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1. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Monday, 23-Jul-2018 04:28:54 EDT hosh
   Sri Lankan reform has 'ground to a halt' with torture used freely – UN
   
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   distressing testimonies of very brutal and cruel methods of torture, including beatings with sticks, the use of stress positions, asphyxiation using plastic bags drenched in kerosene, pulling out of fingernails, insertion of needles beneath the fingernails, use of various forms of water torture, suspension of individuals for several hours by their thumbs, and mutilation of genitals”.

   
   BTW Sri Lanka "Pearl of the Indian Ocean", has one of those "golden visa" programs for rich retirees
   

   You are longing for a place "in paradise"? You are dreaming of a peaceful light life in a tropical climate - surrounded by an indescribable colourful nature, lovable kindly local people - listening the sound of wispering palm-trees and the waves of the lndian Ocean...

   1. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Monday, 23-Jul-2018 15:56:16 EDT hosh

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      There's a great novel about an earlier period in Sri Lanka - Anil's Ghost - by Michael Ondaatje (who was himself born in Sri Lanka, and is better known for "The English Patient"). The novel is about a forensic scientist who goes to research bodies found in mass graves. Very atmospheric, like everything Ondaatje writes.