“I can’t see anyone getting back to peace talks until a clear change in the balance of power on the ground has been accepted, and likewise with the ceasefire.”
Analysts say the real reasons for the fierce fighting could run deeper than the government’s explanation that it has launched a “humanitarian gesture” aimed at ending the Tamil Tiger blockade of the Maavilaru waterway.
“The number reaching Tamil Nadu each day is less than a hundred but they continue to come non-stop.”
Over fifty Tamil detainees were massacred by Sinhala inmates and jailors in Welikade prison.
The International Commission of Jurists observed: “the evidence points clearly to the conclusion that the violence of the Sinhala rioters on the Tamils amounted to acts of genocide.”
The image of the lone Tamil boy cornered by a group of Sinhala youth touched a nerve in a beleaguered minority.
Tamils who fled Sri Lankan military harassment are in limbo amid rising violence
“Anything can happen at any time,” M. V. Kanamylnathan, chief editor of the Tamil-language newspaper Uthayan said from his offices.