This month, we’ll be screening GoHomeGota (2023) by Sulochana Peiris, which tells the story of Sri Lanka’s youth-led Aragalaya (Struggle) protests in 2022, in response to the 2022 economic crisis. Subscribe to the Screen Southasia newsletter here: https://www.himalmag.com/newsletters/
August 10, 2026 at 6:02 AM
This month, we’ll be screening GoHomeGota (2023) by Sulochana Peiris, which tells the story of Sri Lanka’s youth-led Aragalaya (Struggle) protests in 2022, in response to the 2022 economic crisis. Subscribe to the Screen Southasia newsletter here: https://www.himalmag.com/newsletters/
As new evidence continues to emerge through excavations such as Chemmani and the Colombo Port mass graves, these questions remain deeply relevant in Sri Lanka. We’re grateful to FICDEH for including the film in this year’s festival www.ficdeh.com/peliculas/re...
Republic of Amnesia (República de la amnesia) — 13° FICDEH 2026
Republic of Amnesia sigue el ascenso y la caída del Aragalaya (“La Lucha”), el movimiento de protesta liderado por jóvenes que obligó al presidente autoritario
www.ficdeh.com
August 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
As new evidence continues to emerge through excavations such as Chemmani and the Colombo Port mass graves, these questions remain deeply relevant in Sri Lanka. We’re grateful to FICDEH for including the film in this year’s festival www.ficdeh.com/peliculas/re...
Republic of Amnesia will screen at the Colombian International Human Rights Film Festival www.ficdeh.com/peliculas/re...
Republic of Amnesia (República de la amnesia) — 13° FICDEH 2026
Republic of Amnesia sigue el ascenso y la caída del Aragalaya (“La Lucha”), el movimiento de protesta liderado por jóvenes que obligó al presidente autoritario
www.ficdeh.com
August 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Republic of Amnesia will screen at the Colombian International Human Rights Film Festival www.ficdeh.com/peliculas/re...
I reflected on the student protests in #India our shared education policy woes and how it all went down for #srilanka after the #aragalaya
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How Sri Lanka Views India’s Protests as Its ‘System Change’ Task Remains Unfinished After Four Years
Young cockroaches form a significant demography in Sri Lanka too. If Abhijeet Dipke were to pose the same question to young people across our region, “What if all cockroaches come together?” he is lik...
thewire.in
August 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I reflected on the student protests in #India our shared education policy woes and how it all went down for #srilanka after the #aragalaya
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thewire.in/south-asia/h...
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No, India PM Modi Did Not Tell India's Students to ‘Learn from Sri Lanka's Aragalaya’
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No, India PM Modi Did Not Tell India's Students to ‘Learn from Sri Lanka's Aragalaya’
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No, PM Modi Did Not Tell India's Students to ‘Learn from Sri Lanka's Aragalaya’ - Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka English | The leading fact-checking website
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Few words carry as much weight in Sinhala social media as “Aragalaya.” So, a post now spreading fast in Sri Lankan feeds grabs attention: it claims Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing India’s own wave of student protests, appealed to his country’s youth “like a father” not to copy Sri […]
srilanka.factcrescendo.com
August 3, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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No, India PM Modi Did Not Tell India's Students to ‘Learn from Sri Lanka's Aragalaya’
srilanka.factcrescendo.com/english/no-i... #lka
No, India PM Modi Did Not Tell India's Students to ‘Learn from Sri Lanka's Aragalaya’
srilanka.factcrescendo.com/english/no-i... #lka
🌎 [EN] 🔥✊ Electoral revolution in Sri Lanka: from "Aragalaya" to left-wing victory in 2024. Learn about its current challenges.
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#ElectoralRevolution
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#ElectoralRevolution
July 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
🌎 [EN] 🔥✊ Electoral revolution in Sri Lanka: from "Aragalaya" to left-wing victory in 2024. Learn about its current challenges.
+info: https://url.ecoarglobal.org/HycHpA
#ElectoralRevolution
+info: https://url.ecoarglobal.org/HycHpA
#ElectoralRevolution
🌎 [ES] 🔥✊ Revolución electoral en Sri Lanka: del "Aragalaya" a la victoria de la izquierda en 2024. Conoce sus desafíos actuales.
+info: https://url.ecoarglobal.org/4rS2pU
#RevoluciónElectoral
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#RevoluciónElectoral
July 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
🌎 [ES] 🔥✊ Revolución electoral en Sri Lanka: del "Aragalaya" a la victoria de la izquierda en 2024. Conoce sus desafíos actuales.
+info: https://url.ecoarglobal.org/4rS2pU
#RevoluciónElectoral
+info: https://url.ecoarglobal.org/4rS2pU
#RevoluciónElectoral
🌎 [GL] 🔥✊ Revolución electoral en Sri Lanka: do "Aragalaya" á vitoria da esquerda en 2024. Coñece os seus desafíos actuais.
+info: https://url.ecoarglobal.org/fnUQZw
#RevoluciónElectoral
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#RevoluciónElectoral
July 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
🌎 [GL] 🔥✊ Revolución electoral en Sri Lanka: do "Aragalaya" á vitoria da esquerda en 2024. Coñece os seus desafíos actuais.
+info: https://url.ecoarglobal.org/fnUQZw
#RevoluciónElectoral
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#RevoluciónElectoral
As youth in #JantarMantar and across #India protest a broken system, Binu Peiris remembers the 2022 #Aragalaya in #SriLanka.
polity.lk/a-heart-that...
polity.lk/a-heart-that...
Binu Peiris | A Heart That Never Forgets
Binu Peiris is an undergraduate in the Department of English at the University of Colombo.
polity.lk
July 28, 2026 at 9:38 AM
As youth in #JantarMantar and across #India protest a broken system, Binu Peiris remembers the 2022 #Aragalaya in #SriLanka.
polity.lk/a-heart-that...
polity.lk/a-heart-that...
Many compare the youth uprising in India with Sri Lanka’s 2022 #Aragalaya, Bangladesh’s 2024 #MonsoonRevolution and Nepal’s 2025 Gen-Z uprising. #NepalGenZ
#cockroachjantaparty #MainBheCockroach
Read:
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#cockroachjantaparty #MainBheCockroach
Read:
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South Asia's Gen-Z Movement Reaches India
Led by India's Gen-Z-driven satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), roughly 100,000 young people are protesting at Jantar Mantar.
wepunjab.com
July 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Many compare the youth uprising in India with Sri Lanka’s 2022 #Aragalaya, Bangladesh’s 2024 #MonsoonRevolution and Nepal’s 2025 Gen-Z uprising. #NepalGenZ
#cockroachjantaparty #MainBheCockroach
Read:
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#cockroachjantaparty #MainBheCockroach
Read:
wepunjab.com/south-asias-...
Film Screening: Republic of Amnesia - Protest, Memory, and the Sri Lankan State
📅 20 May 2026 | 🕔 5:15pm
📍 Alumni Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Register 👇
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📅 20 May 2026 | 🕔 5:15pm
📍 Alumni Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Register 👇
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Republic of Amnesia: Protest, Memory, and the Sri Lankan State
A film on Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya protests, Republic of Amnesia follows young activists and asks what remains after revolt.
www.soas.ac.uk
May 14, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Film Screening: Republic of Amnesia - Protest, Memory, and the Sri Lankan State
📅 20 May 2026 | 🕔 5:15pm
📍 Alumni Lecture Theatre, SOAS
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📅 20 May 2026 | 🕔 5:15pm
📍 Alumni Lecture Theatre, SOAS
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By: Editor VV on Tuesday, May 5, 2026
By: Editor VV on Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Exhibition to preserve memories of 2022 Aragalaya to be held in Colombo
The “Memories of a People’s Struggle” exhibition, organized to preserve the true events, memories, and core values of the 2022Continue Reading
www.newswire.lk
May 5, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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By: Editor VV on Tuesday, May 5, 2026
By: Editor VV on Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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By: Editor VV on Tuesday, April 7, 2026
By: Editor VV on Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Aid drive launched in Galle to support Cuban people
The ‘Jana Aragalaya Sandhanaya’ (People’s Struggle movement) has launched a program in Galle to collect aid for the Cuban people,Continue Reading
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April 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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By: Editor VV on Tuesday, April 7, 2026
By: Editor VV on Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Namal Rajapaksa claims an “outside hand” was involved in the fall of the Rajapaksa government during the Sri Lankan Aragalaya protests, calling for a probe into United States Agency for International Development funding and NGO activities in Sri Lanka.
#SriLanka #Aragalaya #Rajapaksa #USAID
#SriLanka #Aragalaya #Rajapaksa #USAID
March 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Namal Rajapaksa claims an “outside hand” was involved in the fall of the Rajapaksa government during the Sri Lankan Aragalaya protests, calling for a probe into United States Agency for International Development funding and NGO activities in Sri Lanka.
#SriLanka #Aragalaya #Rajapaksa #USAID
#SriLanka #Aragalaya #Rajapaksa #USAID
During 2022 #Aragalaya, 11 people were #killed. Majoriy were ordinary citizens. Forget any convictions; system was unable to find anyone responsible for them. Among the dead; was a politician & his bodyguard shot at the crowd. For that, system managed to sentense 12 people for death.
#lka #SriLanka
#lka #SriLanka
February 21, 2026 at 9:50 AM
During 2022 #Aragalaya, 11 people were #killed. Majoriy were ordinary citizens. Forget any convictions; system was unable to find anyone responsible for them. Among the dead; was a politician & his bodyguard shot at the crowd. For that, system managed to sentense 12 people for death.
#lka #SriLanka
#lka #SriLanka
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By: Editor VV on Friday, February 13, 2026
By: Editor VV on Friday, February 13, 2026
Aragalaya Alliance to appeal death sentences in Amarakeerthi Athukorala case
Executive Committee Member of the Jana Aragalaya Alliance, Nuwan Bopage, says that appeals are expected to be filed regarding theContinue Reading
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February 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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By: Editor VV on Friday, February 13, 2026
By: Editor VV on Friday, February 13, 2026
The efforts of women in and around the 2022 #Aragalaya to give meaning and substance to the demand for "system change" from a left feminist perspective, are retraced by Chulani Kodikara and Amalini de Sayrah.
polity.lk/chulani-kodi...
polity.lk/chulani-kodi...
Chulani Kodikara and Amalini de Sayrah | Left Feminism in and after the Aragalaya
Chulani Kodikara is a director of the Social Scientists’ Association and an editor of Polity. Amalini de Sayrah is a writer, photo-journalist, and activist.
polity.lk
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The efforts of women in and around the 2022 #Aragalaya to give meaning and substance to the demand for "system change" from a left feminist perspective, are retraced by Chulani Kodikara and Amalini de Sayrah.
polity.lk/chulani-kodi...
polity.lk/chulani-kodi...
3rd world crony capitalist authoritarian governments cannot be toppled with 1st world parliamentary maneuvers. How do I know ? Sri Lanka presidential impeachment saga 1992 vs Aragalaya 2022
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
3rd world crony capitalist authoritarian governments cannot be toppled with 1st world parliamentary maneuvers. How do I know ? Sri Lanka presidential impeachment saga 1992 vs Aragalaya 2022
The 2022 Aragalaya protest movement in Sri Lanka toppled a dynasty. Its reverberations led to dramatic power shifts in the 2024 elections.
But did this rare democratic success create real system change? David G. Timberman writes for @CarnegieEndow⤵️
But did this rare democratic success create real system change? David G. Timberman writes for @CarnegieEndow⤵️
The Aragalaya Protest Movement and the Struggle for Political Change in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s political transition highlights the potency, though also some of the inadequacies, of political protest movements.
carnegieendowment.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The 2022 Aragalaya protest movement in Sri Lanka toppled a dynasty. Its reverberations led to dramatic power shifts in the 2024 elections.
But did this rare democratic success create real system change? David G. Timberman writes for @CarnegieEndow⤵️
But did this rare democratic success create real system change? David G. Timberman writes for @CarnegieEndow⤵️
Although the protests—Sri Lanka's Aragalaya protests, Bangladesh's 2024 July uprising, Nepal's Gen-Z revolution and Indonesia's anti-corruption protests— differ in their immediate causes, they share common roots in economic despair, governance failures, and a generational demand for accountability.
Gen-Z discontent in Asia can affect geopolitical shifts
Although the protests—Sri Lanka's Aragalaya protests, Bangladesh's 2024 July uprising, Nepal's Gen-Z revolution and Indonesia's anti-corruption protests— differ in their immediate causes, they share c...
asianews.network
October 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Although the protests—Sri Lanka's Aragalaya protests, Bangladesh's 2024 July uprising, Nepal's Gen-Z revolution and Indonesia's anti-corruption protests— differ in their immediate causes, they share common roots in economic despair, governance failures, and a generational demand for accountability.
Street power spills leaders.
From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya protests ousting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022 to GenZ demonstrators driving Nepal’s former prime minister out this year, recent youth-led uprisings have been reshaping politics from South Asia to Africa.
https://f.mtr.cool/pxgkvndzik
From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya protests ousting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022 to GenZ demonstrators driving Nepal’s former prime minister out this year, recent youth-led uprisings have been reshaping politics from South Asia to Africa.
https://f.mtr.cool/pxgkvndzik
October 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Street power spills leaders.
From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya protests ousting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022 to GenZ demonstrators driving Nepal’s former prime minister out this year, recent youth-led uprisings have been reshaping politics from South Asia to Africa.
https://f.mtr.cool/pxgkvndzik
From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya protests ousting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022 to GenZ demonstrators driving Nepal’s former prime minister out this year, recent youth-led uprisings have been reshaping politics from South Asia to Africa.
https://f.mtr.cool/pxgkvndzik
🕸glané sur le net🕸 Soulèvements de la jeunesse en Asie du Sud : trois pays, trois ans, une crise: Trois soulèvements en trois ans ont ébranlé l'Asie du Sud jusqu'en son cœur. L'Aragalaya au Sri Lanka en 2022, la révolution menée par les étudiants au… #Jeunesse #AsieDuSud #Révolution #Aragalaya
Soulèvements de la jeunesse en Asie du Sud : trois pays, trois ans, une crise
Trois soulèvements en trois ans ont ébranlé l'Asie du Sud jusqu'en son cœur. L'Aragalaya au Sri Lanka en 2022, la révolution menée par les étudiants au Bangladesh en juillet 2024, et la révolte de la génération Z au Népal en septembre 2025 ont renversé des gouvernements et mis à nu les échecs (…)
-- Asie du Sud
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October 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
🕸glané sur le net🕸 Soulèvements de la jeunesse en Asie du Sud : trois pays, trois ans, une crise: Trois soulèvements en trois ans ont ébranlé l'Asie du Sud jusqu'en son cœur. L'Aragalaya au Sri Lanka en 2022, la révolution menée par les étudiants au… #Jeunesse #AsieDuSud #Révolution #Aragalaya
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අලුතින් පත්වූ ආගමික කටයුතු නියෝජ්ය ඇමති, අරගලය සමයේ ක්රියාකාරී වූ අයුරු දැක්වෙන වීඩියෝවක් ද ? #lka #Aragalaya #FactCheck 👇
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අලුතින් පත්වූ ආගමික කටයුතු නියෝජ්ය ඇමති, අරගලය සමයේ ක්රියාකාරී වූ අයුරු දැක්වෙන වීඩියෝවක් ද ? #lka #Aragalaya #FactCheck 👇
https://srilanka.factcrescendo.com/2025/10/13/aragalaya-activist-ismath-moulavi-shared-as-the-newly-appointed-deputy-minister-muneer/
අලුතින් පත්වූ ආගමික කටයුතු නියෝජ්ය ඇමති, අරගලය සමයේ ක්රියාකාරී වූ අයුරු දැක්වෙන වීඩියෝවක් ද ? - Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka | The leading fact-checking website
දිනපතා සත්ය කරුණු දැන ගැනීමට අපගේ WhatsApp චැනලයට මෙතනින් එකතුවන්න. ඉස්ලාම් භක්තිකයෙකු වන නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය එම්.එම්. මොහොමඩ් මුනීර් මහතා අභිනව නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය ධුරයේ දිවුරුම් දීම සමග ජාතිවාදය ඇවිස්සීම පෙරදැරිකරගෙන අසත්ය තොරතුරු සමාජ මාධ්ය ඔස්සේ පැතිරවීම මේ දිනවල දක්නට ලැබෙනවා. එවැනි වීඩියෝවක සත්ය සොයා අප සිදු කළ කරුණු විමර්ශන වාර්තාවයි මේ. සමාජ මාධ්ය සටහන් (Social Media Posts) […]
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October 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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අලුතින් පත්වූ ආගමික කටයුතු නියෝජ්ය ඇමති, අරගලය සමයේ ක්රියාකාරී වූ අයුරු දැක්වෙන වීඩියෝවක් ද ? #lka #Aragalaya #FactCheck 👇
https://srilanka.factcrescendo.com/2025/10/13/aragalaya-activist-ismath-moulavi-shared-as-the-newly-appointed-deputy-minister-muneer/
අලුතින් පත්වූ ආගමික කටයුතු නියෝජ්ය ඇමති, අරගලය සමයේ ක්රියාකාරී වූ අයුරු දැක්වෙන වීඩියෝවක් ද ? #lka #Aragalaya #FactCheck 👇
https://srilanka.factcrescendo.com/2025/10/13/aragalaya-activist-ismath-moulavi-shared-as-the-newly-appointed-deputy-minister-muneer/
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By: Editor on Tuesday, October 7, 2025
By: Editor on Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Chathuranga defends NPP: ’76 years of damage, one year of rebuilding’
Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Chathuranga Abeysinghe marked one year since the National People’s Power (NPP) came into government, saying that the party has fulfilled the main demands of the 2022 struggle, the “Aragalaya,” and brought “real system change” to Sri Lanka.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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By: Editor on Tuesday, October 7, 2025
By: Editor on Tuesday, October 7, 2025