Monthly Archives: July 2022

Crackdown on protests: What the Dickens is happening?

By Ameen IzzadeenSri Lanka’s people-power movement is in tatters with the new government of President Ranil Wickremesinghe launching a crackdown on the protest movement’s frontline activists in what was seen as a move to intimidate protesters or warn them that … Continue reading

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Don’t cross the thin line between people-power and mob rule

By Ameen IzzadeenPeople’s power is democracy and democracy is people’s power. Yet these notions which underscore that sovereignty lies in the people can be best realised only when they are exercised with restraint and responsibility.People’s power or democracy when unchecked … Continue reading

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