Sri Lanka's War of Propaganda

After the Sri Lankan Government's final push against the Tamil Tigers, accusations and counter accusations of human rights abuses remain as vociferous as ever. The Sri Lankan Government has been accused of endangering and killing civilians by using heavy weaponry in the conflict area. The Tamil Tigers have also been accused of using civilians as human shields. Independent journalists who attempt to balance contrasting claims are continually denied access to the conflict area by the Sri Lankan military whose reports on the conflict have repeatedly had their credibility thrown into doubt. In what has now become a war of propaganda, the Sri Lankan Government is having widespread impacts on Tamil and Sinhalese communities abroad.