Colombo uses starvation, denial of medicine as weapons of war: LTTE
The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has been systematically limiting, delaying and blocking humanitarian supplies to the civilian population of Vanni committing a serious crime of war said a statement issued by the Political Division of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) Friday. Read more
‘Bountiful in killing shells, but no means for food packets’
The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) which was able to fire thousands of shells per day into the so-called safety zone to capture the civilians, doesn’t have enough means to feed them when they are captured, said a District Secretariat official in Vavuniyaa. Read more
UN: Can you answer the genocide?
While the magnitude of the Eelam struggle and the genocide perpetrated against the Tamils minority by the Sri Lankan government has been widely accepted by the international community, the lack of any clear plan by global powers to stop this brutal war has ultimately given full license to the Sri Lankan regime to massacre Tamils with impunity. Read more
14 UN Staff detained behind barbed wires in Sri Lanka – UN lost control over War Savvy Sri Lankan Government
(War Without Witness, Thu, Apr 23, 2009) – Independent investigations completed by War Without Witness confirms the below, Read more
Narayanan, Menon to go to Sri Lanka today
Unhappy over continued killings in Sri Lanka and worried about its fallout in Tamil Nadu, the government today decided to rush National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to Colombo tomorrow to press for immediate end to “all hostilities”. Read more
England MPs to debate Sri Lankan conflict
MPs will debate the conflict in Sri Lanka next week as protests by British Tamils continue in central London. Read more
Sri Lankans flee war zone with horrific injuries
Thousands of people fleeing Sri Lanka’s war zone are arriving at hospitals with horrific injuries and severe trauma, doctors said on Thursday. Read more
Vanni civilians in Jaffna SLA detention centres lack basic facilities
Jaffna Government Agent requested immediate assistance from the local Non-government organizations (NGOs) in Jaffna to help meet the basic needs of the civilians from Vanni placed in the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) detention centres in Jaffna, in a meeting held with the representatives of local and international NGOs, due to government’s failure to offer any assistance, local NGO representatives said. Read more
UN to send team to Sri Lankan “no-fire zone
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said on Thursday he was concerned about the situation in Sri Lanka and was sending a humanitarian team to a “no-fire zone” where civilians are trapped. Read more
Tamil Group Says Tamils Suffer for the Tokyo Co-Chairs’ Bias
Tamils for Obama has written a letter condemning the four Tokyo Co-Chairs for their biased and half-hearted work on behalf of peace in Sri Lanka. Read more
