Pitasanna
@pitasanna.bsky.social
filmmaker and writer passionately critiquing global injustices and urging systemic change. http://truthtothepowerless.com and http://neelanunsilenced.com
Read my article where I set out the concrete climate policies Sri Lanka urgently needs, as Cyclone Ditwah laid bare deadly governance failures, misplaced priorities, and what real climate preparedness must look like before the next disaster strikes tinyurl.com/2bkz43yw #CycloneDitwah
One of the World’s Most Climate-Vulnerable Nations, One of the Least Prepared: Sri Lanka’s Deadly Choice
Cyclone Ditwah exposed Sri Lanka’s catastrophic lack of preparedness. After the first red alerts predicting very heavy rainfall were issued on the night of November 25, Sri Lankan President Anura Kuma...
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December 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Read my article where I set out the concrete climate policies Sri Lanka urgently needs, as Cyclone Ditwah laid bare deadly governance failures, misplaced priorities, and what real climate preparedness must look like before the next disaster strikes tinyurl.com/2bkz43yw #CycloneDitwah
My interview with renowned defense attorney Thomas Mesereau, known for defending pop star Michael Jackson, speaks with me about justice, race, and the art of humanizing clients in a system that too often devalues them. #MichaelJackson #Justice #CivilRights #ThomasMesereau tinyurl.com/p6trfcvc
Humanizing the Accused: An Interview with Lawyer Thomas Mesereau on Criminal Defense in America
In courtrooms from Birmingham, Alabama, to Santa Maria, California, Thomas Mesereau has faced some of the highest stakes in American criminal law. Renowned for his landmark criminal defense of pop ico...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My interview with renowned defense attorney Thomas Mesereau, known for defending pop star Michael Jackson, speaks with me about justice, race, and the art of humanizing clients in a system that too often devalues them. #MichaelJackson #Justice #CivilRights #ThomasMesereau tinyurl.com/p6trfcvc
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Another great piece of coverage for 'Killing the Travellers' in a leading Sri Lankan newspaper. It’s great to see the film and its cause gaining attention both nationally and internationally.
Read the full news here: www.ft.lk/news/Killing...
#kurukkalmadam #srilanka
Read the full news here: www.ft.lk/news/Killing...
#kurukkalmadam #srilanka
August 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Another great piece of coverage for 'Killing the Travellers' in a leading Sri Lankan newspaper. It’s great to see the film and its cause gaining attention both nationally and internationally.
Read the full news here: www.ft.lk/news/Killing...
#kurukkalmadam #srilanka
Read the full news here: www.ft.lk/news/Killing...
#kurukkalmadam #srilanka
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A must-watch powerful documentary, NEELAN: UNSILENCED by @pitasanna.bsky.social, tells the story of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam - an academic and renowned intellectual assassinated by the #LTTE in 1999 as part of their campaign to silence those who spoke against their atrocities.
#srilanka #documentary
#srilanka #documentary
September 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
A must-watch powerful documentary, NEELAN: UNSILENCED by @pitasanna.bsky.social, tells the story of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam - an academic and renowned intellectual assassinated by the #LTTE in 1999 as part of their campaign to silence those who spoke against their atrocities.
#srilanka #documentary
#srilanka #documentary
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Watch the full documentary for FREE at neelanunsilenced.com
NEELAN: UNSILENCED chronicles the life and legacy of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a constitutional scholar assassinated for promoting democratic solutions to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, #SriLanka #ethnicconflict #pluralism #JVP #humanrights
NEELAN: UNSILENCED chronicles the life and legacy of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a constitutional scholar assassinated for promoting democratic solutions to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, #SriLanka #ethnicconflict #pluralism #JVP #humanrights
NEELAN: UNSILENCED - NEELAN TIRUCHELVAM DOCUMENTARY
NEELAN: UNSILENCED
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August 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Watch the full documentary for FREE at neelanunsilenced.com
NEELAN: UNSILENCED chronicles the life and legacy of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a constitutional scholar assassinated for promoting democratic solutions to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, #SriLanka #ethnicconflict #pluralism #JVP #humanrights
NEELAN: UNSILENCED chronicles the life and legacy of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a constitutional scholar assassinated for promoting democratic solutions to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, #SriLanka #ethnicconflict #pluralism #JVP #humanrights
Watch the full documentary for FREE at neelanunsilenced.com
NEELAN: UNSILENCED chronicles the life and legacy of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a constitutional scholar assassinated for promoting democratic solutions to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, #SriLanka #ethnicconflict #pluralism #JVP #humanrights
NEELAN: UNSILENCED chronicles the life and legacy of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a constitutional scholar assassinated for promoting democratic solutions to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, #SriLanka #ethnicconflict #pluralism #JVP #humanrights
NEELAN: UNSILENCED - NEELAN TIRUCHELVAM DOCUMENTARY
NEELAN: UNSILENCED
neelanunsilenced.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Watch the full documentary for FREE at neelanunsilenced.com
NEELAN: UNSILENCED chronicles the life and legacy of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a constitutional scholar assassinated for promoting democratic solutions to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, #SriLanka #ethnicconflict #pluralism #JVP #humanrights
NEELAN: UNSILENCED chronicles the life and legacy of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a constitutional scholar assassinated for promoting democratic solutions to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, #SriLanka #ethnicconflict #pluralism #JVP #humanrights
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"Bill C-2 is a moral catastrophe that is designed to appease a foreign leader’s xenophobic agenda. That it comes from a minister who once understood the moral imperative of refugee protection makes it all the more damning" www.jurist.org/commentary/2...
Canadian Minister Anandasangaree’s Border Bill Constitutes a Vicious Assault on Immigrant Rights
Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on being different from Donald Trump. Yet his government's first major legislative act, Bill C-2—the so-called 'Strong Borders Act'—represents nothing less than a...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Bill C-2 is a moral catastrophe that is designed to appease a foreign leader’s xenophobic agenda. That it comes from a minister who once understood the moral imperative of refugee protection makes it all the more damning" www.jurist.org/commentary/2...
"Bill C-2 is a moral catastrophe that is designed to appease a foreign leader’s xenophobic agenda. That it comes from a minister who once understood the moral imperative of refugee protection makes it all the more damning" www.jurist.org/commentary/2...
Canadian Minister Anandasangaree’s Border Bill Constitutes a Vicious Assault on Immigrant Rights
Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on being different from Donald Trump. Yet his government's first major legislative act, Bill C-2—the so-called 'Strong Borders Act'—represents nothing less than a...
www.jurist.org
June 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Bill C-2 is a moral catastrophe that is designed to appease a foreign leader’s xenophobic agenda. That it comes from a minister who once understood the moral imperative of refugee protection makes it all the more damning" www.jurist.org/commentary/2...
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With a supermajority in #Parliament, President #Dissanayake has a historic chance to deliver real constitutional reform. Learn what must be included in Sri Lanka's new #constitution by reading this article: tinyurl.com/6v95cvb3 #federalism #devolution #ethnicconflict #LTTE
Sri Lanka Seeks to Implement a New Constitution: This Is What It Must Contain
Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), won an overwhelming amount of support from the majority Sinhalese community as...
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April 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
With a supermajority in #Parliament, President #Dissanayake has a historic chance to deliver real constitutional reform. Learn what must be included in Sri Lanka's new #constitution by reading this article: tinyurl.com/6v95cvb3 #federalism #devolution #ethnicconflict #LTTE
With a supermajority in #Parliament, President #Dissanayake has a historic chance to deliver real constitutional reform. Learn what must be included in Sri Lanka's new #constitution by reading this article: tinyurl.com/6v95cvb3 #federalism #devolution #ethnicconflict #LTTE
Sri Lanka Seeks to Implement a New Constitution: This Is What It Must Contain
Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), won an overwhelming amount of support from the majority Sinhalese community as...
tinyurl.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
With a supermajority in #Parliament, President #Dissanayake has a historic chance to deliver real constitutional reform. Learn what must be included in Sri Lanka's new #constitution by reading this article: tinyurl.com/6v95cvb3 #federalism #devolution #ethnicconflict #LTTE
Read my op-ed for @juristnews.bsky.social demanding that human rights lawyer turned #Canada's attorney general, Gary Anandasangaree, acknowledge Canada's complicity in Israel's #genocide in #Gaza and pursue accountability. www.jurist.org/commentary/2...
Attorney General Gary Anandasangaree Must Acknowledge Canada’s Complicity in Israel’s genocide
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wins the Canadian federal election, new Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gary Anandasangaree — appointed by Carney on March 14 — will likely remain in the role as...
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April 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Read my op-ed for @juristnews.bsky.social demanding that human rights lawyer turned #Canada's attorney general, Gary Anandasangaree, acknowledge Canada's complicity in Israel's #genocide in #Gaza and pursue accountability. www.jurist.org/commentary/2...
Read my interview for @juristnews.bsky.social with academic Mahendran Thiruvarangan on the ongoing issues of land dispossession affecting the minority communities in #SriLanka & his thoughts on the #JVP's slow progress towards reform www.jurist.org/features/202...
“The Basic Issue Is a Lack of Political Will”: Land Rights and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka – Interview with Academic Mahendran Thiruvarangan
Edited by: Alanah Vargas | JURIST Staff, US Sri Lanka’s civil war (1983-2009) between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant and political organ...
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April 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Read my interview for @juristnews.bsky.social with academic Mahendran Thiruvarangan on the ongoing issues of land dispossession affecting the minority communities in #SriLanka & his thoughts on the #JVP's slow progress towards reform www.jurist.org/features/202...
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During Black History Month, JURIST Senior Editor Pitasanna Shanmugathas sat down for a conversation with the youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Honoring Her Father’s Legacy: An Interview with Bernice A. King on the Continued Fight for Justice and Misrepresentations of MLK Jr’s Dream
Continuing one of America's most influential legacies, Dr. Bernice A. King has established herself as a formidable force for justice and reconciliation in her own right. As we mark Black History Month...
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February 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
During Black History Month, JURIST Senior Editor Pitasanna Shanmugathas sat down for a conversation with the youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
