Background
about the "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the
Tamil Tigers, ... a separatist group in Sri Lanka. For the past thirty
years, the LTTE have been agitating for a homeland for ethnic Tamils,
who feel persecuted by Sri Lanka's ethnic majority, the Sinhalese."
Discusses LTTE terrorist attacks (such as suicide bombing), status of
recent peace efforts, and LTTE ties to other terrorist groups. From the
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Annotation copyright LII.ORG
From Intute.ac.uk:
South Asia terrorism portal
The South Asia terrorism portal(SATP) is a project of the Institute for
Conflict Management, India. It aims to provide access to data,
commentary and analysis on current sectarian violence, wars and
terrorism in South Asia. The principal countries covered are: India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal. The site offers
weekly updates on security and terrorisnm in South Asia. The latter
assess the level of terrorist threats and highlight the main groups
responsible. Also accessible are a selection of full-text government
reports, statements and legislation from South Asian nations and some
international anti terrorist conventions. A further section offers
bibliographies of articles and books for further reading.
http://www.satp.org/
State of permanent crisis: constitutional government, fundamental rights and states of emergency in Sri Lanka
This site provides free acces to the full text of a book by Asanga
Welikala which was published in 2008 by Centre for Policy Alternatives
(CPA) Colombo. ISBN 978‐955‐1655‐50‐1. The 265 page book discusses the
history and impact of the use of States of Emergency powers in Sri
Lanka. This includes discussion of the nature and use of anti-terrorism
measures and their impact upon civil liberties and human rights in Sri
Lanka since the 1950s. Background is provided on concepts relating to
powers of emergency in a legal and constitutional context.
http://www.southasia.fnst.org/files/389/Manuscript_-_States_of_Emergency__3
Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA)
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) was founded in 1996. It is
based in Sri Lanka and seeks to strengthen civil society and engage in
conflict resolution in the region. Its main areas of expertise are:
Legal and Constitutional reform , Media monitoring, Conflict and Peace
building, election monitoring. Its website provides detailed
information on the aims of the organisation and its work. It includes
free access to recent press releases, plus articles, speeches, data
from public opinion poll surveys and full-text research papers. These
include materials relating to the Sri Lanka civil war, Tamil Tigers
and election monitoring reports from Centre for Monitoring Election
Violence (CMEV), the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Coalition
Against Political Violence. Most materials are from 2004 to date.
http://www.cpalanka.org
Sri Lanka : Human Security Gateway resources
The Human Security gateway is a joint project of the Human Security
report project and School for International Studies at Simon Fraser
University, Vancouver. It aims to provide researchers with a searchable
database of links to key websites, full-text reports, journal articles,
news items and fact sheets relating to human security worldwide. Human
security is defined as the protection of individuals from wars, civil
wars and violence. It website enables users to search or browse by
country or topic. Topics covered include: peace keeping operations,
children and armed conflict, international humanitarian law, gender and
security and refugees. Each resource has an added description of
content. The section on Sri Lanka includes papers relating to the civil
war, peace negotiations with the Tamil Tigers and human rights situation.
http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/browse.php?By=REGION&Selection=155
TamilNet
TamilNet is a news service which reports on issues relating to the Tamil people of Sri lanka. It includes extensive coverage of the Sri Lankan civil war, ethnic conflict and peace negotiations from a Tamil
perspective. Other key areas include: economic, political and social
development in Sri Lanka.The site includes recent and archived news
stories (dating from 1997 onwards), maps of Sri Lanka, photographs and
political cartoons.
http://www.tamilnet.com
Peace Secretariat of the Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam
This is a body of the Tamil Tigers which supports the political aims of the Tamil Tigers
and seeks to support the ceasefire in the civil war in Sri Lanka. The
website provides information on the aims, organisations and activities
of the body. It includes press releases and speeches from Tamil leaders. Also included are news stories and background on the civil war from a Tamil perspective. Most are archived from 2003 onwards.
http://www.ltteps.org/
Peace in Sri Lanka
This is the official website of the Secretariat for Co-ordinating the
Peace Process (Sri Lanka). It was established in 2002 in order to
implement the ceasefire agreement between the Sri Lankan government and
Tamil Tigers.
It provides access to background information on the conflict from a Sri
Lankan government perspective. This includes a time line of events,
maps and access to the full-text of any peace agreements made. Also
available are recent press releases and news stories relating to the
peace process.
http://www.peaceinsrilanka.org/Default.asp