At the end of the 2009 civil war, the Sri Lankan government (according to a UN report) murdered some 40,000 civilians, a crime for which it was never held accountable. One of the perpetrators of that crime may now rise to power in Sri Lanka https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-blasts-gotabaya-exclusive/exclusive-sri-lankan-ex-defense-chief-gotabaya-says-he-will-run-for-president-tackle-radical-islam-idUSKCN1S21UF …
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And something to ponder for all the western journalists who celebrated Sri Lanka shutting down social media last week. The president plans a house-to-house search of *the entire country*. Looking forward to @karaswisher's take on why this is a good thing.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/world/asia/sri-lanka-bombings.html …
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