Full Coverage: Sri Lanka

27.03.2009 Tens of thousands of people trapped in "safe zones" in the north-eastern Wanni region are at increased risk from the escalation in attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, said a leading international rights group.
+ Situation deteriorates as heavy rains fall
+ Tamilnet update
+ At end of Sri Lanka's long war, siege is best hope
+ No Let-Up in Army Shelling of Civilians
+ Civilians die in Sri Lanka shelling
+ Sri Lanka crisis

26.03.2009 Heavy rains have caused more hardship for an estimated 150,000 civilians trapped in fighting between government and rebels in Sri Lanka’s northern Vanni region.
+ Tamilnet update
+ At end of Sri Lanka's long war, siege is best hope
+ No Let-Up in Army Shelling of Civilians
+ Civilians die in Sri Lanka shelling
+ Sri Lanka crisis

19.03.2009 A warning about the risks to children in the Sri Lankan civil war has been given by UNICEF chief Ann M. Veneman as an international medical charity says it is negotiating provision of mental health services in a region where thousands of people are believed to be trapped by the fighting.
+ State secrets, public denials in Sri Lanka

06.03.2009 A mass campaign is needed to convince the Sinhalese majority that devolution and democratisation are in its interest as much as they are in the interest of Sri Lanka’s minorities, says Rohini Hensman.

03.03.2009 As the Sri Lankan government steps up its war with the Tamil Tigers, assaults on journalists are on the rise. So are suspicions that the government is complicit in these attacks, says Bob Dietz.