Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

the Indian Tamils back to India for 15 years. Another example, Sinhala also replaced English as the official language, placing Tamils at a disadvantage as they could not handle government administration in a familiar language, and also limited their chances of landing a role in the government. [2] This resulted in the marginalization of Tamils and thus unhappiness and tensions…

General Australian refugee facts and figures The 1951 UN Refugee Convention defines a refugee as “someone who has a well-founded fear of persecution in their own country, because of their race, religion, nationality or political or social affiliation” (Refugee Action Coalition, n.d.). In other words refugees are ordinary individuals who have been forced to leave their country to be able to escape war, persecution or natural disaster (Oxford, 2014). Ever since 1945 there have been over 700 000…

Supporters, planners and perpetrators of terrorist activities, women have been involved in terrorism since a long time. Traditionally perceived as victims of violence, women have not been identified as key players until the late 1970s. Important protagonists in the conflict across the world, women have carried suicide attacks and hold operational positions in some groups. The masculinity of armed conflicts and the gradual modernization of gender roles in societies conditioned women roles’ in…

Buddhism, the Creation, the Spread, and the Application At its starting point, Buddhism was but a tool to counteract the increasing power of the Brahman peoples, yet over time, Buddhism has become a lifestyle which appeals to a majority of the people in Asia, mostly China, however, it is important to consider the long history of Buddhism. The lifestyle dates back to the time of Siddhartha Gautama (563 BC - 483 BC) containing a long and rich history from when it was created, to how it spread, and…