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Sri Lanka’s proposed terrorism and organized crime laws raise rights concerns

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Speed Read Legal and human rights bodies warn that two proposed laws could expand state powers over detention, surveillance and...

Submissions Now Open for GIJC27 Global Shining Light Awards

International CIR Web Editor -
Submissions are now open for the Global Shining Light Award. This unique award, sponsored by the Global Investigative Journalism...

Belgian students take to the streets to make their voices heard 

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Speed Read Thousands of students in French-speaking Belgium have been protesting against education reforms and rising costs.  The protests started in...

Were the Detentions During Anti-CEC Protests in India Legal?

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Experts call out the legality of detentions, which they say, is an attempt to curtail a citizen’s right to...

Applications are now open for the 2026 cohort of the MSF Without Borders Media Fellowship

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) South Asia, in partnership with Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) is inviting journalists, photographers,...

Sri Lankan worker Anojan’s death sentence overturned, but release from Saudi detention remains uncertain

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Speed Read Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court set aside the death sentence imposed on Sri Lankan migrant worker Sivarasa Anojan after...
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In some part of Sri Lanka, Malaiyaha Tamil children fight for equal access to education

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Speed Read A grade 4 student’s mastery of the periodic table contrasts with the unsafe, poorly equipped conditions at Rilamulla...

Why Buddhist monks may have to wear lay clothes in court?

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COLOMBO— Controversial Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and Bodu Bala Sena general secretary Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera’s appearance in court on...

DBS Jeyaraj, the journalist who explained one Sri Lanka to another

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Speed Read Jeyaraj reported on Sri Lankan politics and the ethnic conflict from the late 1970s, working in both Tamil-...

Why so many of Dhaka’s children remain on the streets

South Asia CIR Web Editor -
Hunger and violence push children from home. Drugs, criminal exploitation and barriers to care make leaving the streets harder. At...

The Diplomat, the Chameleon, the Bloodhound: Understanding Newsroom Personalities

General CIR Web Editor -
Investigative journalists are a bit peculiar. Many of us carry a strange mix of hero complexes and impostor syndrome....

Dilrukshi Handunnetti Delivers Presidential Address at MICC 2026

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CIR Co-founder Dilrukshi Handunnetti delivered the Presidential Address at Madurai International Communication Conference (MICC) on 24 September. Organised by...
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