1. Nature of Ethnic Strife
Tamils in Northeast (yellow)
Sinhalese in Central & South (gray)
Population: 20 million
20% Tamils (Hindus & Christians)
72% Sinhalese (Buddhists & Christians)
8% Mixed (Muslims)

2. Needs to be cleaned up

3. Tyranny of the Majority (60 yrs of SLG’s Oppressive Rule Against Tamils)
Institutional discrimination against Tamils
Forced colonization
Sinhala as only National Language
Discrimination in education and employment
Recurrent Government sponsored pogroms
Constitution written to protect majority rights only
Elected Tamil leaders’ voiced for minority rights Crushed with Violence
Tamils Rights and Rights to self determination never delivered
Oppressive measures and deprivation of rights eventually lead to Tamil youths into arm struggle
Govt attacked Own Tamil citizens indiscriminately to crush rebels
In 2002 International Community (lead by US) assisted ceasefire.
Abrogation of PTOMs by Supreme Court

4. Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka
Current Dire Humanitarian Crisis in Northeast Sri Lanka
Urgent Actions Required
Long Term Political Solutions

5. Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka (Life in Peril)
Over 300,000 people facing devastating humanitarian crisis
cornered into 20 sq.km area
without access to food, medicine and water
living under trees and makeshift camps – mostly under bunkers
Over 3,000 people killed in “so-called” safe zone within last 3 months
Over 7,000 people severely injured

6. Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka (Daily Bombing of Safe Zone)
Daily indiscriminate shelling & aerial bombing by Sri Lankan Government (SLG) on designated safe zone
Some days 5,000 shells are fired by SLG
SLG uses banned cluster bombs & phosphorus fire bombs
Hospitals and food storages are deliberately targeted
SLG said, “Hospitals are legitimate targets”

7. Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka (War without Witness)
All NGOs ordered out by SLG last year
Journalists are forbidden from the region
SLG publically threatened to chase out international media
Local journalists killed and intimidated
TV stations bombed
Remaining healthcare workers were ordered out by SLG or face dire consequences
Only 7 doctors and few hundred healthcare workers serving 300,000

8. Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka (Food and Medicine as Weapons of War)
No medical supply
Complete collapse of health system
Mass casualty of civilian war victims
Lack of even basic medications – amputation, child deaths
Infectious diseases
Foods
No food convey was allowed for a long time
Lack of food and water
Deaths due to starvation

9. Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka (Indefinite Internment)
“Internment Camps”
Military & paramilitary run camps
People moved away from conflict zones put in internment camp run by SLG
No free movement inside or outside the camp
Families are separated and relatives are not allowed to visit
Parents are not allowed to stay with severely injured children in hospital (HRW Report)
Lack of adequate food and basic health care
No free access for NGOs and Journalists
Disappearances and sexual assaults inside the camps. Screaming inside the camps in nights. (HRW eye witness report).
SLG plans to hold people inside the camps for unspecified time.
ALL of the Above ACTIONS HIGHLIGHT GENOCIDAL INTEND OF SLG

10. Urgent Actions Bring immediate ceasefire Allow food and medicine
Allow international observers and media into conflict zone & internment camps
Free movement of people
No forced evacuation

11. WORLD CAN HELP! Appoint special envoy for the crisis
Stop financial aids from IMF, ADB and World Bank
Trade embargo or sanction against SLG
Declare Sri Lanka as a terror nation
Support genocidal indictment against SLG Leaders
Bring this crisis to UN security council

12. Long Term Political Solutions
Two Nations at peace is better than one nation at war
Recognize Tamil homeland and the right to self govern
There is no military solution to the conflict

13. Long Term Political Solution
Who can represent of Tamils ?
Representation should include combination of TNA, LTTE and Tamil Diaspora.
Internationally monitored Referendum