The Tigers' Last Days.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Thottam, Jyoti
- Source
- TIME Magazine. 3/2/2009, Vol. 173 Issue 8, p32-35. 4p. 3 Color Photographs.
- Subject
- *INTERNALLY displaced persons
*TAMIL (Indic people)
*POLITICAL refugees
*HUMAN rights
- Language
- ISSN
- 0040-781X
This article discusses the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist group in Sri Lanka, and the displacement of the Tamil people. The author explains the displacement of Tamils as a result of the Sri Lankan army offensive aimed at ending this 25-year war against the armed separatist movement. The author discusses the alleged human rights violations against the civilian population by the Sri Lankan government .