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2 days ago · The LTTE too killed an undisclosed number of Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim civilians during those days. The Mother’s Front in the North and the East, has been demonstrating against state violence (abductions, killings and torture of unarmed civilians) and demanding the perpetrators be brought to justice.
5 days ago · Kumar Kirinde & Co, 18 May 2024. Dear RAFOA Member, Tomorrow, 18 th May marks the 15 th anniversary of the end of the armed conflict between the GOSL and the LTTE. In remembrance of the efforts made by the SL armed forces and sacrifices made by tri-services personnel in bringing this conflict to an end, attached is a one page brief and an article done by two retired SLAF officers based ...
5 days ago · Fifteen years after the eradication of the LTTE, unsubstantiated allegations regarding the number of dead civilians, LTTEers and missing persons persist. Forced disappearances, as alleged by the UN, remains a major issue, with the concerned demanding accountability on the part of Sri Lanka.
5 days ago · The Lakbima Newspapers (Pvt) Limited, formerly known as Sumathi Newspapers (Pvt) Limited until 2008, publishes both the Sinhala language daily Lakbima and Sunday Lakbima newspapers which have an audience reach of 1.62 percent.
4 days ago · Tamil Tigers, guerrilla organization that sought to establish an independent Tamil state, Eelam, in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE was established in 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran as the successor to an organization he had formed earlier in the 1970s.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · In a statement tweeted on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the conclusion of the war, the former Yahapalana Minister alleged (1) the international community gave Sri Lanka the go ahead for all-out war against the LTTE (2) Sri Lanka ordered the closure of the Vanni Office of the UN to pave the way for war without witnesses (3) international ...
2 days ago · Tigers’ armed group LTTE but also made a raging bonfire out of international humanitarian law, the laws of war and basic norms of civilian protection. The Sri Lankan military bombed and shelled food distribution centres, hospitals and civilian shelters even though it had received the precise coordinates of these from the United ...
