Is Sri Lanka at Risk For a Return to Mass Atrocity? | "Red Flags or Resilience?" Series

Civilians are being displaced from parts of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu Districts as a result of the Sri Lanka Army's military offensive. There are 350,000 displaced persons in the Vanni. The Govt of SL ordered the UN & international NGOs to leave the area in Sept 2008. Credit: trokilinochchi via wikimedia commons

In May 2009, the long running civil war i…