If you were a Tamil in that situation, facing – at best – life in a barbed wire camp, how would you respond to someone offering you a place on a boat?
Sri Lanka
Tamil Tigers’ ceasefire a “cry of desperation”
With no government reciprocation, there can be no immediate improvement in the dire situation of the civilians trapped in the Tamil Tigers’ area.
Crikey Wrap: Tamil Tigers vs Sri Lanka
As 25 years of war reaches a crescendo in Sri Lanka, we wrap up events and the commentariat.
Sri Lanka’s military showdown: is this it?
Sri Lanka’s battle to militarily defeat the country’s separatist Tamil Tigers appears to heading towards its final moments; but is this really the end?
Tamils in Torres Strait
The Torres News has a piece on their website (and the front page of their dead tree version) about the recent arrival of fifty Tamil asylum seekers in the region. The style and detail of the story makes an interesting contrast to a lot of the mainstream media coverage of asylum seeker arrivals.
Sri Lankan cricket attack: a Crikey media wrap
The wider fallout from yesterday’s terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore is still surfacing. Here is what the world is saying.
Sri Lanka’s growing crisis
As the Sri Lankan army presses its advantage against the Tamil Tigers in the country’s north-east, the UN is warning of a mounting humanitarian crisis, writes Damien Kingsbury.
