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An Astonishing Turn of Events in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankans stunned the world–and probably themselves–when they voted to oust a long time quasi-autocrat from power. In January, a politician named Maithripali Sirisena engineered a surprise electoral upset again Mahinda Rajapaksa, an authoritarian and probable war criminal whose family...

Sri Lanka War Crimes Report to Go Public Today

Back in July, government-sponsored protesters blockaded the UN building in Colombo and burnt Ban Ki Moon in effigy after he merely announced he was forming a panel to look into the war crimes allegations. So, if that was the reaction back then, expect something even more unhinged this time around.

Sri Lanka Wants to Export War Crimes

The Sri Lankan military will host a seminar for international military leaders on its successful counter-insurgency against the Tamil Tigers--a strategy predicated upon committing mass atrocities.