Jul 23, 2023
40 years ago today, on 23 July 1983, saw the beginning of the worst anti-Tamil pogrom in Sri Lanka’s history. An estimated 3,000 died over several days at the hands of organised and coordinated Sinhalese mobs, as police officers looked on or even participated in...
Aug 14, 2013
If you have personal stories about July of 1983, or the role it played in your families’ history, or if you have experience of something similar from another country from which you think lessons can be learned, or if you simply feel you have something to say...
Aug 13, 2013
Here is the third of our reminiscences, reflections, and articles about Black July. The author originally posted this on the Black July 83 website but asked us to repost it here. If you have personal stories about July of 1983, or the role it played in your...
Aug 12, 2013
Here is the second of our reminiscences, reflections, and articles about Black July. We would like to thank Voices for Reconciliation who shared this story with us, which they came across as part of their project on memory. If you have personal stories about July of...
Jul 31, 2013
Here is the first of our reminiscences, reflections, and articles about Black July. As we said before forgetting dooms us to repeat the mistakes of the past; instead there is an urgent need to understand the past and learn from it – in order to ensure that there...
