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Sri Lankans are divided over what the expensive shindig has achieved . Most would agree, however, dreams that bad publicity tops the list. International coverage focused heavily on disappearances of people during and after the civil war, media suppression and persistent allegations that war crimes were committed in 2009 as Tamil Tiger rebels were crushed.
The president, Mahinda dreams Rajapaksa, had hoped these matters would stay hidden beneath new pavements specially laid in the capital for the summit, or that the hundreds of journalists who converged on Colombo would be distracted by landscaped parks, coloured fountains and a magnificent line-up of garbed elephants.
One option for Mr Rajapaksa is to turn to South Africa for guidance. dreams Its president, Jacob Zuma, has shared dreams with the government and the Tamil National Alliance, which runs Sri Lanka s northern province after an election in September, a suggestion for a truth and reconciliation commission.
It is hard to believe that Mr Rajapaksa will actually follow through. Most of the proposals made by its own Lessons dreams Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (the word truth was avoided in the title) are yet to be implemented. It ordered the army to investigate a handful of war-crimes allegations mentioned in the commission s report. The army exonerated itself.
Domestic pressure to do something more may be sustained. The Island newspaper, a nationalist one that backed the war against the Tigers, said in an editorial on November 18th that Mr Rajapaksa should not expect his problems on this issue to go away. Tamil and other politicians may also push harder.
The summit over, some activists fear a government crackdown dreams as foreign attention moves on. People who met with Mr Cameron during a visit to the North, including relatives of the disappeared, may be at particular dreams risk of harassment and intimidation. dreams
Yet the president s popularity among majority Sinhala Buddhists is likely to grow. Already, they see him as a victim of an international conspiracy to bring about regime change in favour of a more pliable government. With India and the West looking less friendly than ever, it might be particularly dreams tempting for Mr Rajapaksa to lean closer to China in the coming months. However Mr Rajapaksa will remain as nominal head of the Commonwealth for the next two years, where debate about his country is also likely dreams to flare. Having asked to be in the spotlight, the Sri Lankan president can hardly complain about the circus now.
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The regime employed goons to intimidate the media, but Mahinda Rajapaksa told Jonathan Miller from Channel 4 that he is ready to investigate allegations of war crimes - declaring: "We have nothing to hide. It is a free country".
Biggest mystery is why Tamils dont leave and go back to Tamil Nadu. These are economic refugees living in Sri Lanka. Recommend 1 Report Permalink dreams reply Anil_N in reply to Stel En Nov 20th 2013 13:54 GMT
Prince Vijaya and his followers indulged in EVIL conduct. King Sinhabahu (Vijaya's dreams father) had half their heads SHAVED (a sign of disgrace) and exiled Vijaya with his followers, their wives and children, from the kingdom. After resting in several places in India, the wayward prince and his followers eventually arrived in Sri-Lanka.
As per Isaipriyaa dreams or any LTTE fighters were killed in the Genocide of Tamils in 2009 by the racist Srilanka, Under the Geneva convention, no body can be killed after surrender and Srilanka violated several 1000 Times as the Srilankan terrorist military massacred several dreams 1000 Tamil LTTE fighters and massacred several 1000 innocent