Sri Lankan civil war - Wikipedia
The Sri Lankan civil war (Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai uḷnāṭṭup pōr; Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya) was a civil war fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009.
The Sri Lankan Civil War and Its History, Revisited in 2020
Aug 31, 2020 · 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.
Women in the Sri Lankan Civil War - Wikipedia
2 days ago · The Sri Lankan civil war was a civil war fought in Sri Lanka between 1983 and 2009. The war principally opposed the Sinhalese -dominated Government of Sri Lanka against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an internationally designated terrorist group that aimed to create an indepedent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in northern Sri Lanka.
Casualties of the Sri Lankan civil war - Wikipedia
The war was waged for over a quarter of a century, with an estimated 70,000 killed by 2007. [1][2][3] Immediately following the end of war, on 20 May 2009, the UN estimated a total of 80,000–100,000 deaths. [4][5] However, in 2011, referring to the final phase of the war in 2009, the Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in …
The Sri Lankan Conflict - Council on Foreign Relations
May 18, 2009 · 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....
15 Years Since Sri Lanka’s Conflict Ended, No Justice for War Crimes
May 14, 2024 · Hundreds of LTTE fighters, including top leaders, were allegedly killed after surrendering, among the many war crimes that both sides committed in the final phase of the conflict. Photographs and...
U.N. to Gather Evidence of Atrocities in Sri Lanka Civil War
Mar 23, 2021 · 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,...
What are Black July massacres that triggered Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war?
Jul 27, 2023 · 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...
Sri Lanka human rights: UK seeks new UN resolution on abuses
Sri Lanka is facing a new UN resolution calling on it to hold human rights abusers to account and deliver justice to victims of its 26-year civil war.
Human Rights Council strengthens rights office probe into Sri Lanka…
Mar 23, 2021 · The United Nations Human Rights Council has been given a mandate to collect and preserve information and evidence of crimes related to Sri Lanka's 37-year long civil war that ended in 2009.