Restrictions on fishing lifted

"Restrictions on fishing lifted   The government has lifted fishing restrictions imposed on fishermen in the north. "The restrictions placed on fishermen venturing out to sea from...

Report claims LTTE leader was tortured before being killed

A report released on Wednesday by a leading human rights body claimed Velupillai Prabhakaran was tortured by the Sri Lankan military before being killed. " New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was tortured by the Sri Lankan military before...

Sri Lanka: Repeated Shelling of Hospitals Evidence of War Crimes

30 Attacks Reported on Medical Facilities Since December May 8, 2009 (New York) - The Sri Lankan armed forces have repeatedly struck hospitals in the northern Vanni region in indiscriminate artillery and aerial attacks, Human Rights Watch said today. Commanders responsible...

India breaks another LTTE weapon smuggling ring

Four men were arrested in India for smuggling war material to the LTTE rebels. " New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) India has broken yet another Tamil Tiger ring that sought to smuggle war material to the rebels, arresting four men including a British national of Sri Lankan origin in...

Medical supply shortage in Sri Lanka causes deaths

Medical supply shortage in Sri Lanka causes deaths" COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—More than 500 patients have died since January in two areas in northern Sri Lanka ravaged by civil war because of a lack of medical supplies, the top health officials for the regions said. In a letter...

Sri Lanka - Hoax about dead and injured in Mullaitivu

" An “urgent appeal” doing the rounds in the media and diplomatic circles, UN and relief agencies, and as a widely distributed e-mail message referring to a “Human Catastrophe and...