Losing Santhia

Losing Santhia
Author: Ben Hillier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2019-07-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9780994537867

On a small stretch of sand in north-eastern Sri Lanka 2009, the armed forces slaughtered tens of thousands of Tamils. The Tamil Tigers, who had waged a three-decade-long war of national liberation, were militarily defeated. But some of their ranks survived. Santhia was one. After the war, she and her infant son tried to reach Australia but were stranded in Indonesia. Santhia died in a Jakarta hospital in October 2017 aged just forty-two. Sponsored by the Tamil Refugee Council, Ben Hillier travelled to Indonesia and Sri Lanka after Santhia's death to piece together her life. In this essay, she appears as an individual expression of a nationals fight for liberation. The essay is paired with a seminal document, Liberation Tigers and Tamil Eelam freedom struggle, written in 1983 by Anton Balasingham on behalf of the Tigers' political committee.

Canadiana

Canadiana
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1166
Release: 1985
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

World Report 2019

World Report 2019
Author: Human Rights Watch
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Total Pages: 847
Release: 2019-02-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1609808851

The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

After the Tsunami

After the Tsunami
Author:
Publisher: Human Rights Center, Uc Berkeley
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Disaster relief
ISBN: 9780976067719

World Report 2020

World Report 2020
Author: Human Rights Watch
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Total Pages: 813
Release: 2020-01-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1644210061

The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

Still Counting the Dead

Still Counting the Dead
Author: Frances Harrison
Publisher: House of Anansi
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2012-09-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1770893059

"An extraordinary book. This dignified, just and unbearable account of the dark heart of Sri Lanka needs to be read by everyone." — Roma Tearne, author of Mosquito The tropical island of Sri Lanka is a paradise for tourists, but in 2009 it became a hell for its Tamil minority, as decades of civil war between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas and the government reached its bloody climax. Caught in the crossfire were hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren, doctors, farmers, fishermen, nuns, and other civilians. And the government ensured through a strict media blackout that the world was unaware of their suffering. Now, a UN enquiry has called for war crimes investigation, and Frances Harrison, a BBC correspondent for Sri Lanka during the conflict, recounts those crimes for the first time in sobering, shattering detail.