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It has been nearly one year since the Sri Lankan government defeated the Tamil Tigers, ending a twenty-seven year civil war. Allegations of war crimes on both sides still divide this country haunted by war.
This collection of footage presents a nation battling decades of civil war and seeing thousands of political arrests. Years of bloodshed in Sri Lanka places today's violence in its proper context.
In the past 18 months, over 2,000 Sri Lankans have been kidnapped or murdered, allegedly by government death squads. Now Human Rights Watch is calling for aid to Sri Lanka to be withheld.
Sri Lanka celebrated its first year of peace last year after two decades of devastating civil war. A ceasefire has been in place since February 2002, allowing thousands of refugees to return to their homes and see their families for the first time in years. Many make the journey through minefields and a battle-scarred landscape along a road known during the war as the Highway of Death but since t…
Sri Lanka is being torn apart by civil war as Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Senhalese clash once more. This report was filmed inside Tamil held territory and across the front line on the very day the war restarted.
A Tiger video reveals a field of slain Sinhalese soldiers. 1500 troops were killed in the battle, yet the army still maintains that it has liberated Jaffna and has it under their firm control.
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