Sri Lanka To Start Tally of Civil War Dead -- Time
Count is an attempt to meet international demands for greater transparency over wartime losses and civilian disappearances
The government of Sri Lanka announced plans this week to conduct a nationwide census to tally “human and property damages” inflicted during the nation’s three decades of civil war.
“The death toll of civilians during the 30-year conflict has not been accurately assessed,” a Nov. 26 government statement read. “A UN panel probed the last phase of the war [and] has estimated that around 40,000 died while other independent reports estimated the number of civilians dead to exceed 100,000.”
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My Comment: The above video is a 2011 documentary from Channel 4 on Sri Lanka's "killing fields" during the civil war.
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