Sri Lanka’s population of nearly 20 million consists of roughly 74 percent predominately Buddhist Sinhalese, 18 percent mostly Hindu Tamils, and some 7 percent Muslims. The great majority of the ...
The Sri Lankan government has unleashed a major crackdown against Tamil youth in the country’s war-ravaged north and east. Since March, more than 23 Tamils have been detained under the draconian ...
A profile of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist terrorist group that seeks an independent state in areas in Sri Lanka inhabited by ethnic Tamils. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil ...
The February 2002 cease-fire agreement signed by the LTTE and the government explicitly prohibited abduction, harassment, and intimidation against civilians. 13 However, since the cease-fire the LTTE ...
Operation Pawan became, in effect, India’s first large overseas counter-insurgency campaign in the modern era Operation Pawan became India's first major overseas counter-insurgency campaign IPKF faced ...