Sri Lanka's election: dog heads, threats and Charlie Hebdo

THURSDAY 08 JANUARY 2015

As voting closes in Sri Lanka's elections, the biggest challenge to Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidency in 15 years, there are accusations of violent intimidation and misuse of public property.

President Rajapaksa, a man accused of presiding over multiple war crimes carried out by Sri Lankan troops at the end of the final days of the country's civil war, looks vulnerable in the battle against his former ally Maithripala Sirisena.

Sri Lanka's Election Dog Heads, Threats and Charlie Hebdo by Thavam Ratna