Friday, August 7, 2009
Rights group urges resettlement of Sri Lanka's displaced
The international advocacy group Human Rights Watch urged the Sri Lankan government on July 28 to release hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians confined to displacement camps despite the end of the country's civil war.
The appeal comes days after the United States called for the resettlement of more than 280,000 civilians held in sprawling camps in the north since May, when government troops crushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to end a 25-year old war.
"Haven't they been through enough?" asked Brad Adams, Human Rights Watch's Asia director, in an e-mailed statement
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The appeal comes days after the United States called for the resettlement of more than 280,000 civilians held in sprawling camps in the north since May, when government troops crushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to end a 25-year old war.
"Haven't they been through enough?" asked Brad Adams, Human Rights Watch's Asia director, in an e-mailed statement
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Labels: human rights in sri lanka, LTTE, resettlement, Sri Lanka, sri lanka camps, sri lanka civil war, Sri Lankan Government, tamil civilians
Friday, May 29, 2009
Refugee resettlement plan outlined
Sri Lanka plans to resettle most of the 280,000 refugees who fled the war with the defeated Tamil Tigers within six months, the government said on Thursday after meeting visiting Indian officials.
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K.Narayanan met President Mahinda Rajapaksa, after Sri Lanka declared total victory in a 25-year war over the Tamil Tigers in which India's role has always loomed large.
Sri Lanka said on May 18 it had totally defeated the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), ending a war long viewed as unwinnable.
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Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K.Narayanan met President Mahinda Rajapaksa, after Sri Lanka declared total victory in a 25-year war over the Tamil Tigers in which India's role has always loomed large.
Sri Lanka said on May 18 it had totally defeated the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), ending a war long viewed as unwinnable.
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Labels: defeated tamil tigers, LTTE, ltte chief prabhakaran, Sri Lanka, sri lanka plans, Tamil Tigers, War
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
War in endgame, 100,000 escape rebel zone
Thousands more civilians surged out of Sri Lanka's war zone on April 22 while soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels fought the apparent endgame of Asia's longest-running war despite calls to protect those still trapped.
In the third day since troops blasted through a massive earthen wall built by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and unleashed the exodus, the military said at least 100,000 people had been registered for onward transit to refugee camps.
Among those who came out was the LTTE's ex-spokesman Daya Master, a former school teacher who was the Tigers' voice to the English-speaking world for years and arranged media visits to the self declared state the separatists had fought to create.
The military said he was the most senior rebel to surrender, an act that is in contravention of LTTE founder-leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's dictate that followers wear cyanide vials to be taken in case of
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In the third day since troops blasted through a massive earthen wall built by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and unleashed the exodus, the military said at least 100,000 people had been registered for onward transit to refugee camps.
Among those who came out was the LTTE's ex-spokesman Daya Master, a former school teacher who was the Tigers' voice to the English-speaking world for years and arranged media visits to the self declared state the separatists had fought to create.
The military said he was the most senior rebel to surrender, an act that is in contravention of LTTE founder-leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's dictate that followers wear cyanide vials to be taken in case of
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Labels: asia longest running war, civilians, LTTE, ltte chief prabhakaran, no fire zone, prabhakaran to surrender, rebel zone, refugee champs, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers
Friday, January 9, 2009
Suspected Tamil suicide bomber kills 8 in Sri Lanka, military says
A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed eight people including six paramilitary guards in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Sunday while air force jets bombed rebel positions in the far north.
Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the Tamil Tiger rebel targeted a security checkpoint near a crowded market in the northern suburb of Wattala.
"The death toll has gone up to eight people including six civil defense force personnel, one army officer and a civilian," Nanayakkara said.
He said 17 others were injured and being treated at two hospitals.
A Reuters witness said the site of the blast had been cordoned off.
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Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the Tamil Tiger rebel targeted a security checkpoint near a crowded market in the northern suburb of Wattala.
"The death toll has gone up to eight people including six civil defense force personnel, one army officer and a civilian," Nanayakkara said.
He said 17 others were injured and being treated at two hospitals.
A Reuters witness said the site of the blast had been cordoned off.
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Labels: air force fighter jets, civil defense force personnel, Colombo, LTTE, northern suburb of Wattala, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka war, Sri Lankan Navy, suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber, Tamil Tiger rebel
Friday, November 21, 2008
Government rejects latest Tamil Tiger truce offer
S ri Lanka's government rejected the latest Tamil Tiger truce offer out of hand on November 10, again demanding the separatist rebels surrender or be destroyed.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam (LTTE) on Nov. 8 and 9 reiterated what they say is a longstanding desire for a truce in the 25 year-old war, one of Asia's longest insurgencies.
The government has previously called the offer disingenuous.
In parliament, Agriculture Minister Maithripala Sirisena repeated President Mahinda Rajapaksa's stance, which has been in place since the government scrapped a 2002 ceasefire in January after accusing the LTTE of using it to rearm.
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam (LTTE) on Nov. 8 and 9 reiterated what they say is a longstanding desire for a truce in the 25 year-old war, one of Asia's longest insurgencies.
The government has previously called the offer disingenuous.
In parliament, Agriculture Minister Maithripala Sirisena repeated President Mahinda Rajapaksa's stance, which has been in place since the government scrapped a 2002 ceasefire in January after accusing the LTTE of using it to rearm.
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Labels: Asia's longest insurgencies, ceasefire, LTTE, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, separatist rebels surrender, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Government, Tamil Tiger truce offer
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