30 Years After the Kumarapuram Massacre, Survivors Demand International Justice as Sri Lanka’s Courts Fail to Deliver Accountability. • Sri Lanka Brief

30 Years After the Kumarapuram Massacre, Survivors Demand International Justice as Sri Lanka’s Courts Fail to Deliver Accountability. • Sri Lanka Brief

On the 30th anniversary of the Kumarapuram Massacre, the people of Kumarapuram — survivors, families of victims, civil society groups, youth, activists, and community leaders — have renewed their collective demand for justice. The massacre occurred on 11 February 1996 in Kumarapuram village in Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee District, where 26 Tamil civilians, including women and children, were murdered, many others were injured, and homes were burned i…