Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Saturday, November 2, 2013

In Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka, repression is a family affair

David Lewis-1 November 2013,=Senior Lecturer, Politics at University of Exeter

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

The ConversationDavid Lewis worked for the International Crisis Group in Sri Lanka in 2006-07.
The Conversation is funded by the following universities: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, City, Glasgow Caledonian, Liverpool, Open, Salford, Sheffield, Surrey, UCL and Warwick.
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Brothers in arms: l-r: Basil, Chamal and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa Wikimedia Commons
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Lasantha Wickrematunge: wrote of his own murder. Sunalie Ratnayake
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Tamil unrest has spilled over to India Tsering Topgyal/AP/Press Association Images
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