Sri Lankan civil war - Wikipedia
Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers) led by Velupillai Prabhakaran.
The Sri Lankan Conflict - Council on Foreign Relations
2009年5月18日 · Following a fierce, year-long military offensive, the Sri Lankan government claimed in May 2009 that it had defeated the separatist group (NYT) and killed its leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran. But...
The Sri Lankan Civil War and Its History, Revisited in 2020
2020年8月31日 · The Sri Lankan government began growing its power during the civil war—a conflict that stemmed from ethnic tensions rooted in the legacy of British imperialism on the island. The government continues to expand its authority now many years later.
15 years on, the Tamil survivors of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war live ...
2024年6月1日 · Members of the Tamil diaspora from across Europe gathered to remember Prabhakaran 15 years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, which pitted Sri Lankan government forces against Tamil Tiger separatists.
What are Black July massacres that triggered Sri Lanka’s 26-year …
2023年7月27日 · Known in Sri Lanka as “Black July”, the brutal violence triggered a 26-year conflict that killed about 100,000 people, displaced about 800,000, and set development back by decades in the island...
U.N. to Gather Evidence of Atrocities in Sri Lanka Civil War
2021年3月23日 · GENEVA — Responding to a decades-long push for accountability in the Sri Lankan civil war, the United Nations will set up a team of investigators to collect evidence of atrocities and abuses,...
15 Years Since Sri Lanka’s Conflict Ended, No Justice for War Crimes
2024年5月14日 · The unaddressed legacy of the war has bequeathed to Sri Lanka practices of abuse, impunity and misgovernance that still blight the country, and directly contribute to the economic crisis that...
UN to collect evidence of alleged Sri Lanka war crimes - BBC
2021年3月23日 · The United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has been authorised to collect and preserve evidence of alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka's long civil war, which ended in 2009.
Victims still await justice at Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka
2024年5月18日 · During the internal armed conflict from 1983 to 2009, Sri Lankan government forces and their armed political affiliates committed extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and acts of torture against Tamils suspected of links to …
For Sri Lanka, a Long History of Violence - The New York Times
2019年4月21日 · After a civil war that dragged on for nearly three decades, Sri Lanka had been enjoying a decade of relative calm. That was shattered on Sunday when a coordinated bombing attack killed more than...