Sentences with phrase «separatist tamil»
The Tamils are protesting against the treatment of civilians trapped in fighting between the Sri Lankan government's military and the separatist Tamil Tigers, who are fighting their last stand as a 20 - year conflict draws to a close.
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The latest disruption was in response to news that over 100 children have died over the weekend in northern Sri Lanka, where the separatist rebel Tamil Tigers are fighting a last stand against government forces.
August 5, 2015 • Since the country's long fight against Tamil separatists ended, the economy and democracy have advanced.
Since the end of a 26 - year civil war between the government and Tamil separatists in May 2009, Sri Lanka has had one of the fastest - growing economies in the world, with significant development in tourism in particular.
But elsewhere in Asia, work is moving ahead to turn another area more associated with conflict than conservation into a sanctuary for at - risk elephants.A year and a half after Sri Lanka's quarter - century civil war ended, officials have announced plans to use more than 100,000 acres of jungle — the former stronghold of the Tamil Tigers separatists — to help protect wildlife, The Guardian reported today.