Background
Sri Lanka has been embroiled in a civil war for more than two decades. More than 64,000 people have been killed and more than one million have been displaced since 1983. In July 1983, the most savage anti-minority pogrom in Sri Lanka's history, known as the Black July riots, erupted. Government appointed commission's estimates put the death toll at nearly 1,000.President Kumaratunga's speech on the 21st Anniversary of 'Black July' mostly minority Sri Lankan Tamils. Amnesty International Canada || News Release died or 'disappeared' over the course of the three-year government crackdown.
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