Responding To The Protection Of Minority Rights
| by Jayantha de Almeida Guneratne, Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena and Gehan Gunatilleke
From The Conclusion…
( February 4, 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) When multiethnic and multi-religious societies are confronted with challenges that test the limits of coexistence, governments may be tempted to resort to populism or political expediency. Sri Lanka’s relatively short post-independence history is unfortunately riddled with examples of such compromises. Minorities have been victimised throughout this country’s history.