Channel 4’s Expose of the Internment Camps

Posted on May 10, 2009 by vaahai

Channel 4 News reports from a camp in the northern Sri Lankan city of Vavuniya, where Tamil refugees have been taken.
Shocking claims have emerged of shortages of food and water, dead bodies left where they have fallen, women separated from their families, and even sexual abuse.

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What More Do We Need to Hear,Before We Act?

Posted on October 23, 2008 by vaahai

What More Do We Need to Hear,Before We Act?
 

The humanitarian crisis of the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Vanni [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) administered Northern mainland in the island of Sri Lanka] has reached unprecedented levels in the last few of months. Sri Lanka Armed Forces (SLA)’s Siege of Vanni on four broader [...]

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  • Tamils & Self-Determination

    "All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. .." Article 1.1, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966

  • Boycott Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka Government is engaged in a systematic anihilation of the native population of the island - the Tamils. It has been in the top 3 countries from around the world in Government sponsored disappearances consistently for more than 15 years. Over the past 5 years more than 120 media personnel have been killed. More than 6000 Tamils have been killed over the same period by the Government of Sri Lanka. However it continues to receive about $900 million from Japan, about $600 million from China, and $250 million from India, per year. It is time the world community stops aiding a murderous regime.