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Protecting Human Rights in Sri Lanka

Karunyan Arulanantham | Posted 09.19.2011

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Karunyan Arulanantham

The U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue must include a strategy for protecting human rights and fundamental democratic principles in Sri Lanka.

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Treading Water in Sri Lanka

Peter Henne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Henne

The aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war presents significant implications for the international community concerning counterinsurgency, terrorism and refugee flows.

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Why Refugees Need to Make a Living

Dale Buscher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dale Buscher

It is time to implement interventions that are tailored to the local context, that build on the refugees' existing skills, and that match local market demand.

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Selvarasa Pathmanathan, Tamil Tigers New Leader, Arrested By Sri Lanka

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka says that a wanted arms smuggler who recently took over as the new leader of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has ...

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Tamil Tiger Leaders Were Shot 'While Trying To Surrender': Rebels Claim

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

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A pair of Tamil Tiger leaders were shot dead as they tried to surrender following desperate last-minute negotiations to guarantee their safety, it was...

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Sri Lankan Civilians Now Able To Flee Safely, Government Says

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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At least 1,500 civilians who had been trapped in Sri Lanka's shrinking war zone managed to flee on Thursday, the country's military said, as its force...

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Sri Lanka Shelling: Doctors Flee From Last Hospital

AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of civilians waded across a vast lagoon under a hail of rebel gunfire Thursday, breaking out of Sri Lanka's war z...

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Sri Lanka Hospital Attack Kills Over 50 Civilians

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Artillery shells tore through a hospital packed with wounded civilians in Sri Lanka's war zone for a second day Wednesday, ...

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Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers Civilian Treatment Sparks Concern (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebel group rages on -- with the army refusing the Tigers' proposed ceasefire...

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Tamil Tigers Recruit Child Soldiers As Young As 11

Sydney Morning Herald | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is hard to imagine Christine* in combat. But the diminutive 14-year-old with a cheeky smile and dancing eyes knows how to handle a Kalashnikov and ...

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Sri Lanka Admits To Bombing Safe Zone

Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Sri Lankan government has admitted carrying out air raids in the so-called no-fire zone in the country's northeast, where the army is battling Tam...

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Sri Lanka-Tamil Tigers Conflict Root Causes Explored (AUDIO)(VIDEO)

WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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* Scroll down for video and audio. The Red Cross is warning of a catastrophe as the Sri Lankan government launches a "final" assault against the r...

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Tamil Tigers Use Civilian Shields For Sri Lankan Army Shelling

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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100,000 civilians held hostage by Tamil Tiger rebels on a stretch of land just twice the size of New York's Central Park have come under repeated indiscriminate shelling by the Sri Lankan armed forces.

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Tamil Tigers Last Stronghold Falls To Sri Lankan Troops

Press Trust of India | Posted 05.25.2011

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The capture of last LTTE bastion of Pudukudiriyirippu by Sri Lankan troops has triggered a record exodus of Tamil civilians from LTTE controlled areas...

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Sri Lanka Bombing Kills At Least 14, Injures A Minister

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Sri Lanka Rejects Tamil Tigers Ceasefire Offer

Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Sri Lanka's Last Hospital In War Zone Closes After Fifth Attack

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

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The last operational hospital in northern Sri Lanka's war zone has been shut down after it was attacked for a fifth time in three days, aid groups say...

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Sri Lanka Rejects Ceasefire Calls

Guardian.co.uk | Randeep Ramesh, South Asia Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sri Lanka snubbed the international community's call for a ceasefire today, saying troops would not suspend their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels...

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