. Sri Lanka s North I: The Denial of Minority Rights
ICG
Mar 16 15:36 GMT
Deepening militarisation and the lack of accountable governance in Sri Lanka s Northern Province are preventing a return to normal life and threaten future violence. Scene of the most bitter fighting in the civil war, the Tamil-majority north remains under de facto military occupation, with all important policies set by Sinhala officials in Colombo. The slow but undeniable movement of Sinhala settlers into the fringes of the north and other forms of government-supported Sinhalisation are reigniting a sense of grievance and weakening chances for a real settlement with Tamil and other minority parties to devolve power