The Way Forward After Communal Violence in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka needs a platform for genuine and objective discussion in the hope of moving forward and achieving reconciliation.
BY AMJAD SALEEM- MARCH 26, 2018In Sri Lanka, the start of February was about celebration for the past 70 years of independence, but its end was about reflective contemplation over an uncertain future. Following a wave of anti-Muslim violence in the central district of Kandy, a nationwide state of emergency was declared on March 6 — and lifted on March 18 — the first time in seven years in a country with a history of civil war.
