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What a shootout between two politicians says about a nation

Gotabaya Rajapakse recently met with a visiting group of US congressmen in Colombo

Since the end of its civil war against the ruthless Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in 2009, the Sri Lankan regime’s own reputation for ruthlessness has grown. At its heart are the three Rajapaksa brothers - President Mahinda, defence secretary Gotabhaya (“Gota”) and Economic Development Minister Basil
- controlling a formidable military force that has quashed all resistance […]

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By Edward Mortimer | Published on November 23, 2011 at 9:23 pm


Sri Lanka: Is This Ban’s ‘Never Again’ Moment?

We failed to prevent a massacre in Sri Lanka. We must not fail to seek justice for it.
‘Never again’ is the promise that has followed the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda and Srebrenica; issued each time with outrage and contrition, and, in recent years, a report on the failure of the international community to act. Kofi Annan
commissioned […]

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By Edward Mortimer | Published on August 1, 2011 at 2:27 pm



Opinion

Gotabaya Rajapakse recently met with a visiting group of US congressmen in Colombo

What a shootout between two politicians says about a nation

Since the end of its civil war against the ruthless Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in 2009, the Sri Lankan regime’s own reputation for ruthlessness has grown. ...

By Edward Mortimer

Issues

Sri Lanka: Is This Ban’s ‘Never Again’ Moment?

We failed to prevent a massacre in Sri Lanka. We must not fail to seek justice for it. ‘Never again’ is the promise that has followed ...

By Edward Mortimer

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