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- The Sri Lankan government declares an end to its civil war with the Tamil Tigers, ending almost 26 years of fighting.
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* According to the Ministry of Defence, Chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Velupillaï Prabhakaran, was killed today by the army when he tried to escape on board an ambulance company two lieutenants. DNA identification is underway for his body was horribly burned in the fire of the vehicle.
* The army announced that there is now no more rebels in the area of military operations after the last few fights. In total 300 officers and LTTE fighters were killed during these final battles. A judge has ordered police to conduct scientific autopsies and DNA tests on the corpses 5.
* The government announced that the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is over after the death of all the leaders of the separatist guerrillas, including its chief Prabhakaran Velupillaï.
* A demonstration of 2500 pro-Tamil degenerates to Parliament in London (United Kingdom). 5 police and 11 demonstrators were injured and 10 people were arrested.
* 19 May -
* President Mahinda Rajapakse said in a speech to Parliament that Tamil rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have been "completely defeated" by the government army that now controls the entire territory of the country: "The authority of the State now takes place on every inch of territory. We totally defeated terrorism. " In his speech the Head of State insisted on a necessary political settlement between the majority Sinhalese (74%) and the Tamil minority (12.5%), the historical tensions have fed the roots of the separatist conflict began in 1972, ensuring making war on the LTTE and not the Tamils. The president, architect since 2006 military victory against the Tigers, has pledged for years to find a "political settlement" through "a power-sharing agreement" between communities 6.
* The moderate Tamil politicians hoped that his demands for more political autonomy will not be buried by the Sinhalese nationalist regime, hoping that the head of state will implement the 13 th Amendment to the Constitution providing for decentralization to the nine provinces Sri Lanka, especially those in the north and east where Tamils are concentrated.
* 20 May -
* The UN war since the early 1980 between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil rebels in the north of the island would have up to 100 000 deaths, according to the latest estimates. The UN humanitarian agencies reiterate their request for "full access without impediment" to the conflict zone "where people are still and must be evacuated."
* According to UNHCR, "some 80,000 people left the former conflict zone last three days" bringing the total number of people who" fled the fighting in recent months to 280 000 [...] civilians coming out of the area conflict are sick, hungry and suffering from severe malnutrition and dehydration [...] the restrictions imposed by the authorities for access to the refugee camp limit the capacity of UNHCR to provide assistance to displaced persons. "
* The NGO "Doctors Without Borders" (MSF) today announced the opening of a field hospital of 100 beds in the area of Manic Farm, 30 km southwest of Vavuniya (north) to cope with an influx of wounded, lamenting the humanitarian do not have access to the combat zone, with the exception of the Red Cross. This hospital full, open with the permission of the Sri Lankan government, will relieve the Vavuniya hospital, where about 1500 patients are hospitalized for 250 beds. Three surgeons and four anaesthesiologists working in this particular structure medical and surgical.
* 21 May - In group Defense of Human Rights - including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch - Children suspected of having fought in the guerrilla Tamil, is removed in several camps in the area of Vavuniya (north) with the tacit approval of authorities. Most of these abductions, some children as young as 12 years, would be made by Tamil paramilitaries who have allegiance to the authorities of Sri Lanka to fight the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). These children would be used to identify former child soldiers who have fought in Tamil.
* 22 May - Secretary of State for Defence, Gotabhaya Rajapakse said that since the beginning of the final offensive against Tamil separatists in August 2006, "the security forces, including Army, Navy The air force, police and civil defense, lost 6261 staff while 29 551 were injured. "
* 23 May - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demands better humanitarian aid for 250,000 war refugees in Sri Lanka.
* 26 May - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said that "there were good reasons to think that both sides had broadly violated the fundamental principles of the inviolability civilians, "while aid agencies accuse Sri Lankan military of bombing civilians and insurgents to be used as" human shields "in the former war zone of north-east of the country, when of the final blows of the army in early January to late April. The UN believes that at least 7,000 civilians were killed in four months.
* 30 May - More than 5000 Tamil demonstrators marched today in Berlin, calling for international sanctions against Sri Lanka and an investigation into violations of human rights by the army. (en)
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