Talk:Sri Lanka Armed Forces/Human Rights RFC

RFC on Human Rights Violation

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Shall the content proposed below, on human rights violations, in either of the two forms proposed below, be added to the article?

Please enter Yes or No in each of the Survey sections with a brief statement. Do not reply to other editors in the Survey. You may engage in back-and-forth discussion in the Threaded Discussion sections.


Proposed Separate Section

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Shall the following separate section be added? Human rights violations

The Sri Lankan Armed Forces during the 30 year old Sri Lankan Civil War and the two JVP insurrections, have been implicated in several counts of violence against civilians including numerous instances of civilian massacres, ethnic cleansing, pogroms, forced disappearances, sexual violence, property destruction and assassination of civil leaders.[1] Reports of torture, extra judicial killings and sexual violence have also persisted in the post war period.[2][3][4]

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Proposed Addition to History Section

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Shall the following be added to the History section? Accusations against state forces include civilian massacres, ethnic cleansing, pogroms, forced disappearances, sexual violence, property destruction and assassination of civil leaders.[1] Reports of torture, extra judicial killings and sexual violence have continued to the post war period.[5][6][7]

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References

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References

  1. ^ a b "Genocide Against Tamil People: Massacres, Pogroms, Destruction of Property, Sexual Violence and Assassinations of Civil Society Leaders" (PDF). People's Tribunal on Sri Lanka (PTSL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ^ Journalists for democracy in Sri Lanka, 8 September 2021, Frances Harrison, Alive from the abyss: continuing abductions and torture in Sri Lanka http://www.jdslanka.org/index.php/analysis-reviews/human-rights/1040-alive-from-the-abyss-continuing-abductions-and-torture-in-sri-lanka
  3. ^ International Truth and Justice Project, 8 September 2021, Press Release: Sri Lankan security forces torturing and raping young Tamils https://www.itjpsl.com/assets/press/press-release-torture-report-FINAL-ENGLISH.pdf
  4. ^ https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/three-killed-as-sri-lankan-army-clamps-down-on-protesters/article4990234.ece
  5. ^ Journalists for democracy in Sri Lanka, 8 September 2021, Frances Harrison, Alive from the abyss: continuing abductions and torture in Sri Lanka http://www.jdslanka.org/index.php/analysis-reviews/human-rights/1040-alive-from-the-abyss-continuing-abductions-and-torture-in-sri-lanka
  6. ^ International Truth and Justice Project, 8 September 2021, Press Release: Sri Lankan security forces torturing and raping young Tamils https://www.itjpsl.com/assets/press/press-release-torture-report-FINAL-ENGLISH.pdf
  7. ^ https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/three-killed-as-sri-lankan-army-clamps-down-on-protesters/article4990234.ece