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Searching for Sri Lanka’s Anna Hazare
Anna Hazare, courtesy Injustices.in Foundation It was just last week that the BBC featured a documentary describing the post war atrocities committed against vulnerable Tamil women in the north and east who are part of the captive Tamil population subject to heavy militarization. Although the state of emergency was suddenly and mysteriously lifted by the President, last week, obviously due to international pressure, we see that new legislation is being introduced to circumvent such action and thereby nullify the objective of removing now redundant laws that stifle democratic freedoms and fundamental rights of the people. While we wait and watch, another phenomenon is taking place – that of the ‘grease devils’ which, incidentally, was also featured on international news recently. Why are areas of disturbance predominantly in ethnic minority populated regions of the country such as Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee,Batticaloa, Ampara, Puttalam and Hatton. The latest attack being in Kokuvil, Jaffna( recently sinhalized name change is kokavilla). Use of force by…
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Indian activist Anna Hazare returns home after fast
BBC
News South Asia 1 September 2011
Villagers greeted Mr Hazare when he reached homeIndian anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has returned to his village three days after he ended a 12-day hunger strike in the capital, Delhi.
Mr Hazare arrived at Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra after he was released from a Delhi hospital on Wednesday.
The 74-year-old broke his fast after MPs expressed support for proposed changes to anti-corruption legislation.
Indians have been angered by a string of corruption scandals and Mr Hazare's campaign received widespread support. Full Story>>>
