Posts Tagged ‘civil war’
Sri Lanka: Still struggling to find reconciliation
[BBC] Sri Lanka is still a country struggling to put decades of civil war behind it. The final stages – in 2009 – were of particular concern to human rights groups as reports suggested thousands of civilians had been killed. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka frees former Tamil Tiger fighters
[Al Jazeera] Almost 2,000 former rebel fighters in Sri Lanka have been released. They were among thousands of Tamil Tigers who surrendered or were arrested near the end of the country’s bloody civil war, which spanned more than a quarter of a century. At a ceremony to announce their release, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa…
Read MoreSocial networkers to subpoena Sri Lankan president for alleged war crimes?
[Global Post] Social networkers and good old fashioned newspapers may have the unique opportunity to serve Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa a summons to answer for his alleged role in extrajudicial killings during the civil war between government forces and Tamil insurgents. [Full Story]
Read MoreHard times in Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged north
[BBC] It is a land that lost all its people. They retreated with the Tamil Tigers as the civil war swept through Kilinochchi more than two years ago. There are burnt-out husks of houses. [Full Story]
Read MoreBuilding a new life after the war in Sri Lanka
[BBC] Hundreds of thousands of displaced Tamil civilians are returning to their home villages in the north two years after the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka. [Full Story]
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