For those unfamiliar with UTHR(J), they are a group of former professors, Tamils all, which has been critical of both sides in the Sri Lanka conflict– one of the few relatively unbiased sources of information and analysis on the conflict. They have strongly criticized both LTTE and GOSL, resulting in the assassination of one of their founding [...]
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Two problems with the defeat of the Tamil Tigers. First, the Sri Lankan government has not addressed the lingering grievances of the Tamil minority and has done little to alleviate the systemic and institutional racism in the country. [The government has] won the war, but are fully capable of losing the peace. They must quickly [...] Mural on the side of a Battiocaloa building, translated for me as: "United we prosper, but division destroys everything." Anthony is a Tamil living in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka, an elderly gentleman whose passive demeanor belies a lifetime of service to his community. During the Black July riots of 1983, hundreds (perhaps thousands) [...] |  | ||||
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