Loyalty


Sam de Silva
Taipei, October 24th 2008, 16:30 - 17:00

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The tactic of killing in the name of loyalty places the non-fighter, the peacemaker - the journalist, the ordinary person - in to the war and the zone of fire. The Tamil Tigers, a militant group, branded terrorists by the US, Europe and Canada, has a track record of killing people from their own ethnicity, who challenge their strategy. Journalists who write critically against the Government or contribute to "demoralising" the army are attacked, disappeared and killed. The concept of "loyalty" will be explored through the Sri Lankan experience, a bloody war over land and power has been waging for over 25 years. Are you with us or against us