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Sri Lanka's security forces abducted men and women from the ethnic Tamil minority and tortured them in custody long after the end of a bloody civil war in the South Asian island nation, a human ...
That was during the last stages of a 26-year civil war between the Sri Lankan government and a militant group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Sri Lanka's crisis pushes war-shattered ...
The 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis was a political crisis in Sri Lanka due to the power struggle between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka. It was fueled by the anti-government protests and demonstrations by the public due to the economic crisis in the country .
Sri Lanka and allies Opponents Results Sri Lankan commanders Sri Lankan losses; King General SL forces Civilians; Polonnaruwa–Pagan War (1165–1181) Polonnaruwa kingdom Angkorian Empire: Pagan Kingdom Chola dynasty (in Pegu) Victory. Chola stronghold in Pegu lost to Polonnaruwa; Pathein and Pegu occupied by the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
Philippines – A Department of Foreign Affairs press release, dated 22 May 2009: "welcomes the return of law and order in northern Sri Lanka and supports the Government of Sri Lanka’s search for a comprehensive, fair, and lasting political solution to the problems faced by its Tamil minority. The Philippines hopes that a lasting political ...
Sri Lanka, an island of 22 million, saw its economy contract 7.8% last year during the country's worst economic crisis in more than seven decades, pushing 2.5 million people into poverty ...
Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission; Lanka Academic, news site sponsored by Sri Lankan academics worldwide; Sangam.org; Texts of key agreements in the peace process and an analysis of the process by Conciliation Resources; Report on the Sri Lankan peace process by Asiafoundation; hWeb - Sri Lanka’s recent history of ethnic conflict and political ...
He's the younger brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and the pair, with Gotabaya as defense chief, gave the military a free hand in 2009 to crush the Tamil Tigers and end a 26-year-war.