State-linked extrajudicial violence against Tamils was systematic and wide-scale

Evidence

Between June 2006 and March 2007, over 800 extrajudicial killings, kidnappings, and disappearances took place throughout the country, with over 100 kidnappings taking place in Colombo (often in broad daylight). According to the Special Presidential Commission on Disappearances, 430 civilians were killed and 2,020 people abducted (of which 1,134 were eventually released) between September 14, 2006 and February 25, 2007, alone. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 338

Categorization

• XREF: Concrete state violence data paralleling the quantitative pattern in Base Nation and Avengers of the New World of state coercion against out-groups. — connects to: Electoral majoritarianism in 1956 gave rise to anti-Tamil violence and empowered extremists.; State discrimination triggered a sequence of escalating anti-Tamil riots. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 606; Violence against Dalits is systematic, pervasive, and vastly underreported — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 36 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• State-linked abductions and killings targeted civilians in wartime Sri Lanka #corroborates (0.95) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 338
• State violence operating outside its own rules constitutes informal sovereignty #expands (0.80)
• Violence against Dalits is systematic, pervasive, and vastly underreported #complicates (0.75) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 36
• State discrimination triggered a sequence of escalating anti-Tamil riots. #expands (0.72) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 606
• Electoral majoritarianism in 1956 gave rise to anti-Tamil violence and empowered extremists. #corroborates (0.70)
• Mass violence against Dalits spans all Indian states and decades #complicates (0.70)
• Large-scale caste violence against Dalits has recurred across Indian states since 1968 #complicates (0.70) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 448
• Some Sinhalese nationalist writers publicly endorse genocide against Tamils #expands (0.70)