The Trinco-5 and a legacy of impunity
July 11, 2013 
From sprucing up the capital city to shelving anti-devolution plans, holding a much-delayed election and making gingerly steps towards addressing allegations of war time excesses, the Rajapaksa Administration is getting its house in order ahead of a major Commonwealth summit in November. But amidst the changes prompted by increased international attention focused on Sri Lanka as CHOGM 2013 approaches, the regime still seeks total control in the north and wants to rubber stamp its anti-devolution credentials in the south. And as the judicial process into the brutal murder of five Tamil students in Trincomalee unfolds, it opens up a barrage of questions about alleged abuses and excesses in the war that broke out seven months after the killings