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Sri Lanka: attacks on free media put displaced civilians at risk
" Vigil marking the first anniversary of the detention of Sri Lankan journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam, London, March 2008 © Amnesty International" "If you read Sri Lankan newspapers,... End the farse, free doctors
Robert Templer, Asia program director of the International Crisis Group called government of Sri Lanka to alter course, provide a clear timetable to resettle the IDPs, and release the doctors. An estimated... Sri Lanka: Kadiragamar Transitional Relief Village
Kadiragamar Transitional Relief Village – Chettikulam (DC Division 2) Total population : 19380 (Males 9438, females 9942) Number of families : 5750 Total area : 1500 acres ...
created by Hiranya Malwatta | 19 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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259 views | 16 recommendations | 20 comments
Sri Lanka camp children malnourished
The Executive Director of Sarvodaya reported of high rate of malnutrition at the Menik Farm, Sri Lanka. "Nearly 5000 Internally Displaced children in the Vavuniya camps are malnourished, a charity that works in... Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims
Displaced in Sri Lanka dueto late ltte terror. " Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims By Swaminathan Natarajan ... UNHCR launches IDP return support in Northern Sri Lanka
The first Government organised return movement to Musali in Mannar district marks the start of IDP return in Northern Sri Lanka."UNHCR launches IDP return support ...
created by Hiranya Malwatta | 20 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago
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116 views | 30 recommendations | 1 comment
Sri Lanka camps a 'national disgrace'
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Sri Lanka's treatment in the detention camps a national disgrace. " "For more than a year, the Sri Lankan government has detained virtually everyone, including entire families,... More Sri Lankan displaced go home
" Two thousand people are being resettled in their villages in Sri Lanka's north-west after being displaced by the civil war, which ended in May. The group is the third and largest batch resettled so far as part of... UN supports Sri Lanka aid effort
The following salient points were incorporated in the resolution titled "Assistance to Sri Lanka in the promotion and protection of human rights" adopted by the majority of the member states after the conclusion of... Targeting disease, child abuse prevention in IDP camps
National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) discusses with Sunday Times, the issues at hand regarding children at the IDP camps in the North, what measures are being taken and what more should be done. " From...
created by Hiranya Malwatta | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago
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446 views | 28 recommendations | 9 comments
Militants occupy 3 houses, 10 shops of Sikhs in Pakistan
In the second incident of its kind, the militants active in Orakzai tribal district of Pakistan have occupied three houses and 10 shops of the Sikh community in the region. However, a local tribe has given shelter to the 24-member displaced Sikh family in accordance with the... Sri Lanka- Civilian explains what happened(translation available)
Plight of the civilians in the North, (and the Eastern Province before that) at the hands of LTTE has been no secret during the past few decades. Tamil leaders who spoke on behalf of these civilians were brutally...
created by Hiranya Malwatta | 39 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago
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619 views | 10 recommendations | 15 comments
Colombo steps up bombardment on Vanni
Sri Lanka's ongoing military campaign has reached a genocidal proportion with the deliberate targeting of civilianareas aimed at driving the civilians out of the LTTE held regions. The region has been crippled...
created by IRTAG Media | 46 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
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1463 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
UN transports another food shipment to displaced people in war-torn northern ...
"The United Nations has shipped another convoy of emergency food supplies to the Vanni region of northern Sri Lanka, as part of its ongoing humanitarian aid effort assisting thousands of people forced from their... Australia gives $ 4 million food aid to Sri Lanka’s displaced
Australian government announced that it will contribute $4 million of food aid to conflict-affected communities in Sri Lanka through the World Food Programme (WFP). The food aid which will include almost 5,000...
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