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Horror of a pogrom: Remembering “Black July” 1983 

by D.B.S. Jeyaraj

The tragic history of post – independence Sri Lanka records that the Tamils of Sri Lanka have been subjected to mass –scale mob violence in the years 1956, 1958, 1977, 1981 and 1983. The anti-Tamil violence of July 1983 was the most terrible and horrible of them all. It remains etched in memory even after 27 years. [dbsj]

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Video: Sri Lanka rejects refugee camp allegations

Mahinda Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka's minister of disaster management and human rights, has rejected accusations regarding its "welfare camps" for Tamil war refugees as a "load of rubbish".

[AlJazeera News Video: July 6, 2009]

Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports.

Sri Lanka's government has been accused of killing thousands of its own civilian citizens, war crimes, rape, torture and inhuman treatment of hundreds of thousands of refugees from its war against the Tamil Tigers.

Al Jazeera has conducted its own investigation into the conflict and spoken to Tamils who have suffered and aid workers who have remained silent until now, revealing testimonies that call into question the version of events Sri Lanka's government wants the world to believe.

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