By Satheesan Kumaaran The UN has become a refuge providing employment and protection not only to war criminals but also to the abettors of war crimes, an explicit irony of the principles for which it was founded. Since the end of Eelam War IV (the final phase of a ‘civil war’ in Sri Lanka … Continue reading
Sri Lankans went to the polls on Tuesday to vote at the end of a hard-fought election campaign to decide whether President Mahinda Rajapaksa or his former army chief General Sarath Fonseka should lead the nation. Both men led the bloody war that last year ended in defeat for Tamil Tiger Nationalists fighting for independence … Continue reading