Destruction of Christian Churches in Sri Lanka

Church destroyed Negombo 1987

If the reader has more accurate information, please submit…

1.) Tamil Centre for Human Rights, Paris, France, “World Heritage in Sri Lanka – Buddhist Sites Only,” June 1, 2012, but original list dated 2/12/2004  http://www.tchr.net/pr_on_religious_freedom.pdf

a.) For full list of damaged and destroyed churches – http://www.tchr.net/religion_churches.htm  (Entire list copied below) or from 2004 TCHR_Christian_Hindu 

b.) Christian Churches attacked/destroyed/damaged and assaults  by mobs led by Buddhist Monks in Sri Lanka — http://www.tchr.net/religion_churches2.htm

2.) US International Commission for Religious Freedom

2004 – http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2004/35520.htm

2007 – http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2007/90234.htm

2013 – http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm#wrapper

3.) Centre for Policy Alternatives, “Attacks on Places of Religious Worship in Post-War Sri Lanka,” March 2013 http://sangam.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Attacks-on-Religious-Places-CPA-March-2013.pdf

“A majority of the Christian actors interviewed for this report point to a Sinhala-Buddhist revival after the war and the triumphalism that followed, as driving the attacks after May 2009. While aggression against minorities is not new, some Christian groups and clergy stated that there is a wave of renewed attacks due to the efforts to claim Sri Lanka as a Sinhala-Buddhist nation in a post-war era.” p.32

List of post-war attacks on p. 35

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Tamil Centre for Human Rights, 2004

Fully damaged       =   93

Partially damaged =  186

Minor Repair          =   20

Total                       =   299