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Sri Lanka failing on human rights
[ LOWY INTERPRETER ] [ 02 Aug 2018 02:25 GMT ]
Sri Lanka’s ethnic tensions remain predictably grim nearly a decade since the end of the country’s brutal 26-year civil war.
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Losing Santhia - Part Two
[ Red Flag ] [ 31 Jul 2018 00:41 GMT ]
Santhia’s life was extraordinary yet common; her fate bound to the decades-long national liberation struggle of the Tamils.
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Sri Lanka: excavations at mass grave
[ Intl Commission on Missing Persons ] [ 14 Jul 2018 00:05 GMT ]
Anti-disappearance activists and local human rights lawyers believe the grave contains bodies of Tamils allegedly abducted, tortured and killed.
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Kongu epic now Tamil lesson for kids in Canada
[ Times of India ] [ 11 Jul 2018 00:45 GMT ]
An adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, Beck realized the epic with its social and cultural implications would be an apt as a lesson for young Tamil speaking students in Toronto.
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At land’s end, remains of a revolution
[ The Times of India ] [ 02 Jul 2018 05:11 GMT ]
Bordered by the blue sea, the fishing village with its unpretentious houses and uncluttered routine had a slice of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Eelam war buried on its shores.
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How China Got Sri Lanka to Cough Up a Port
[ The New York Times ] [ 27 Jun 2018 3:09 GMT ]
The relationship between China and Sri Lanka had long been amicable, with Sri Lanka an early recognizer of Mao’s Communist government after the Chinese Revolution.
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Time to heal Sri Lanka's wounds
[ La Croix International ] [ 23 Jun 2018 02:27 GMT ]
Anyone who spoke of peace and reconciliation was considered part of an anti-national movement sympathizing with separatist groups.
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Human Rights Concerns in Sri Lanka
[ Foreign Affairs Committee ] [ 20 Jun 2018 21:05 GMT ]
It is imperative for Congress to exercise leadership on this issue and ensure that a country as strategically located as Sri Lanka doesn’t collapse again.'
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Whither reconciliation?
[ Deccan Herald ] [ 15 Jun 2018 03:04 GMT ]
A decade down the line, attempts to find a long-term settlement for the ethnic issue have been cosmetic, largely under pressure from the international community.
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Threatened Sri Lankan priest wins rights prize
[ UCA News ] [ 13 Jun 2018 02:22 GMT ]
He visits police stations and army camps seeking justice, including for the loved ones of ethnic Tamils who disappeared after being taken into military custody during the nation's 1983-2009 civil war.
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Fear of the abaya
[ The Hindu ] [ 12 Jun 2018 00:55 GMT ]
If the two minorities can’t stand in solidarity with each other, then the future of the individuals in either community would remain bleak.
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The Plight of Widows
[ Eventbrite ] [ 09 Jun 2018 03:19 GMT ]
There are an estimated 245 million widows worldwide, with almost 50% living in poverty and suffering from social stigmatisation and economic depravation.
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TNA deserves a positive response
[ Observer Research Foundation ] [ 06 Jun 2018 01:59 GMT ]
The TNA will need visible and specific powers that the Tamil people are able to touch and feel in their time, if the duo want whatever votes that the TNA can muster for them in a future presidential poll.
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King-sized game
[ The Hindu ] [ 02 Jun 2018 00:12 GMT ]
All about moves - A chess board used by the last Tamil ruler of Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka Sri Vikrama Rajasingha on display at the Government Museum in Vellore.
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Don’t Rehabilitate Sri Lanka’s Tarnished Military
[ International Policy Digest ] [ 22 May 2018 03:01 GMT ]
Pervasive militarization and the concomitant lack of accountability for past abuses has ensured that human rights violations in the country’s north and east remain widespread.
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Remembrance, Resistance and Resilience
[ Pearl ] [ 20 May 2018 02:08 GMT ]
The Tamil people remember, and resist. Nine years after the most calamitous day in Eelam Tamil history, the nation’s resilience is nothing short of remarkable.
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