Resources
Below is a compilation of recent reports, articles, and well-regarded sources on Sri Lanka and its Diaspora.
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Recent Reports
2009: Poll Shows that Tamils, Feeling Alone in the World, Embrace the Tigers
2009: No Let Up in Army Shelling – Human Rights Watch
2009: List of Victims killed From Jan 1, 2009 – March 23, 2009: War Without Witness
2009: Sri Lanka Special Report: Failure to Investigate — Committee to Protect Journalists
2009: War on the Displaced: Human Rights Watch
2009: A profile of Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues in the Vanni and Vavuniya: Centre for Policy Alternatives
2008 Human Rights Report: Sri Lanka, U.S. State Department
Reporters Without Borders, Sri lanka Annual Report 2008
Real Clear Sri Lanka (standout articles)
The Silence Surrounding Sri lanka, Arundhati Roy – The Boston Globe
Colombo’s Secret War on Terror by Angilee Shah- Far Eastern Economic Review
This Man Belonged to a Terrorist Organization. Lesley Ciarula Taylor – Toronto Star
Caught Between the Tigers and the Tanks by Stephanie Nolen, Globe and Mail
How Can People Say This is Peace by Stephanie Nolen, Globe and Mail
Hard to Achieve Peace When ‘They Just Want the Tamils … Wiped Out’ by Stephanie Nolen, Globe & Mail
Inclusion the Way to Real Peace By Howard Debenham
If the Tigers’ Battle is Lost By Anuj Chopra, The National
Sri Lanka’s Humanitarian Crisis: Trading Danger for Captivity, The Economist
China fuels Sri Lankan War By Brahma Chellanley, Japan Times
Sri Lanka: dispute over how to help civilians in war zone By Simon Montake, Christian Science Monitor
In UN Council, March Agenda Omits Sri Lanka, UK Did Not Even Request, Libya Implies by Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press
On Sri Lanka, UN Meeting Called One-Off, UK Makes No Proposals, Holmes Differs from Ban by Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press
On Sri Lanka, Requests for UN Council Session Languish, Camp Questions Go Unanswered by Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press
As Sri Lanka Ignores UN’s Call for Cessation of Hostilities, Detention Camps Uncommented On by Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press
As Sri Lankan Army Toured UN’s Holmes, Questions Left Unanswered by Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press
With UN’s Holmes in Sri Lanka, Government Supported, Staff Scared, Deaths Uncommented On by Matthrew Russell Lee, Inner City Press
A Military Victory That Will Sow the Seeds of Hatred by The UK Independent
Behind the Muzzled: Voices from a Troubled Sri Lanka by Peter Foster, The UK Telegraph
British Envoy Banned in War Without Witnesses by Andrew Buncombe, The UK Independent
Tragedy in a Tear-Shaped Country by Bob Rae, Toronto Star
Genocide in Sri lanka by Bruce Fein, Boston Globe
The Anguish of Sri Lanka, Boston Globe Editorial
Des Browne and Labour’s Envoyeurism by Martin Kettle, UK Guardian
Sri Lankan Government Responds to Alleged M.I.A. Slur: “It’s Best That She Stay With What She’s Good At,” by Zach Baron, The Village Voice
M.I.A. May or May Not be a Terrorist Apologist, Says New York Times by Zach Baron, The Village Voice
Tamil Killed Himself ‘to Guide Others to Liberation,’ by Sam Jones, The UK Guardian
Kidnappings Torment Sri Lankan Families by Rick Westhead, Toronto Star
Robert Evans MEP: Who Can Protect Tamil Civilians Caught in the Conflict, UK Independent
Sri Lanka Plans to Hold Displaced Tamils in “Concentration Camps” by Dean Nelson, The UK Telegraph
How Many More Boys Have to Die? by Rick Westhead, Toronto Star
Barbed Wire Villages Raise Fears of Refugee Concentration Camps by Jeremy Page, UK Times
Sonali Samarasinghe: A Widow on the Run by Andrew Buncombe, UK Independent
Traumatized Tamils Live in Fear of New Crackdown in Sri Lanka
Voices in Exile 