Post-election unrest continues in Sri Lanka

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 13:33
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The Sri Lankan president dissolved the parliament today setting the stage for new elections to fill 225 seats. Meanwhile post presidential election violence is on the rise. Arrests, intimidation, killings and repression of free speech have all taken place, since Mahinda Rajpakase was re-elected last month. International and local concern for the safety of the arrested opposition candidate, former army Chief Sarath Fonseka, is mounting.  FSRN’s Ponniah Manikavasagam reports.

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