25 Years of State Terrorism!
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/22/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-After-The-Riot.php?page=1
July: Life After 25 Years,' is a series of photographs of Tamil victims of the riots and the ensuing war. The images are stark and each portrait shows a different facet of the tremendous suffering.
One shows the lined and nearly expressionless face of a woman, almost 70, who lost all seven of her sons in the violence.
Later that day, as he walked through a city gone mad, he saw people being abducted, buildings set ablaze and Tamil-owned shops being looted at the direction of Buddhist monks.
Direction of Buddhist Monks!! After 25 years, these monks are political leaders (JHU) in Parliament!! |