UN spokesman – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Aid groups: Sri Lanka situation ‘nightmarish’

By pearlaction | February 2, 2009 |

[CNN] International humanitarian aid agencies called Monday for increased access to the “nightmarish situation” in northern Sri Lanka, where government forces and Tamil rebels are locked in battle. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are thought to be trapped by the fighting. The plea came as artillery shells slammed into a hospital in the northern district…

UN evacuates wounded civilians from Sri Lanka war zone

By pearlaction | January 29, 2009 |

[AFP] The United Nations evacuated hundreds of severely wounded civilians from behind rebel lines in Sri Lanka on Thursday as government troops fought to secure final victory over the Tamil Tigers. Human rights bodies have called for immediate steps by both the Colombo government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to save up…