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Humanitarian disaster - Vanni, Sri Lanka. - pictures.

Terence Bunch | 17.05.2009 20:57 | Repression | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

On the day Sri Lanka government forces claim victory over the LTTE (Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam), Tamils gather outside the US embassy in London to call on the Americans to intervene in the Humanitarian disaster now unfolding on the Island.

Elderly women with injuries.
Elderly women with injuries.

Body of a woman in Displacement Camp.
Body of a woman in Displacement Camp.

A man and injured child.
A man and injured child.

The wounded in makeshift tents.
The wounded in makeshift tents.

Fleeing hospital after it is shelled.
Fleeing hospital after it is shelled.

A man lies dead after being shelled.
A man lies dead after being shelled.

Children lay on the ground.
Children lay on the ground.

A woman tends a child next to a body.
A woman tends a child next to a body.

A body is carried without a stretcher.
A body is carried without a stretcher.


On the day Sri Lanka government forces claim victory over the LTTE (Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam), Tamils gather outside the US embassy in London to call on the Americans to intervene in the Humanitarian disaster now unfolding on the Island.

Reports are now filtering out that civilians are now in desparate need of medicine, food, shelter and protection and are in chronic need of International support. Medical and clinical staff are claiming that large numbers of people who have attended makeshift hospitals have injuries that have not been treated for up to 24 hours.

Many clinical and medical staff have been unable to attend to the injured as ther own quarters have been fired upon. Reports are now also surfacing that doctors in the region are unable to treat the injured and a number have not been seen for days.

Tamils remain in Parliament Square in order to keep up their protests to demand international support for the placing of International observers on the ground especially in Vanni, a region which has seen heavy casualties for weeks and which the Sri Lankan government have refused to allow access to international media.

London, 17th May 2009.

The following images were taken in Vanni between 10th and 12th may 2009.


Terence Bunch
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All the LTTE's civilian hostages have now been freed by the army

18.05.2009 04:50

LTTE terrorists abandon their chief's son; body found [Updated]

Sri Lanka Army special forces soldiers have found a body suspected to be of Charles Anthony, the elder son of LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran in the Karayamullavaikkal area this morning (May 18).

According to the defence sources in the battlefront, the body was found after an unsuccessful and half-hearted attempt by the LTTE cadres to evacuate their leader's son early this morning.

Charles Anthony was known to be the head of Information and Technology department of the LTTE. It is said that the LTTE leader was compelled to recruit his son to the outfit to avoid criticism over his hypocrisy. The LTTE leader was often criticised for sending thousands of child soldiers to war while giving a luxurious life and best of education to his own children. Charles Anthony was given a very senior position in the outfit after establishing a special non-fighting unit for him.

According to latest battlefield reports received, Army elites are now continuing the final mop-up operations at the last 100m x100m LTTE foothold, North of Vellamullivaikkal.

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