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The tropical island of Sri Lanka is a paradise for tourists, but in 2009 it became a hell for its Tamil minority, as decades of civil war between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas and the government reached its bloody climax. Caught in the crossfire were hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren, doctors, farmers, fishermen, nuns and other civilians. And the government ensured through a strict media blackout that the world was unaware of their suffering. Now, a UN enquiry has called for war-crimes investigations. Those crimes are recounted here to the wider world for the first time in sobering, shattering detail. Frances Harrison was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, as well as the School of Oriental &#38; African Studies, and Imperial College in London. For many years she worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC posted in South Asia, South East Asia and Iran. From 2000-4 she was the resident BBC Correspondent in Sri Lanka. She has worked at Amnesty International as Head of News and while writing this book was a visiting research fellow at Oxford University.Frances Harrison discusses 'Still Counting the Dead' at the Trinity Centre, LondonFormer BBC foreign correspondent Frances Harrison covered the conflict in Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2004 and has written the first account of the end of the least reported major conflict of recent times. She is one of the few foreign journalists to maintain contact with those trapped inside the war zone until the very end. This event will be of interest to many people including students of human rights and South Asian issues, including members of the Tamil diaspora.Trinity Centre, East Avenue, Manor Park, London, E12www.newhambooks.co.uk source: http://portobellobooks.com/still-counting-the-dead