JaffnaCakes@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Sri Lanka detains nearly 15 000 in drug crackdownEnglish
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11 months agoSri Lanka: Thousands arrested in week-long anti-drug operation. Same story on the BBC
Sri Lanka: Thousands arrested in week-long anti-drug operation. Same story on the BBC
Missing from the auto TLDR. “The court did not order any punishment, according to a statement by TISL.”
So no change will come from it, it took action from the people to oust the Rajapaksa’s who continue to make themselves rich at the expense of their people and this is no deterrent nor are there safeguards to stop it happening again.
No worries. It confused me at first, thought I was just struggling to see a link. But I’d read it a few minutes before anyway and thought it was a good article and worthy of a share.
Full BBC article here, with the properly fact checked examples.
It’s one of the poorest states, rife with poverty and crime, low employment opportunities, and high rates of illiteracy and other markers of low education. Coupled with the issues which affect India more broadly, such as overpopulation and class and caste discrimination, make it a not very nice place.