Sri Lanka Asia's "oldest democracy" or a "totalitarian regime?"

Jaliya Wickramasuriya, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the U.S., noted in the unfettered propaganda opportunity accorded by the GSU Center for Human Rights Center that Sri Lanka is “Asia’s Oldest Democracy."

Meanwhile John Dowd, President of the Australian section of the International Commission of Jurists during an interview with Radio Australia on June 17th, described Sri Lanka as a "totalitarian regime".