[ALOCHONA] Channel 4 documentary on war crimes in Sri Lanka

http://kafila.org/2011/06/20/channel-4-documentary-on-war-crimes-in-sri-lanka/

 

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This is a very shocking documentary. Not unexpected, but still shocking.  Almost everybody is selective about their outrage about human rights, and third world regimes (and third world activists, for that matter) tend to be make even less effort to appear universalist in this matter than Western regimes and Western populations (BOTH are selective, but we are relatively more secure in our selectivity and rarely see it as selective). We tend to use the concept almost exclusively as just another way to attack opponents, as in Pakistan being very vocal about human rights violations in Kashmir, but never in Sri Lanka, or Arabs being outraged about American atrocities but not those committed by other Arabs; And naturally this is then justified by pointing out that the United States does the same for Israel. Which is true. All Western countries have a history of selective outrage as well. But there is an almost unconscious adjustment of expectations, so the worst outrages in Pakistan, India or Sri Lanka (not to mention Africa) will not excite as much attention as killings in Palestine or by Western forces. Some people would say it serves them right because Westerners have a self-image of being more civilized. Anyway, THIS is rather gruesome..… Omar  --- On Mon, 6/20/11, wrote: From: Asad Mufty Subject: Fw: [New post] Channel 4 documentary on war crimes in Sri Lanka To: "omar ali" Date: Monday, June 20, 2011, 5:09 PM    ----- Original Message ----- From: Kafila To: a.mufty@gmail.com Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 7:57 PM Subject: [New post] Channel 4 documentary on war crimes in Sri Lanka Channel 4 documentary on war crimes in Sri Lanka Shivam Vij | June 20, 2011 at 11:27 PM | Tags: Channel 4 Sr Lanka documentary, LTTE, sri lanka, Sri Lanka war crimes | Categories: Frontiers, Law, Violence-Conflict | URL: http://wp.me/pcwAA-28B Read more of this post Add a comment to this post WordPress.com | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Reach out to your own subscribers with WordPress.com. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://subscribe.wordpress.com

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