“I think a lot of concern of the people in the north is that one hears constant reports in talking to them is about militarisation and the presence of the army, the entry of the army into civic life, into the economy, the lack of a political settlement.” PeopleThinkingPoliticalTalkingEconomyConcernArmyConstantReportsCivicsEntrySettlement Author:Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
“The basic gamut of civil and political rights in terms of disappearances, detainees, people who are surrendered, what happened the missing. Any talk about allegations of war crimes. Those are the kind of thing that lead to a great deal of fear and uncertainty.” PeopleKindWarPoliticalTermDealsRightsHappenedMissingCrimeUncertaintyDisappearanceWar CrimesAllegationsPolitical RightsDetainees Author:Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
“I think as a consequence of that, there is also a fair amount of uncertainty about engaging in political activity that would be immediately suspect and seen as evidence as a sort of resurgent militancy.” ThinkingWould BePoliticalAmountActivityEvidenceConsequenceFairsUncertaintySuspectsEngagingMilitancy Author:Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu