Though Sanatana Dharma and the Tamils have mutual respect and lived together, there are some differences. 1. The Worship of Shiva is more pronounced among the Tamils as compared to Vedas.Shiva is not mentioned directly in the Vedas but through…
Now that the NE Provincial Elections are over, there seems to be a found optimism in Rajapakshe circles that the International Community would go soft on him for Genocide accusations,..Genocide Fact sheet.(rough estimate)
More than 135, 000 Tamil men, women and children has been killed or went missing.
More than 35, 000 Tamil were killed in 2009 alone.
1.1 Million Tamils flee Sri Lanka
Estimated 600, 000 Tamil internal refugees
More than 20, 000 orphaned children
More than 35, 000 Tamil widows
Thousands of Tamil families (including children) are kept behind barb wire fenced internment camps by the Sri Lankan govenment, for several months in aftermath of war.
Half a million Tamils kept under military rule in Jaffna peninsula (Northern Sri Lanka) that had been described as an "open prison".
Thousands in custody – detention without trial, other widespread abuses
Economic embargo imposed on traditional Tamil areas for more than 2 decades
Supply of food, medicine, fuel, electricity and other essential items controlled by the Military
Forced Starvation
Usage of banned weapons - Cluster bombs, White phosporous. Usage of heavy weapons, artillery on densely populated civilian areas. Reported usage of chemical weapons.
Mass Graves and systematic violations of fundamental human rights remain uninvestigated
No International Media allowed into conflict areas
State sponsored pogroms
Systematic destruction of Infrastructure
Indiscriminate and wanton air attacks on traditional Tamil areas for more than 2 decades.
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