Posted in Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Government, Health Care, Internal Displaced Persons, Military, NGOs, Refugee Camps, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations, tagged Civilian Casualties, doctors, eyewitness, IDPs, injured civilians, LTTE, malnutrition, no-fire zone, Sri Lankan government, Sri Lankan military, Tamils on June 1, 2010 |
One year after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, one of the Indian doctors who treated Tamil refugees during the last months of the conflict says there were “massive casualties” among the civilian population. (more…)
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Compensation, Displacement, Government, Health Care, Internal Displaced Persons, Property Damage, Refugee Camps, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, tagged amends, Muslim, reconciliation, reconciliation commission, resettlement, Sinhales, Sri Lankan government, Tamils on May 5, 2010 |
(AFP) – 05 May/2010
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka plans to set up a reconciliation commission to foster ethnic unity as the island emerges from nearly four decades of bloody conflict, a state-run newspaper said Wednesday. (more…)
Posted in Culture, Editorial, Government, History, NGOs, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Uncategorized, tagged Memorials, reconciliation, Sri Lankan government, Tamils on May 4, 2010 |
By: Malathi de Alwis
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 May 2010 09.00 BST
It was heartening to hear President Mahinda Rajapakse identifying reconciliation and development as the priorities of his new government. However, it is crucial that both processes should unfold with the active involvement of Sri Lanka’s citizenry, rather than being imposed from above by an omnipotent state. We seem to already have plenty of intimations of the latter. (more…)
Posted in Displacement, Foreign Aid, Government, Internal Displaced Persons, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Uncategorized, United Nations, tagged IDPs, LTTE, Muslim, reconcilation, reconstruction, return, Sri Lanka, Tamils on April 29, 2010 |
JAFFNA, 29 April 2010 (IRIN) – Sri Lankan Muslims displaced during the country’s decades-long civil war are slowly returning home, but the challenge of reconciling with their Tamil neighbours, and their past, remains.
About 75,000 Muslims were evicted in October 1990 from the northern districts of Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaithivu and some parts of Vavuniya by the now-defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who were fighting for an independent Tamil homeland. (more…)
Posted in Displacement, Foreign Aid, Government, Internal Displaced Persons, Refugee Camps, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Uncategorized, tagged IDPs, India, resettlement, return, Sri Lankan government, Tamils on April 28, 2010 |
Last Updated: 2010-04-27 20:57:58
New Delhi: India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday discussed the issue of Tamils displaced during the military action against the LTTE and highlighted the need for their expeditious resettlement with dignity. (more…)
