'' Still Counting the Dead : Survivors of Sri Lanka 's Hidden War '' is a book written by the British journalist Frances Harrison , a former BBC correspondent in Sri Lanka and former Amnesty Head of news . The book deals with thousands of Sri Lankan Tamil civilians who were killed , caught in the crossfire during the war . This and the government 's strict media blackout would leave the world unaware of their suffering in the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War . The books also highlights the failure of the United Nations , whose staff left before the final offensive started
Sri Lankan Civil War
Alleged war crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War
Still Counting the Dead