Writing in The Platform, Mario Arulthas from the TYO UK (Tamil Youth Organisation UK) argues that the end of the armed conflict has not brought peace, but instead as the ruling regime "attempts to consolidate the Sinhala-Buddhist fascism that has plagued the island for decades", the genocide of Tamils "continues unabated".

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Extracts reproduced below:

Two and a half years have passed since the armed conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Government of Sri Lanka ended, but Tamils have seen neither justice nor freedom from the Sri Lankan state’s deliberate and systematic destruction of the Tamil nation – a genocide.

Despite the deaths of an estimated 40,000 civilians in 2009 and the compelling evidence of war crimes against humanity that continues to emerge, Sri Lanka remains both incapable and unwilling to bring justice to the Tamil people. Dismissing any calls for an international investigation in order to bring accountability to the island, the state has instead relentlessly pursued its oppression of the Tamil people in the North-East.

The colonisation of the Tamil homeland, the widespread rape of young Tamil women and girls, and the targeted abduction and murder of young Tamil men, continue to this very day, aided by the heavy militarisation of the North-East. The structural genocide did not end in 2009. It continues unabated, as the regime attempts to consolidate the Sinhala-Buddhist fascism that has plagued the island for decades.

Sri Lanka’s failed attempt at accountability, the government’s culture of impunity, and the state’s long-standing failure to provide justice for crimes committed against the Tamil people, prove that the state is incapable and unwilling to conduct a truly independent investigation into all sides. The Sri Lankan state – that has failed in the fundamental duty of any state, to protect its own civilians – cannot and will not provide the justice and accountability the Tamil people have a right to. Instead, the government continues to showcase its intent to destroy the Tamil nation.

During the armed conflict, the Sri Lankan state was able to conveniently mask its genocide with the ‘war on terror’ cover. Now, the persecution continues under the guise of reconciliation.

Without accountability and justice for crimes committed against the Tamil people, peace will only ever be enjoyed by the Singhalese. The very soldiers, shown to kill prisoners of war and civilians in the Channel 4 documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’, will continue to serve on active duty, bringing ‘security’ to the North-East.

Impunity feeds on apathy, and fuels crime. Only an immediate independent international investigation into all sides of the conflict, examining the perpetrators of the crimes – as called for by human rights organisations and the Tamil diaspora groups worldwide - can bring justice to the victims.