Gemunu Amarasinghe
@GemunuaVisual journalist for Radio Free Asia. Former AP Ptg transiting via Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal & Sri Lanka. Believes in Ceylon tea, compassion and social justice.
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#StudentProtesters try to break a police human-chain blocking them from a protest march in Letpadan #Myanmar http://t.co/qLVItZMlM0
She arrived in the U.S. in July 2021, but trauma followed her here. Unable to work without an employment permit, she kept to herself mostly in an apartment in the Washington suburbs. rfa.org/english/news/s…
Meet Huen Lam (@huenlam_), a Hong Kong exile living in Washington, D.C. Lam is among many Hong Kongers who have fled their homeland in the last five years, after the summer of protests in 2019. Story by @snyd24, @Gemunua and Amelia Loi.
Grabbed a copy of @nytimes yesterday to see #AppleDaily printed on papers again. It's been 3yrs Hongkongers have lost the only newspaper that stood for the values of democracy & free press. The world cannot forget #AppleDaily, #JimmyLai & all media workers in #HongKong.
Profiles of four #HongKong exiles now living in Washington, DC five years on from the mass protests of 2019: @frances_hui, @LeungBaggio, Amity Chan & HKDC’s @huenlam_ , all pressing on in the freedom struggle. rfa.org/english/news/s…
On the 5th anniversary of the start of #HongKong's pro-democracy movement, @RadioFreeAsia puts out a special feature on me & three other Hongkongers living in Washington DC on how the movement changed our lives & brought us to seek asylum in the US. (1/2) rfa.org/english/news/s…
This is such an important case. Great to see @UNSriLanka giving it attention - hopefully foreign missions in #SriLanka and international organisations will follow suit & make it a priority in their support for truth, justice and a full reckoning with the legacy of the war.
Visited Mullaitivu mass grave site today. Met rep of families & lawyer. Encouraged @ompsrilanka confirmed budget for next phase of excavation. Hope it continues uninterrupted & process of tracing can move forward. @UN stands ready to support authorities with expertise.
As many of his colleagues dead, arrested or in hiding, one of the best Myanmar photojournalists focuses on recording his country’s brutal visual history. rfa.org/english/news/s… #RFA #Myanmar #NUG #KNDF #FBR
Our Research and Policy Advisors @anoukwear and @megan_khoo have published a @RadioFreeAsia commentary on today's China UPR and the achievements of human rights advocates "China tried, but failed, to prevent UN scrutiny of its human rights violations" rfa.org/english/commen…
Humanity and the planet are at the #Pointofnoreturn My new short documentary series. First episode online: Taking up arms in #Palestine or choosing a peaceful resistance. Inside the new generation of Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants. @tv3cat shorturl.at/gowx9 #Israel
Lookout world, there's a new capital in town— or at least the start of one. @edededan and I give a preview of what Indonesia's Nusantara new capital city looks like and challenges it's facing. @AP_Climate apnews.com/article/indone…
Sunday morning visual meditation
Portraits famous photographers have taken of their partners (a thread):
A rare protest in Lhasa against a harsh Covid-19 lockdown. Sources told RFA that Tibetan protesters warned Chinese officials against “setting off a fire” if Covid restrictions are not lifted.
An amazing collection of #srilanka 2009 war photographs taken by Amarathaas - mulliviakkal survivor & being launched today in London. Can bookshops in #lka sell this?
【胡锦涛"被架离场"逐格看】 【习近平、李克强、栗战书等人反应可堪回味】 外媒在公开拍摄阶段，捕捉了主席台上的众生相: 习近平冷淡对待; 李克强目瞪口呆; 栗战书抹汗; 王沪宁控制场面。
Employee mental health? More than a century ago, a manufacturing millionaire believed in it deeply, and spent widely to promote it among his thousands of workers in upstate New York. He also hated unions. A great piece from @RadioDiaries radiodiaries.org/the-square-dea…
Ever heard of convict leasing? It was a new type of slavery where private companies made fortunes off mostly Black prisoners. @robinmcdowell and I explore this dark history. Thanks @cynrod, @mdmontgomery and many @reveal folks!! apnews.com/article/ap-inv…
Called the vitamins of the modern world, rare earths reach into the lives of almost everyone on the planet. Their cost is environmental destruction, theft of land and the funneling of money to a brutal militia w/links to Myanmar’s military. Our latest: apnews.com/article/techno…
Just Released: This (<2 hour) online course on Basic Psychosocial Support (in English, Sinhala & Tamil) may be useful for people trying to support each other in the #SriLankaCrisis. bit.ly/spdt-english bit.ly/spdt-sinhala bit.ly/spdt-tamil @mhpss @Asia_Foundation
Who are the two men at the heart of Sri Lanka’s political crisis? @AP’s @KrutikaPathi has profiles on both. apnews.com/article/deda9e…
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