humanitarian workers – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Genocide in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | February 15, 2009 |

[Boston Globe] THE BARRAGE of media reporting of the grim conflict in Sri Lanka has captured popular imagination, but has overlooked the grisly Sinhalese Buddhist genocide of innocent Hindu or Christian Tamil civilians by a US dual citizen and US green card holder. The two should be investigated and prosecuted in the United States. As…

‘Crisis unfolding’ in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | January 28, 2009 |

[ BBC ] A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in northern Sri Lanka, with a quarter of a million people trapped by fighting, the Red Cross says. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) estimates that hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between troops and separatist rebels. It called on both sides…