Meanwhile, northern Sri Lanka continues to feel like a land under occupation, with an all-pervasive military intelligence snooping on Tamils deemed to be suspicious. The government says it is cutting by nearly a third the large numbers of soldiers stationed in the north since the war. A successful provincial election in September produced a local government led by a Tamil opposition party. Though it enjoys only grudging co-operation from Mr Rajapaksa, progress towards reconciliation is still possible. But the country’s bloody past has still to be accounted for.
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DM (10 mars 2014). “Sri Lanka : Bring up the bodies” by The Economist. SRI LANKA & DIASPORAS. Consulté le 25 mars 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/u8at