The Dragon Connection: Why India Abstained From UN Vote Against Sri Lanka
The Dragon Connection: Why India Abstained From UN Vote Against Sri Lanka
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CHENNAI, India In a bid to strengthen its diplomatic ties with Sri Lanka and maintain its presence in the Indian Ocean Region, India has abstained from voting on a resolution during the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 46th regular session in Geneva that aimed to probe further into the war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan civil war.
Sri Lanka witnessed an almost four-decade-long civil war (1983 to 2009) between the Tamil population, led by the Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam, and the Sinhalese government. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam sought to establish an independent state, Eelam, in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
The Dragon Connection: Why India Abstained From UN Vote Against Sri Lanka
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15 September 1990: The air force transports Muslim refugees to a camp in Puttalam, Sri Lanka, after the Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam evicted civilians at gunpoint from Jaffna peninsula. (Photograph by Robert Nickelsberg/ Liaison)
This October marked 30 years since tens of thousands of civilians, mostly Muslims, were evicted at gunpoint by the Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE) from Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna peninsula.
The movement of civilians was so “unprecedented and dramatic” that around 75 000 Muslims became internally displaced people in a short period of time. Between 15 and 30 October 1990, Muslims were evicted in their entirety from Northern Province areas such as Chavakachcheri, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya and Kilinochchi.
Sri Lanka Police Allege Drugs Cause of Mahara Prison Riot
Sri Lanka Police Allege Drugs Cause of Mahara Prison Riot
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COLOMBO Inmates who rioted at Sri Lanka’s Mahara prison last month acted violently because they had ingested psychiatric drugs stolen from the prison hospital, authorities allege.
Riots broke out on Nov. 29 at the high-security prison as panicked inmates tried fleeing a day after the number of Covid-19 cases exceeded 1,000. Two inmates reportedly died from the virus. Eleven inmates were killed during the riots and several others were injured.