Days after the horrific anti-Tamil violence of Black July, on August 4, 1983, the Sri Lankan government, instead of passing constitutional changes to protect Tamils, passed the 6th amendment to ...

In the summer of 1983, ethnic violence swept the island nation of Sri Lanka. Known as Black July, the outbreak of communal violence between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority communities left ...

Back in Paris I returned to my home in Paris in late July 1983 to find friends and colleagues anxious to know about my experiences during those fatal days. DG M’bow was good enough to consider my ...

Known in Sri Lanka as “Black July”, the brutal violence triggered ... “We don’t regard what happened in 1983 as a riot, because it was planned violence unleashed on the Tamil people ...

The roots of the current collapse should be traced back to Black July. Black July, which occurred in Sri Lanka in July 1983, was a series of state-sponsored pogroms against the country’s Tamil ...

Autopsy Room. (Adobe Stock Images) In 1990, Eyler confessed to killing a Black male in July 1983 at a Newton County farm and described that male as being in his late teens or early 20s ...

In 1990, Eyler confessed to killing a Black male in July 1983 at a Newton County farm and described that male as being in his late teens or early 20s, said Pam Lauritzen, spokeswoman for the DNA ...

the pogrom of 1983 that claimed thousands of lives and rendered several thousands homeless, proved a watershed in Sri Lankan history. ‘Black July’, as the period is often described ...

In July 1983, chaos erupted as mobs attacked Tamil homes and businesses, leaving behind a trail of destruction and heartache for the community. On this important anniversary of Black July ...

In the summer of 1983, ethnic violence swept the island nation of Sri Lanka. Known as Black July, the outbreak of communal violence between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority communities left ...