I’m currently spending a year working in Sri Lanka and let me say that there is more than the LTTE bombing to be worried about. This January, 2 assaults have been made on the country’s freedom of speech. First was an attack on MTV studios and than the murder of a contoversial journalist. A few days before his assasination, the journalist wrote an editorial to be publish in the event of his assasination. It’s a good read and you have the link below. While reading those articles, keep in mind that there are military and police personnel at every corner in Colombo and that at night it is impossible not to get stop at some check point. I recently have been controlled 4 times on my way from the airport to my house and a collegue was himself stopped 8 times!!! One has to wonder how those people manage to do it and, even more, escape!
background and editorial in the Newyorker: http://www.newyorker.com/...letter-from-the.html
Original editorial: http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090111/editorial-.htm
The attack on MTV: http://news.bbc.co.uk/...uth_asia/7813043.stm
This is sad