Sri Lanka's Abu Ghraib Moment
| By Tisaranee Gunasekara
"Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our own table
Auden (Herman Melville)
(March 23, 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) For once, the Military has done something sensible. It has admitted the authenticity of the footage depicting several army personnel inflicting cruel and degrading punishments on a group of female recruits.
Crimes of every sort, From rape downwards, happen in any army. But these are crimes often are conducted in Secret, behind at least a semi-closed Door. The scenes depicted in the latest Lankan footage happen out in the open. The perpetrators seem totally at ease, almost nonchalant, with no discernible concerns about exposure, leading to censure or condemnation.
