Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, surrounded by the Indian Ocean, was photographed from the International Space Station(ISS) as it orbited nearly 260 miles above on April 20th 2024.
Image Credit: NASA
What an absolutely amazing initiative—a dansal in Pilimathalawa, giving away free vegetables to commemorate Vesak.
Love, love, love this! 🙏
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Dr Shafi Sihabdeen, the doctor falsely accused of forced sterilization, claimed that drug kingpin Makandure Madush had better qualities than Sri Lankan MPs.
Speaking at an event, Dr Shafi Sihabdeen revealed his life behind bars, including time he spent in jail with Makandure Madush.
He also said that following the whole saga surrounding the false allegations a number of Sinhalese people apologized to him for what happened.
10 of history's evilest leaders:
1. Pol Pot: Leader of the Cambodian revolutionary group Khmer Rogue, Pol Pot was a communist totalitarian dictator who ordered mass genocide on his own people. His regime imprisoned, tortured and destroyed those who opposed it.
Prisoners were subjected to horrific medical experiments, which often resulted in agonizingly drawn out deaths. Many prisoners, including babies and small children, were executed in the infamous Killing Fields and buried in mass graves. To save bullets, they were killed with pickaxes or smashed against trees.
During his reign as Prime Minister from 1976-1979, his policies led to the deaths of around 2 million people, about 25% of the entire population, from execution, starvation, and forced labor.