State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2010 -
Sri Lanka |Publisher||Minority Rights Group International|
|Publication Date||1 July 2010| |Cite as||Minority Rights Group
International, State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous
Peoples 2010 - Sri Lanka, 1 July 2010, available at:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/4c3331075f.html [accessed 25 May
2013]| |Disclaimer||This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is
not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its
content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or
publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the
United Nations or its Member States.| The year 2009 will
undoubtedly go down as a pivotal one in post-independent Sri
Lankan history, as it saw the end of the country's 30-year war.
Fighting between government forces and the Tamil Tiger (LTTE)
rebels reached a climax in the early part of 2009, as the
government took over large areas of land that had been under
rebel control. By February, the LTTE was cornered in a