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Sri Lanka army kills 1257 civilians in latest strike In the Government declared Save Zone
A massive artillery barrage by the Sri Lankan army last night killed at least 1257 civilians and left another 3814 wounded in the Save Zone declared by Government of Srilanka. A doctor working in the Save Zone make shift hospital described the assault as the bloodiest he had seen in the government’s...
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The UN Secretary-General must speak out about civilian deaths in Sri Lanka.
Ban Ki Moon the Secretary-General of the United Nations, visited Sri Lanka last week. He knew from his officials that at least 20,000 civilians had been killed by Sri Lankan troops in the offensive against the Tamil Tigers. Mr Ban never mentioned this figure to his Sri Lankan interlocutors. He saw, while...
Sri Lanka: Repeated Shelling of Hospitals Evidence of War Crimes. HRW
The Sri Lankan armed forces have repeatedly struck hospitals in the northern Vanni region in indiscriminate artillery and aerial attacks, Human Rights Watch said today. Commanders responsible for ordering or conducting such attacks may be prosecuted for war crimes.
Patients, medical staff, aid workers,...
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Hospital ‘ hit by Sri Lankan army’ 90 civilians killed. BBC
The Sri Lankan army has killed 91 people at a makeshift hospital inside a civilian safe zone in the last two days, two doctors have told the BBC. The doctors said bombardments from the army had killed 64 people on Saturday, including patients, their relatives and bystanders in Mullivaikal.
About 87 people...
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Heavy Artillery attack on Mullivaikal make shift hospital.64 patients dead Government Doctor confirmed
A government health official said at least 64 patients and bystanders were killed in two artillery attacks that hit the hospital Saturday. Another 87 people were wounded, said the official, who declined to be identified by name because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The artillery attacks...
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Report from the so called Save Zone 24.04.2009 Local NGO report.
The current situation in the so called ‘safe zone’/’no fire zone’ is dire. A humanitarian catastrophe of unprecedented proportions is taking place and the international community, especially the UN, have delayed, procrastinated, made weak ineffectual statements and have accepted the Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka guilty of ‘ humanitarian disaster’
Aid workers accused Sri Lanka yesterday of causing an avoidable humanitarian disaster as the country’s Government appealed for international help in handling 100,000 civilians who have fled the conflict with the Tamil Tigers since Monday.
The Government had maintained for weeks that there were fewer...
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Hundreds of children have been killed and many more injured as a result of the conflict in Sri Lanka.
“Hundreds of children have been killed and many more injured as a result of the conflict in Sri Lanka. Thousands are now at risk because of a critical lack of food, water and medicines.”
“Children and their families caught in the conflict zone are at risk of dying from disease and malnutrition.”
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Sri Lanka’s no-fire zone is one of the most dangerous places in the world - HRW
Human Rights Watch in its News release on April 9th, urge UN Security Council’s action to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe in Northern Sri Lanka.It calls the Sri Lankan government to stop firing heavy artillery into the no-fire zone.
Sri Lanka’s so-called ‘no-fire zone’ is now one of the most...
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Canada wants Sri Lanka cease fire-Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon
“We’ve asked for an immediate ceasefire. We’re very worried, of course, of the hostilities that are taking place but particularly worried for the civilians that are in the combat zone,” Mr. Cannon said.”It’s not up to me to put an end to protest,” said Mr. Cannon....
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E-Mail message from doctor 24.04.2009
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Hospital Attacks
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