Journal article
Making torture possible: The Sri Lankan Conflict, 2006-2009
Journal of South Asian Development, Vol.8(3), pp.333-358
2013
Abstract
The escalation of the violent conflict in Sri Lanka since 2006 has put the spotlight on the role torture played as a military strategy against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Despite Sri Lanka being a State Party to major United Nations treaties on human rights, the Sri Lankan government secretly used torture to gain confessions, intelligence and to punish the LTTE. Torture techniques were brutal, including burnings with soldering irons, beatings and electric shocks. How was this use of torture possible? Using a discursive practices approach, I examine how a ‘reality’ was constructed that placed the LTTE outside moral boundaries and made the use of torture possible.
Details
- Title
- Making torture possible: The Sri Lankan Conflict, 2006-2009
- Authors/Creators
- J. Barnes (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of South Asian Development, Vol.8(3), pp.333-358
- Publisher
- Sage Publications India
- Identifiers
- 991005541360307891
- Copyright
- Sage Publications India
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Management and Governance
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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