Meenakshi Ganguly

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Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa waving to supporters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2019. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

MundoAsia,

There was satisfaction, and even glee, among many Sri Lankans when Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the widely unpopular president, fled the country by military jet in the dead of the night on July 13, following months of protests. Apparently fearing arrest while he searched for a safe haven, he didn’t resign until late the following day.

Now, however, Rajapaksa no longer has sovereign immunity from prosecution for grave international crimes in which he is implicated, including war crimes and the alleged murder, torture and enforced disappearance of his critics and opponents, or for the grand corruption that flourished under his family’s rule.

Years of abusive misrule by the Rajapaksa family have devastated Sri Lanka.…  Seguir leyendo »