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In Sri Lanka, UN Still Withholds Casualty Numbers, Funds Detention Camps

By pearlaction | March 10, 2009 |

[Inner City Press] For two weeks, Inner City Press has asked at the UN whether international aid funds will be used for detention camps in which those fleeing the conflict zone in Sri Lanka will be detained, until the end of 2009 or longer. Holmes on Monday confirmed that the UN has “offered to assist…

Besieged, Displaced, and Detained: The Plight of Civilians in Sri Lanka’s Vanni Region

By pearlaction | December 23, 2008 |

[HRW] “This 49-page report documents the Sri Lankan government’s responsibility for the plight of the 230,000 to 300,000 displaced persons trapped in the Vanni conflict zone. They face severe shortages of food and other essentials because of government restrictions on humanitarian assistance. Individuals and families who have managed to flee areas controlled by the separatist…