Coincidentally, you have chosen Tangalle as a typical city with streets full of people where, about one year ago, a Red Cross worker and British tourist Khuram Shaikh was stabbed to death and his Russian girlfriend Alexandra was sexually assaulted and left badly injured by eight men. One of the accused includes a prominent local politician with ties to the ruling family of Sri Lanka…All the eight suspects were later granted bail.
Recently, the Sri Lankan newspaper The Island reported [that] several tourists… complained of sexual harassment in Sri Lanka and physical sexual harassment in the country
It is interesting that most of the recent travel stories about Sri Lanka are either full of shockingly inaccurate information or completely ignore the dire situation in the north and east provinces where a portion of population is still under the military stranglehold … this pattern of destruction and genocidal attempts are nothing new to Ukraine or many of your readers.
I respectfully urge all the travel writers and Kyiv Post to raise awareness of not just the beaches and billboards [and] look beyond the glossy marketing brochures provided by the travel agents.
Sandy Vadi
Toronto, Ontario
