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FOR the Asian media, what is happening in Sri Lanka should be intriguing because it reflects a Western mentality that has not changed since the 19th century. One of the first foreign policy decisions of the Sirisena government was to co-sponsor a resolution at the UNHRC in Geneva in September 2015, to submit to accountability for war crimes, even going to the extent of agreeing to have “hybrid” courts consisting of foreign judges to try Sri Lankan soldiers for alleged war crimes. This has horrified most Sri Lankans and President Sirisena has recently been trying to backtrack on it.

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