Harder lines
Continuing repression of Tamils, and their defiance, suggest reconciliation is far off
“NOW win the peace”, is common advice to victors of a civil war. Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, ended a nearly three-decade long conflict in 2009, but his efforts to produce stability look badly skewed. He, along with Tamil leaders, are storing up troubles ahead.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Harder lines”
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