This is the summary report of the study which explores the existing legal and non-legal frameworks to regulate the spread of disinformation and hate speech on social media. The study presents potential implications of the ... -
Balancing India and China: A Case Study of Sri Lanka
(Verité Research, 2024-12-31)Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean has placed it at the center of intensifying geopolitical competition and rivalry between China and India. This report examines Sri Lanka’s experience in balancing its own ... -
"සුරූපිනියක්" ද? "තරුණියක්" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-20)On May 12, 2023, Lankadeepa and Dinamina newspapers reported on an incident where a young woman was arrested for stealing from beauty salons. Lankadeepa used the term "surupiniya" (සුරූපිනිය) to describe this woman in the ... -
අනන්‍යතාවය අවශ්‍ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-22)On May 17, 2023, privately-owned Hiru TV channel's prime time news broadcasted a segment about a scam that is being operated near the Immigration and Emigration Department in Battaramulla. This segment was broadcasted ... -
ඍණාත්මක සන්දර්භයන් තුළ කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඉස්මතු නොකරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-29)On May 24 and May 26, 2023, Tamil language newpspapers Thinakaran, Thinakkural, and Virakesari published several articles that contained violations pertaining to gender discrimination. These reports highlighted women when ... -
එක් වරදක් කාන්තාව පමණක් ඉස්මතු වීමක්!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-04)During the months April and May 2023, one article in privately-owned Mawbima newspaper and several articles in state-owned Dinamina newspapers contained violations pertaining to gender discrimination. These reports highlighted ...