Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger conflict, current events and history

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To tell the truth this conflict baffles me.

UNHCR calls for free humanitarian access to all areas of Sri Lanka
18 Aug 2006

GENEVA, August 18 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday called on the Sri Lankan government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to urgently allow humanitarian aid workers free access to all parts of the island so that vital supplies can reach those cut off by fighting. UNHCR also wants the rivals to permit freedom of movement to all civilians displaced by their conflict....

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/31246dde016dbd54b0a6ba476a3d23d5.htm

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA
Head of state: Mahinda Rajapakse (replaced Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in November)
Head of government: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (replaced Mahinda Rajapakse in November)
Death penalty: abolitionist in practice
International Criminal Court: not signed
UN Women’s Convention and its Optional Protocol: ratified

Overview - Covering events from January - December 2005
Background : Politically motivated killlings : Internally diplaced people : Child soldiers : Torture by police : Death penalty : Violence against women : AI country visits
http://web.amnesty.org/report2006/lka-summary-eng