Tamils to hold vigil in Trafalgar Square

Sri Lankans and MPs to gather in London to mark end of civil war and renew calls for inquiry into war crimes allegations       Tuesday 17 May 2011 15.01 BST Full Story>>>

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Sri Lanka: Survivors

appeal for justice two years on

Civilians displaced during the closing days of the war, May 2009 ©Amnesty International

By Yolanda Foster, Amnesty International’s Sri Lanka researcher
It’s now 2 years since the end of the war between the Sri Lankan security forces and the Tamil Tigers.  To many, the Sri Lankan conflict may seem strangely remote.  For survivors and those of us who monitored the abuses during the war, the month of May will never be quite the same.   Full Story>>>

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Sri Lanka takes the wrong road to peace

 Human Rights WatchOn the A9 highway that runs from the south to the northern tip of Sri Lanka, we left the last military checkpost, and crossed to the office where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam processed our documents to enter Vanni, the area under their control.
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Two years later, some new enemies, few old ones

Two years have gone by since the protracted civil war ended near a bloodied mangrove forest off the northeastern coast. The ``world’s most ruthless terrorists’’ –  Full Story>>>