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Posted By: yajitha
Posted On: Oct 15, 2008
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I wish to draw wider public attention to the following extract appearing in “ A short note from the Vanni ” written by “Witness” and appearing in the Groundviews on September 30, 2008:
“The people now staying at Vattakachi and Tharmapuram areas are requesting to...... [view]
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Posted By: yajitha
Posted On: Sep 29, 2008
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By Witness
I traveled to the Vanni on 17th September, with the hope of getting a lorry load of foodstuff from Vavuniya to Vanni, but it was impossible, as the Killinochchhi Government Agent’s convoy had been stopped at that time.
From Omanthai exit - entry point to Killinochchi, the...... [view]
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Posted By: yajitha
Posted On: Nov 15, 2007
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Channel 4’s recent programme on Sri Lanka broadcast recently in England. As noted here ,
… the team making a documentary for Channel 4 was ordered to leave Sri Lanka’s embattled Jaffna peninsula on the orders of the country’s military [even though] reporter...... [view]
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Posted By: yajitha
Posted On: Oct 29, 2007
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I am a veteran internally displaced person (IDP), if that is a status that I could be given and everybody could be proud of. I am originally from Vavuniya and the conflict many years ago displaced the whole of my village and many adjoining villages. We, as so many others, fled for our lives...... [view]
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Posted By: yajitha
Posted On: Sep 12, 2007
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12 Sep 2007 12:31:03 GMT
Source: Reuters
COLOMBO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka issued a tsunami alert on Wednesday for its north, south and eastern districts following a major earthquake in Indonesia, the National Disaster Management Centre said.
“We have issued a warning for the...... [view]
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Posted By: yajitha
Posted On: Aug 14, 2007
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Clearly, Groundviews seems to be doing something right in highlighting the plight of IDPs and refugees in the embattled North and East of Sri Lanka through stories such as I pray God that no one in this world should face the hardships, faced by my child and me and We are nobody’s...... [view]
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Posted By: yajitha
Posted On: Jul 27, 2007
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ඉන්දු ලංකා ගිවිසුම (1987 ජූලි- 2007 ජූලි):
අවස්ථාවක්ද? බලහත්කාරයක් ද?
“ඉන්දු ලංකා ගිවිසුමෙහි දසවන සංවත්සරය අවස්ථාව...... [view]
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Posted By: yajitha
Posted On: Jul 10, 2007
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Photo credit: Agron, from Portraits of Displacement
Worldwide, those rendered homeless and destitute by violent conflict is growing. According to UNHCR statistics, the figure of Internally Displaced Persons stood at over 32 million at the end of 2006. In Sri Lanka’s case, many of those...... [view]
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Posted By: yajitha
Posted On: Jun 24, 2007
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From UNHCR’s video channel on YouTube. Also read Maps of Shame.... [view]
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