Sri Lanka to create Courts in Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu

" Sri Lanka will establish courts in the main towns held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam before the rebels were defeated in May after a 26-year conflict.   The Ministry of Justice will create a high...

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 hospital 'attacked again', Patients flee hospital

The Red Cross in Sri Lanka says a hospital in territory held by the Tamil Tigers has been shelled again. Red cross also said that Patients are fleeing a hospital that was hit four times by artillery shells in the war between Tamil Tigers and government forces in northern Sri...

Deadly strike on Sri Lanka hospital

A hospital in Sri Lanka’s tamil dominated zone was hit twice by artillery attacks within hours on Sunday, killing at least six civilians and wounding many others.   The shells in the later attack...

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...

Checkmate only a move away - The Island Editorial

" So much for Prabhakaran's much touted military strategy! Today, the Vanni Tigers and the Dehiwala Tigers (in the zoo) are in the same predicament. They are without enough room to move about....

ICRC: Hospitals in northern Sri Lanka face increasing challenges

ICRC Operational update on Sri Lanka (17-04-2008).The limited number of staff available to care for routine cases alongside war casualties has become a critical issue for several hospitals in northern Sri Lanka. In addition, the lack of regular deliveries of supplies from the...

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