Thousands are dying in the concentration camps in Sri Lanka
t4t | 10.07.2009 20:11 | Globalisation | Repression
"About 1,400 people are dying every week at the giant Manik Farm internment camp set up in Sri Lanka to detain Tamil refugees from the nation’s bloody civil war, senior international aid sources have told The Times. "
Must read and can be a good for anyone wanting to help any campaigns.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6676792.ece
The article concludes (hence reports as per their 'duty') covering a recent Sri Lankan drama on indefinitely detained doctors ...
"The doctors denied other former testimony, including the government shelling of a conflict-zone hospital in February for which there are witnesses from the UN and the Red Cross.
The statements met with scepticism from human rights campaigners. Sam Zarifi, the Asia- Pacific director for Amnesty International, said that they were “expected and predicted”. He added: “There are very significant grounds to question whether these statements were voluntary, and they raise serious concerns whether the doctors were subjected to ill-treatment.” "
Elsewhere it is reported that
"yesterday [the government] ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to scale back its operations in Sri Lanka, leave the camps where it has been monitoring conditions and halt its aid programmes"
Further reading for anyone interested in further research...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6676993.ece
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28260
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6676792.ece The article concludes (hence reports as per their 'duty') covering a recent Sri Lankan drama on indefinitely detained doctors ...
"The doctors denied other former testimony, including the government shelling of a conflict-zone hospital in February for which there are witnesses from the UN and the Red Cross.
The statements met with scepticism from human rights campaigners. Sam Zarifi, the Asia- Pacific director for Amnesty International, said that they were “expected and predicted”. He added: “There are very significant grounds to question whether these statements were voluntary, and they raise serious concerns whether the doctors were subjected to ill-treatment.” "
Elsewhere it is reported that
"yesterday [the government] ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to scale back its operations in Sri Lanka, leave the camps where it has been monitoring conditions and halt its aid programmes"
Further reading for anyone interested in further research...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6676993.ece http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28260
t4t