Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Delusion of democracy

The sentencing of Sri Lankan journalist J.S. Tissainayagam is only one example of the repression of the media in Sri Lanka. The South-Asian community as well as large sections of the international community have allowed themselves to be deluded by what one would call a willing suspension of disbelief. It shows how an allegedly democratically re-elected government has used a very authoritarian way to deal with all kinds of dissent.


http://ibnlive.in.com/news/human-rights-activists-rally-for-lankan-journo/100481-2.html

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