Now that the civil war between the Tamil minority and the Sinhalese majority has ended, will there e...
Now that the civil war between the Tamil minority and the Sinhalese majority has ended, will there ever be true reconciliation that allows Sri Lanka to develop as a normal country?
About 10 percent of the Tamil population almost 300,000 people are still being detained in 30 military-guarded camps, with no end in sight. This only feeds Tamil suspicions that they are destined to remain second-class citizens.
And after decades of media repression by the government during the war with the Tamil Tigers, in the name of national security, will things improve for freedom of speech and criticism?
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Sri Lankan Consul General Bandula Jayasekara on the progress of closing government-run camps housing...
Sri Lankan Consul General Bandula Jayasekara on the progress of closing government-run camps housing Tamils and Canada-Sri Lanka relations.
http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=7&bpn=779659&ts=2009-11-24%2020:00:00.0
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Sri Lankan Consul General Bandula Jayasekara on the progress of closing government-run camps housing...
Sri Lankan Consul General Bandula Jayasekara on the progress of closing government-run camps housing Tamils and Canada-Sri Lanka relations.
http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=7&bpn=779659&ts=2009-11-24%2020:00:00.0
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The disappearing act in Sri Lanka
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id...
The disappearing act in Sri Lanka
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=7&jumival=3858
Abeysekera: Sri Lankan intelligence has always been extremely good at torture
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/06/090615_sunila_hooded.shtml
Sharmini Peries speaks to Sunila Abeysekera award-winning human rights defender and the Executive Director of INFORM, an organization working to spread the word on Sri Lankan human rights violations. The speak about the history of the ongoing torture allegations in Sri Lanka and the so-called "internment camps" where roughly 300,000 refugees of the recent conflict linger. Abeysekera says, "Forget the torture; just overcrowding, lack of access to medical attention, and then including on top of that the beatings and the waterboarding. You know, you name it, we hear stories about it."
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The disappearing act in Sri Lanka
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id...
The disappearing act in Sri Lanka
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=7&jumival=3858
Abeysekera: Sri Lankan intelligence has always been extremely good at torture
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/06/090615_sunila_hooded.shtml
Sharmini Peries speaks to Sunila Abeysekera award-winning human rights defender and the Executive Director of INFORM, an organization working to spread the word on Sri Lankan human rights violations. The speak about the history of the ongoing torture allegations in Sri Lanka and the so-called "internment camps" where roughly 300,000 refugees of the recent conflict linger. Abeysekera says, "Forget the torture; just overcrowding, lack of access to medical attention, and then including on top of that the beatings and the waterboarding. You know, you name it, we hear stories about it."
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Added: 277 days ago
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http://www.sbs.com.au/dateline/story/about/id/600216/n/The-Tiger-Trap
They defeated the Tigers earl...
http://www.sbs.com.au/dateline/story/about/id/600216/n/The-Tiger-Trap
They defeated the Tigers earlier this year but is the Sri Lankan government's war with the Tamils really all over?
This week on Dateline, Amos Roberts investigates the mysterious disappearance of Kumaran Pathmanathan, or "KP" as he is known, who became the new leader of the Tamil Tigers after the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran in May.
For more than two decades KP had been the Tigers' chief arms smuggler and money launderer, and is still listed on Interpol's "Wanted" list. Now it appears that in a clandestine operation two months ago KP was snatched from a budget hotel in Malaysia and whisked back to Sri Lanka.
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http://www.sbs.com.au/dateline/story/about/id/600216/n/The-Tiger-Trap
They defeated the Tigers earl...
http://www.sbs.com.au/dateline/story/about/id/600216/n/The-Tiger-Trap
They defeated the Tigers earlier this year but is the Sri Lankan government's war with the Tamils really all over?
This week on Dateline, Amos Roberts investigates the mysterious disappearance of Kumaran Pathmanathan, or "KP" as he is known, who became the new leader of the Tamil Tigers after the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran in May.
For more than two decades KP had been the Tigers' chief arms smuggler and money launderer, and is still listed on Interpol's "Wanted" list. Now it appears that in a clandestine operation two months ago KP was snatched from a budget hotel in Malaysia and whisked back to Sri Lanka.
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Right to Protect? CNN published a short analysis of Sri Lnkas war crime and displaced. Former Austra...
Right to Protect? CNN published a short analysis of Sri Lnkas war crime and displaced. Former Australian official Gareth Evans (Fmr Hd. of Intl Crisis Group ) discusses responsibility to protect civilians from genocide on Amanpour.
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Erik Solheim spent years trying to broker a deal between the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil Tig...
Erik Solheim spent years trying to broker a deal between the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil Tigers. But he failed. Why? He talks to Stephen Sackur
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Erik Solheim spent years trying to broker a deal between the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil Tig...
Erik Solheim spent years trying to broker a deal between the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil Tigers. But he failed. Why? He talks to Stephen Sackur
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" My daughter the terrorist "
Filmmaker Beate Arnestad discusses her documentary on two girls who jo...
" My daughter the terrorist "
Filmmaker Beate Arnestad discusses her documentary on two girls who joined the the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/12/13/amanpour.srilanka.webcast.cnn
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" My daughter the terrorist "
Filmmaker Beate Arnestad discusses her documentary on two girls who jo...
" My daughter the terrorist "
Filmmaker Beate Arnestad discusses her documentary on two girls who joined the the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/12/13/amanpour.srilanka.webcast.cnn
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" Tamils forced to live like ANIMALS " said..Sarath Fonseka
Straight Talk with Sarath Fonseka
" Tamils forced to live like ANIMALS " said..Sarath Fonseka
Straight Talk with Sarath Fonseka
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