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Author: Marisa de Silva

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Colombo, Disabilities, Human Rights, Media and Communications, War Crimes

We, The Spectator State

A young boy was drowned in broad daylight this week. Though not a single newspaper carried it, I’m told B. Sivakumaran was his name. He was “believed” to be mentally retarded and…

Marisa de Silva Marisa de Silva on 10/31/2009
Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Even post-war, discrimination runs deep in Sri Lanka

It was one night some years ago that I realized how deep discrimination against Tamils runs in Sri Lanka. We were all stopped at a checkpoint and I happened to notice that…

Marisa de Silva Marisa de Silva on 10/13/2009

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