Prison massacres in Sri Lanka
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| Background |
| Sri Lanka • History of Sri Lanka |
| Origins of the Civil War |
| Origins of the Civil War Black July • Riots and pogroms Human rights • Allegations of state terror Tamil militant groups |
| LTTE |
| LTTE • Attacks • Expulsion of Muslims from Jaffna |
| Current major figures |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa Velupillai Prabhakaran Karuna Amman Gotabaya Rajapaksa Sarath Fonseka |
| Indian Involvement |
| Operation Poomalai Indo-Sri Lanka Accord Indian Peace Keeping Force Rajiv Gandhi • RAW |
| See also |
| Military of Sri Lanka TMVP • EPDP Notable assassinations • Child soldiers |
Prison massacres in Sri Lanka have occurred in regular intervals since the inception of the civil conflict from 1983.
[edit] Notable prison massacres
- The first recorded incident was during the Black July pogrom of 1983, at the Welikada high security prison in which 53 minority Tamil political detainees were hacked to death by their fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
- The second incident happened in 2000 when 26 young minority Tamil detainees were massacred by Sinhalese villages at the Bindunuwewa low security detention center.
- There was also a prison massacre in which 3 minority Tamil detainees were massacred at the Kalutara high security detention center.
No-one has been held responsible for these acts.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ UTHR(J) report on Welikada prison massacre
- ^ HRW report on prison massacres
- ^ AHRC report on Prison massacres
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