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1. Sri Lanka is one of the top “red alert” countries at risk for genocide (Genocide Prevention Project)
2. Sri Lanka was voted off United Nations Humans Rights Council in 2008 (Asian Human Rights Council)
3. Sri Lanka has a history of expelling UN and human rights monitors from the country (BBC)
4. Sri Lanka is ranked as having the 2nd highest rate of disappearances in the world (United Nations)
5. Sri Lanka is one of the most dangerous places for journalists (BBC)
6. Tamils treated as second-class citizens in own country: they must carry identification cards (United Nations)
7. Culture of impunity: despite pervasive human rights violations, very few are ever held accountable (International Press Freedom Mission)
8. 130,000 + civilians denied access to freedom of movement in internment camps (Human Rights Watch)
9. 40,000+ civilian casualties just at the end of the war alone (ABC News)
10. Continued restrictions on humanitarian aid in IDP camps (Washington Post)
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