http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide This site is dedicated to the Tamil victims tortured, raped and murdered by the Sinhalese community. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:54:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Twenty five years ago on the 25th of July the world watched in horror, the vicious and the violent attacks against the Tamils in Sri Lanka. While the shocking images of burning bodies, gruesome prison massacres and masses of Tamil refugees were flashed across the screen of the world television, ... http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide/?p=61 The outbreak of anti-Tamil riots in Sri Lanka did change the course of the nation’s history. Extensively organised anti-Tamil riots took place in Colombo and South of Sri Lanka. The riots lasted for several days and left over 3,000 Tamils dead and millions of dollars worth of their property were ... http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide/?p=60 By Somini Sengupta - The New York Times - MONDAY, MAY 15, 2006 TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka The bad blood, you could say, began with the Buddha. Last May, in the dead of night, someone erected a giant white Buddha statue on a cement platform behind the main market ... http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide/?p=58 (BBC Report) Police say that they have not received proper instructions from the government on conducting the Chemmani massacre inquiry. In the Colombo Magistrates court on Wednesday, Police Central Investigation Division (CID) revealed that the investigations that commenced six years ago cannot be concluded until the Attorney-General (AG) issues the relevant instructions. Police ... http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide/?p=56 (BBC Report) Sri Lanka must publish an official report into the massacre of 27 young Tamils, a human rights group has urged. The Delhi-based Asian Centre for Human Rights says it has seen the report, which was commissioned by President Kumaratunga but never released. The group says police knew locals were about to ... http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide/?p=55 http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide/?p=53 Some of the most famous racist quotes by the Sinhalese politicians. "If we are governing, we must govern. If we are ruling, we must rule. Do not give into the minorities. " - Mrs. Wimala Kannangara M.P. Sri Lankan Parliament, July 1981 "I am not worried about the opinion ... http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide/?p=52 Karen Parker of the Non Governmental Human Rights Organisation, International Educational Development put it succinctly at the 42nd Sessions of UN Sub Commission on the Protection of Minorities. “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that all persons, including members of minority groups, have the right to the full realisation of ... http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide/?p=20 Senator A.L.Missen, Chairman, Australian Parliamentary Group of Amnesty International, expressed his growing concern in March 1986: “Some 6000 Tamils have been killed altogether in the last few years... These events are not accidental. It can be seen that they are the result of a deliberate policy on the part of the ... http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide/?p=19 A Working Group chaired by Goran Backstrand, of the Swedish Red Cross at the Second Consultation on Ethnic Violence, Development and Human Rights, Netherlands, in February 1985 concluded: “There was a general consensus that within Sri Lanka today, the Tamils do not have the protection of the rule of law, that ... http://www.genocide.org.uk/genocide/?p=18