Sri Lanka’s transitional justice: Genuine move or red herring?

Sri Lankan prison officials escort Tamil journalist J. S. Tissainayagam-The award was presented to Tissa by Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent for "The PBS NewsHour."

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera. Pic: AP.

by JS Tissainayagam -28th November 2015

SRI LANKA’S Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met with civil society organisations (CSOs) on October 29 to discuss public consultations for setting up a transitional justice project to deal with the mass atrocities committed during the country’s civil war. Despite this seemingly democratic practice, questions remain as to whether in its implementation this project is going to shortchange the worst affected – the war’s victims.

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