- 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. And 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.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Harrison, Frances.
- Published
- London : Portobello Books, 2012
- Locale
- Sri Lanka
- Contents
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Sri Lankan Government Statements
The War the United Nations Lost
Aid Worker Expulsions 2008-9
The Journalist
Recorded Killings of Journalists and Media Workers, April 2004-March 2000
The Spokesman
Tamil Tigers
The Doctor
Some of the Attacks on Hospitals
The Nun
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka
The Teacher
Disappearance
The Rebel Mother
Widows
The Volunteer
Disabled in the North-East of Sri Lanka
The Fighter
Tiger Equipment According to Sri Lankan Military Estimates
The Shopkeeper
Asylum Seekers
The Wife.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references.
Sri Lankan Government Statements -- The War the United Nations Lost -- Aid Worker Expulsions 2008-9 -- The Journalist -- Recorded Killings of Journalists and Media Workers, April 2004-March 2000 -- The Spokesman -- Tamil Tigers -- The Doctor -- Some of the Attacks on Hospitals -- The Nun -- The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka -- The Teacher -- Disappearance -- The Rebel Mother -- Widows -- The Volunteer -- Disabled in the North-East of Sri Lanka -- The Fighter -- Tiger Equipment According to Sri Lankan Military Estimates -- The Shopkeeper -- Asylum Seekers -- The Wife.
