Ka cika wannan magana: Tun lokacin da Sri Lanka ta sami 'yancin kai daga Britaniya a shekara ta 1948, dangantakar da ke tsakanin yawancin Sinhalese da 'yan Tamil ƙalilan ta yi tsami. Tashin hankali na kabilanci da siyasa bayan Dokar Sinhala kawai, tare da kisan kiyashi na kabilanci da gungun Sinhalese suka yi a 1956, 1958, 1977, 1981 da
1983, ya haifar da samuwar da kuma karfafa kungiyoyi masu gwagwarmayar neman 'yancin kai ga Tamils. Yaƙin basasa da ya biyo baya ya yi sanadin mutuwar mutane fiye da 100,000 da kuma tilasta ɓacewar dubban wasu da kuma yi musu fyaɗe. Yaƙin basasa ya ƙare a shekara ta 2009 amma akwai ci gaba da zargin cewa sojojin Sri Lanka sun aikata mugunta. Wani kwamitin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya gano cewa kimanin fararen hula Tamil 40,000 ne aka kashe a watannin karshe na yakin basasa. A watan Janairun 2020, Shugaba Gotabaya Rajapaksa ya ce kimanin 20,000+ da suka ɓace 'yan Tamil na Sri Lanka sun mutu. Ƙarshen yakin basasa bai inganta yanayin da ke Sri Lanka ba, tare da 'yancin' yan jarida ba a sake dawowa ba kuma kotun ta kasance karkashin ikon siyasa.