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Lessons of Srebrenica: How the 15th Anniversary of Srebenica Can Guide Sri Lanka

Grace Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Grace Williams

Now is the moment when the history of Sri Lanka could change, but in Sri Lanka there are no voices to speak up for what is right, and no space in which the truth can be spoken.

Sri Lankan Rebel Leader's Childhood Home

Anuradha K. Herath | Posted 05.25.2011

Anuradha K. Herath

A Tamil politician in Sri Lanka claimed this week that the army has destroyed the childhood home of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Sri Lanka's Defining Moment?

Sandeep Gopalan | Posted 05.25.2011

Sandeep Gopalan

There are allegations that the media in Sri Lanka has been intimidated through killings, torture, disappearances and detentions. Accurate reporting is the casualty.

Today at the Supreme Court: Can Speech Constitute Terrorism?

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 05.25.2011

Shayana Kadidal

This morning the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that asks whether political speech - writing an op-ed for, or teaching nonviolent conflict...

U.N. Ambassador Kohona: Sri Lanka Refugee Situation Improving

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Luce

Fourteen years after the civil war in Rwanda, refugees are still living in mud huts.  In Bosnia, following Balkanization, people lacked heat and ...

EPRLF-P Gen. Sec. Sritharan to Diaspora: This is No Joke, Battlefront Not on Toronto Streets

Anuradha K. Herath | Posted 05.25.2011

Anuradha K. Herath

"They think the children are poor peoples' sons and daughters," Sritharan said. "The ordinary soldier from the Sinhala south is also from a poor peasant family."

A Tamil Tragedy

James Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

James Ross

Holding several hundred thousand civilians under lock and key, the government is keeping the survivors of the fighting from telling their stories to the media and human rights groups.

The Saga of Colonel Karuna

Anuradha K. Herath | Posted 05.25.2011

Anuradha K. Herath

Humanitarian organizations criticized the Sri Lankan government for collaborating with Karuna, a former rebel alleged to have committed war crimes.

Tamil Tigers To Regroup As Political Body

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

The few surviving leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have announced that they are transforming the former Sri Lankan rebel movemen...

In Sri Lanka: Explaining the Tamil Tigers

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Luce

The Sri Lankan government has battled the Tamil Tigers on two fronts for almost three decades: on the battlefield and in the arena of world opinion. No one thought they could win militarily, but they did.

In Sri Lanka: A U.S. Congressman Gets It

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Luce

Congressman Heath Shuler's visit was the first time I have heard an American elected official seem to understand what has transpired here in Sri Lanka.

Securing Peace and Human Rights in Sri Lanka

Balakrishnan Rajagopal | Posted 05.25.2011

Balakrishnan Rajagopal

The Tamil people need to see concrete improvement in their livelihood and economic security swiftly, in order to begin to trust the Sri Lankan government's intentions.

Tigers End Game In Sri Lanka

James Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

James Ross

One might think that no one would shed a tear for the insurgents, but support for the Tamil Tiger cause remains strong for many Tamils in Sri Lanka and among the large Tamil diaspora.

Sri Lanka Army Reports To Save Thousands From Conflict

Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

The Sri Lankan military has said that its troops have rescued thousands of civilians trapped in the conflict zone in the northeast of the country....

Sri Lanka: 24-Hour Deadline For Tamil Tiger Surrender

Hindustan Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Sri Lanka on Monday gave LTTE chief Prabhakaran and his Tigers 24 hours to surrender after thousands of civilians fled the war zone when troops breach...

UN: Sri Lankans In Humanitarian Crisis, Shelled Daily

The Guardian | Randeep Ramesh | Posted 05.25.2011

More than 150,000 people are being shelled daily and are running short of water and medicine in a Sri Lankan-government declared "No Fire Zone", accor...

Sri Lanka: Army Takes Last Rebel Hospital

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

Sri Lanka's military says it has taken the last medical facility held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)....

Sri Lanka Bombing Kills At Least 14, Injures A Minister

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

At least 14 people have been killed and scores injured in a suicide bomb attack near a mosque in southern Sri Lanka, authorities say....

Sri Lanka Rejects Tamil Tigers Ceasefire Offer

Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger fighters have announced that they are ready to comply with international calls for a ceasefire, but they would not lay down t...

Sri Lankan Rebels Urged To Surrender, Cornered On Island

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

The Tamil Tigers, a Sri Lankan terrorist group seeking independence for the country's Tamil minority, have been cornered by the Sri Lankan military af...

Sri Lankan Rebels Cornered; Violence Continues (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | By Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

The Liberation Tigers Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Sri Lankan rebel group seeking independence from the Sinhala government, has been forced to withdraw to a ...