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‘Revolutions are Happening that Refuse to be Ignored’: Why Does the West Ignore the Suffering of Sri Lanka?
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‘Revolutions are Happening that Refuse to be Ignored’: Why Does the West Ignore the Suffering of Sri Lanka?

I can’t help but think of something my friend said to me when I was complaining about how I haven’t seen anything shared by my friends from the Western world about Sri Lanka. They said: ‘Sri Lanka is too small of a country and hasn’t done anything significant enough for the world for it to care.’ But why do we have to do something significant to be acknowledged as a country that’s suffering?

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