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
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com/
Labels: human rights in sri lanka, LTTE, resettlement, Sri Lanka, sri lanka camps, sri lanka civil war, Sri Lankan Government, tamil civilians
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.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
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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