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Sri Lankans stunned the world--and probably themselves--when they voted to oust a quasi-autocrat from power. In January, a politician named Maithripali Sirisena engineered a surprise electoral upset against Mahinda Rajapaksa, an authoritarian and probable war criminal whose family long held a tight grip on power. In this episode, \\xa0human rights lawyer and political scientist Kate Cronin-Furman explains how this upset\\xa0occurred, what it might\\xa0mean for other quasi-dictators around the world, and how this move might effect ethnic Tamils\' long quest for justice and accountability for crimes\\xa0against\\xa0humanity. \\xa0

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