Posts Tagged ‘Mullaithivu’
UNICEF encourages small entrepreneurs in northern Sri Lanka
[Unicef News] Amarashanthini proudly shows us the doors of her house – two solid wooden doors, with substantial locks. As a mother of three she now feels more confident about the security of her children. [Full Story]
Read MoreTamil journalist killed in bombardment amounting to “war crime”
[Reporters Without Borders] Reporters Without Borders today expressed revulsion at the death of a Tamil journalist in a Sri Lankan Army bombardment on the north of the country, which it described as a “war crime”. Punniyamurthy Sathyamurthy was killed during an air raid on 12 February on Thevipuram, Mullaithivu district in the region of Vanni,…
Read MoreDisplaced Priests, Nuns In Battle Zone Appeal To United Nations To Stop The Fighting
[UCAN] Catholic clergy and Religious, fearing a “great human tragedy” in northern Sri Lanka, have asked U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to call on their government to stop the war and put an end to the suffering of civilians. In a letter titled “SOS – Agonizing Cry of the People of Vanni,” Father James Pathinathar…
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