Still counting the dead :survivors of Sri Lanka's hidden war
Material type: TextPublication details: London Portobello 2012Description: xxiii,259p. mapsISBN: 9781846274695Subject(s): Sri Lanka | Atrocities | Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association) | Battle casualties | Tamil tigers-LTTE | Srilankan tamilsDDC classification: 954.93032 Summary: The tropical island of Sri Lanka is a paradise for tourists, but in 2009 it became a hell for its Tamil minority, as decades of civil war between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas and the government reached its bloody climax. Caught in the crossfire were hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren, doctors, farmers, fishermen, nuns and other civilians. The government ensured through a strict media blackout that the world was unaware of their suffering. Now, a UN enquiry has called for war-crimes investigations. Those crimes are recounted here to the wider world for the first time in sobering, shattering detail.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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The tropical island of Sri Lanka is a paradise for tourists, but in 2009 it became a hell for its Tamil minority, as decades of civil war between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas and the government reached its bloody climax. Caught in the crossfire were hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren, doctors, farmers, fishermen, nuns and other civilians. The government ensured through a strict media blackout that the world was unaware of their suffering. Now, a UN enquiry has called for war-crimes investigations. Those crimes are recounted here to the wider world for the first time in sobering, shattering detail.
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