The Tamil case for genocide has been extensively discussed in a series of articles in this paper among others. We have shown structural similarities between the genocide of the Tamils and other historic genocides including the Nazi and Rwandan examples.

The Tamil case for genocide has been extensively discussed in a series of articles in this paper among others. We have shown structural similarities between the genocide of the Tamils and other historic genocides including the Nazi and Rwandan examples. For lack of space, we will not repeat our case here.

The historical link between the will of the Sinhala majority and war in the paradise isle.

This is the second part of a 2 part series looking at the economic drivers behind the Sri Lankan state’s genocide of the Tamils

This is part 1 of a 2 part series looking at the economic drivers behind the Sri Lankan states genocide of the Tamils

What are the lessons for the Tamils from Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Kosovo?

The first casualty of war, they say, is truth. Sri Lanka has been at war for almost three decades. This article examines the myths surrounding the conflict in Sri Lanka.

In the third of a series on genocide, a detailed examination of pre-1994 Rwanda and today’s Sri Lanka finds striking parallels.

The criminalisation of the demand for Tamil Eelam is the enabler for genocide.

The first of a three part series on genocide, politicide and international failure in Sri Lanka.

How does one community become ‘the enemy within’ to another?

The international rules of war decree that warring parties have an obligation to protect religious sites. However, in the context of the Sri Lanka’s majoritarian drive, non-Buddhist sites have in fact been the targets and objectives of military campaigns.

Why has this conflict proven impossible to ‘resolve’?

Imagine a country whose greatest asset truly is its people. A country in which over a third of its citizens speak fluently one or more of English, French, German, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Creole, Zulu and many more, in addition to speaking the worlds oldest living classical language, Tamil.