Tamil journalist killed in bombardment amounting to “war crime”

By pearlaction | February 16, 2009 |

[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,…

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RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: ‘Plight of Tamils Similar to Gaza Civilians’

By pearlaction | January 26, 2009 |

[IPS] While the Sri Lankan army has announced the capture of Mullaitivu, the last bastion of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the plight of more than 250,000 civilians caught in the fighting continues to be as grim as that of civilians in Gaza, say those involved in humanitarian work. Peter Balleis, international director…

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