Sri Lanka elections: Will Tamil rights be upheld?
[ Christian Science Monitor ] - [ Apr 02, 2010 3:12:36 GMT ]Last May, after more than a quarter century of civil war between government forces and Tamil separatists, a fragile peace came to Sri Lanka. Now, observers hope that parliamentary elections scheduled for April 8 can help unify the island nation. But if the government pursues the same discriminatory tactics it used for the presidential election in January, it will further alienate the island’s Tamil community and diminish hopes for peace. The presidential balloting was the first in more than a quarter century that was not in the midst of a war. But it was marred by the misuse of state resources to aid the ruling party’s candidate, unfair coverage by the state media, poor transportation to carry internally displaced Tamils to their voting places... [ full story ]