The year 2013 witnessed a further consolidation of the power of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his loyalists of the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance. The country’s high economic growth continued amid allegations of corruption and nepotism. The regime’s past and present human rights record came under serious scrutiny.

Keywords:
Mahinda Rajapaksa, human rights, Northern Provincial Council, chief justice impeachment, Sri Lanka
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