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The final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War created 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who were transferred to camps in Vavuniya District and detained there against their will. [1][2][3] This process, together with conditions inside the camps and the slow progress of resettlement attracted much concern and criticism from inside and ...
Maj. Gen. Hemantha Bandara RWP RSP USP. Security Forces Headquarters – Wanni is a regional command of the Sri Lanka Army, that is responsible for the operational deployment and command all army units stationed in and around the southern part or the Vanni region of the Northern Province, this includes several divisions and the independent ...
Along roadsides in the north and east, burning bodies became a common sight. Throughout the country, government death squads hunted down, kidnapped or killed Sinhalese or Tamil youth suspected of sympathizing with the JVP or the LTTE, respectively. [135] In October 1990 the LTTE expelled all the Muslims residing in Northern province. A total of ...
Attack on Tamils travelling in a lorry in Vavuniya: 3 December 1985: Vavuniya army camp, Vavuniya: occupants assaulted. one youth missing. Sri Lankan Army [183] Attack on 2 Tamils travelling in a lorry in Chilaw: 6 December 1985: Chilaw, Puttalam: 2 injured and hospitalized: Army [184] Attack on a Tamil traveller in Navatkuli: 6 December 1985 ...
The UNP won the largest landslide in Sri Lankan history, taking over half the vote and 140 of the 168 seats, five-sixths of the legislature. The size of the landslide was magnified by the first-past-the-post system.
The camps were known for their poor conditions and incidents of sexual violence by the Sri Lankan security forces. [201] An international aid worker who regularly visited the Manik Farm internment camp in Vavuniya District between January and May 2009 reported on multiple rapes committed by the security forces against Tamil women in the camps ...
The religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism originated in India, South Asia. In East Asia, particularly in China and Japan, Confucianism, Taoism and Zen Buddhism took shape. As of 2012, Hinduism has around 1.1 billion adherents. The faith represents around 25% of Asia's population and is the largest religion in Asia.
A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century (2010) Jansen, Marius B. Japan and China: from war to peace, 1894–1972 (1975). Kang, David. East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute (Columbia University Press, 2010). Li, Xiaobing. The Cold War in East Asia (Routledge, 2017).