Showing posts with label Tissainayagam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tissainayagam. Show all posts

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