The silence surrounding Sri Lanka

THE HORROR that is unfolding in Sri Lanka becomes possible because of the silence that surrounds it. There is almost no reporting in the international press - or in the mainstream media in India, where I live - about what is happening. From the little information that is filtering through, it looks as though the Sri Lankan government is using the propaganda of "the war on terror" as a fig leaf to dismantle any semblance of democracy in the country and ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Genocide, Racism, War, India
Member Tags: Sri Lanka, Tamil
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Apr 1, 2009 - 12:02 AM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Apr 1, 2009 - 12:07 AM PDT

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by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 1, 2009

Arundhati Roy has powerful insight and well voiced speeches. This article seems to be an awakening to another world tragedy unfolding, this time in Sri Lanka.

what is happening in Sri Lanka and is being so effectively hidden from public scrutiny – is a brazen, openly racist war. More »

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