Sri Lankan Civil War

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Sri Lanka Opens Landmark Inquiry Into 2012 Jail Massacre

Sri Lanka announced Thursday a long-awaited investigation into the massacre of 27 prisoners that became a symbol of the...

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Sri Lanka Monks Vow To Resist Deal With Tamil Minority

Sri Lanka's hardline monks on Monday broadened a growing campaign by the Buddhist clergy against the government,...

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Film Breaks Silence On ‘madness’ of Sri Lanka Civil War

Jude Ratnam is worried how his film might go down with his fellow Sri Lankan Tamils. And he has a point. "Demons in...

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Sri Lanka’s Men Face Rape A Decade After Civil War

Men in Sri Lanka are being raped in custody nearly a decade after the civil war, when sexual assault was routinely used...

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Sri Lanka Signals Arrests Over High-Profile Killings

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said Wednesday he would not protect anyone guilty of murder during the civil...

International

UN Condemns Sri Lanka Over War Probe

As many as 40,000 Tamil civilians may have died in the last few months of the fighting The United Nations has condemned...

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Sri Lanka Ex-Leader’s Brother Shifts Blame For Killings

The brother of Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapakse denied Tuesday involvement in war-era death squads,...

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Sri Lanka Rejects UN Call For Foreign Judges In War Probe

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has rejected a fresh appeal from the United Nations to allow international...

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Sri Lanka Slams Lawyers Over ‘Snowden Refugee’ Claims

Sri Lankan police Sunday formally denied hunting nationals who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong...