Medecins Sans Frontieres – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Sri Lanka patients tell of shooting, shelling and trapped relatives

By pearlaction | March 2, 2009 |

[Doctors Without Borders] As heavy fighting continues in northern Sri Lanka, over 200,000 civilians remain trapped in the conflict in the Vanni region. But, over the past few weeks, some 35,000 people have managed to flee to the city of Vavuniya, 80 km south of the conflict zone. They tell of a beleaguered population living…

Desperate and unacceptable situation for trapped population in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | February 27, 2009 |

[Doctors Without Borders] Many are injured, some with infected wounds that are weeks old. As a result, many people have been maimed for life. Even those who have made it to Vavuniya have no freedom of movement, no access to information, and no options to look for lost family members. Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is…