Sri Lanka's crimes against humanity

Sri Lanka has caused "untold suffering"- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has caused "untold suffering" as it fights Tamil Tiger rebels in what is believed to be the endgame of Asia's longest-running war, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.

"I think that the Sri Lankan government knows that the entire world is very disappointed that in its efforts to end what it sees as 25 years of conflict, it is causing such untold suffering," Clinton told lawmakers, referring to the thousands of civilians trapped in the war zone.

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Lanka govt 'more at fault' than LTTE: India's Union home minister P.Chidambaram

SIVAGANGA (TN): Union home minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said both LTTE and Sri Lanka were not paying heed to India's request to end
hostilities but felt Colombo was "more at fault" as it thought military solution could end the strife.

Stating that the Sri Lankan Tamils issue was a humanitarian one and there was need to protect the lives of the people, he said India had asked the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE to stop the hostilities.
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‘India made big mistake on Lanka’ - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

India committed a big mistake in the Lankan issue and the war ravaged Tamil people are deeply traumatised and feel being let down, founder of the Art of Living, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said here on Wednesday.
Sri Sri Ravishankar, founder of the Art of Living, at a relief camp set up for the Internally Displaced People in Sri Lanka

Addressing reporters here after a three-day peace mission to Sri Lanka, Ravi Shankar said he visited the relief camps set up for the Internally Displaced People (IDP) by the Lankan government and distributed relief.
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India unhappy over continued killing of Tamil civilians

"We are very unhappy at the continued killing of innocent Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. These killings must stop," Mr. Mukherjee
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The New York Times: Is the World Ignoring Sri Lanka’s Srebrenica?
By Robert Mackey
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The silent horror of the war in Sri Lanka
by Arundhati Roy

It’s a colossal humanitarian tragedy. The world must step in. Now. Before it’s too late.
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Crimes against children

This year alone more than thousand children killed, many thousands injured & many more orphaned.This will curse not only Mahinda but also the Sinhala nation who back this murderer for generations to come.
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"But, the mother died while nursing the baby. We didn’t realise that the mother was dead. The baby was still breastfeeding..."
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Day of Reckoning in Sri Lanka
By Robert Templer
A mass slaughter of civilians will take place Tuesday at noon. And everyone knows it.
http://100surya.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-of-reckoning-in-sri-lanka.html
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Carnage unleashed by Mahitler Rajapakse regime on innocent Tamil civilians on 20/04/2009

வன்னியின் 'பாதுகாப்பு வலய' பகுதியில் இருந்து வெளியேறிச் சென்று - நேற்று இரவு தன்னிடம் அகப்பட்ட ஆயிரம் வரையான மக்களை பணயக் கைதிகளாக முன்னிறுத்தி இன்று சிறிலங்கா படையினர் மேற்கொண்ட பாரிய முன்நகர்வின் போது, அவர்களால் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்ட கொடூரமான இனக் கொலைத் தாக்குதலில் இன்று 1,496 தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன் 3,333-க்கும் அதிகமானோர் படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளனர். இவர்களில் 476 பேர் சிறுவர்கள். வார்த்தைகளால் வர்ணிக்க முடியாத பேரவலம் அங்கு நிகழ்வதாக புதினத்தின் வன்னிச் செய்தியாளர் தெரிவிக்கின்றார்.

'மக்கள் பாதுகாப்பு வலய' பகுதிகளான மாத்தளன், அம்பலவன்பொக்கணை பகுதிகளை நோக்கி சிறிலங்கா படையினர் இன்று திங்கட்கிழமை அதிகாலை - தம்மிடம் இருக்கும் அனைத்து நாசகார ஆயுதங்களின் சூட்டாதரவுடன் - பாரிய படை நடவடிக்கையினை தொடங்கினர்.
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