Friday, November 29, 2013

Sri Lanka Finally Starts To Count It's Civil War Dead



Sri Lanka To Start Tally of Civil War Dead -- Time

Count is an attempt to meet international demands for greater transparency over wartime losses and civilian disappearances

The government of Sri Lanka announced plans this week to conduct a nationwide census to tally “human and property damages” inflicted during the nation’s three decades of civil war.

“The death toll of civilians during the 30-year conflict has not been accurately assessed,” a Nov. 26 government statement read. “A UN panel probed the last phase of the war [and] has estimated that around 40,000 died while other independent reports estimated the number of civilians dead to exceed 100,000.”

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More News On Sri Lanka Finally Tallying It's Civil War Dead

Sri Lanka counts war dead after pressure from abroad -- Reuters
Sri Lanka starts counting the civil war dead -- AP
Sri Lanka to compile toll of war dead -- Global Post/AFP
Sri Lanka set to begin survey of civil war dead -- BBC
Sri Lanka begins census of civil war dead, property losses -- UPI
Sri Lanka says 'nothing to hide' as it begins counting war dead -- Australia Network News

My Comment: The above video is a 2011 documentary from Channel 4 on Sri Lanka's "killing fields" during the civil war.

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