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Families trapped in Sri Lanka camps fear for missing children

Up to a fifth of refugee Tamil children have been lost or abducted, reports Andrew Buncombe from Colombo

A Tamil woman tends to an injured boy at a camp in Mullivaikal

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A Tamil woman tends to an injured boy at a camp in Mullivaikal

In a world where people had lost everything, she held up the photograph as if it were the most precious thing imaginable.

It showed a young boy, no more than three years old, dressed in a blue and white outfit. It was Shanmugam Saraswathi's grandson Manimaran, and she had no idea where he was. "Please help me find him," she said, as she held up the picture.

Ms Saraswathi – a Tamil civilian who fled the war zone in Sri Lanka's north and is now being held at a refugee camp near the city of Vavuniya – is not alone. Aid agencies fear that hundreds of children have become separated from their parents in the chaos that followed the escape of up to 300,000 people from the last land controlled by the LTTE rebels. There are even allegations – denied by the government – that a number of children have been abducted from the camps by paramilitaries who enjoy tacit support from the authorities.

Ms Saraswathi, who had been in the camp for three weeks, said that Manimaran's mother, father and elder sister had been killed in the fighting and that the last she had heard of her grandson was that he was being cared for by a neighbour. Now she was losing hope of ever seeing him again.

With journalists prevented by the authorities from reaching the camps except on occasional, escorted visits, Ms Saraswathi's story was passed to The Independent by a trusted intermediary. "I don't know where he is," she added, standing in the playground of the school. As she spoke another half-dozen women gathered nearby, each with their own photograph, each with their own, similar story. It is impossible to estimate how many families have become dislocated as they wait in the refugee camps, surrounded by razor wire and from which they are unable to leave. A report by Save the Children suggested a fifth of all children were either missing or separated from one or both of their parents.

The charity said that while the Sri Lankan government had taken some measures to reunite such families, the situation remained dire. "The influx of people into the government camps was so large and so fast that I've come across hundreds of children who have lost their parents along the way," Stein Lied, a protection officer, said recently. "The running was so panicked that I've even met a lactating mother who lost her newborn as she was escaping."

Concern about such children mounted yesterday as another NGO alleged there was persuasive evidence that teenagers were being abducted from the camps by paramilitary groups. The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers said it had received verified reports of abductions from camps in Vavuniya. It said several paramilitary groups, including the Eelam People's Democratic Party and People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam, apparently had unhindered access to the camps. It claimed that humanitarian workers said that most of the abductions have happened at night when there is less security.

The government staunchly denied the accusations yesterday. Mahinda Samarasinghe, the Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights, said: "That is not correct. We have the responsibility for the protection [of people] in the camps."

Mr Samarasinghe said while there had been an initial problem of children being separated from their families, the issue was now being addressed and that around 3,000 families had now been reunited. He said telephones and databases had been set up at the camps to help families. He also said attention had been addressed to the problem of the flood of refugees overwhelming emergency medical facilities. "I'm not too proud to say that we can improve, but we are working on things together with our international partners," he added.

Meanwhile, the government said it planned to return most of the nearly 300,000 civilians to their homes by the end of the year. After visiting Indian ministers met President Mahinda Rajapaksa to express their concerns about the humanitarian situation, a joint statement was released saying the government had a 180-day plan to resettle the majority. Earlier in the week a government spokesman conceded that some of the refugees could be held for up to two years.

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They DO have a responsibility for safety in the camps
[info]pack_it_in wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 07:56 am (UTC)
"A report by Save the Children suggested a fifth of all children were either missing or separated from one or both of their parents"

In those cases of children separated from one parent - it is the other parent who is missing and not the child (although it does apply for single parent families - in Sri Lanka, usually because the other is dead).

Given people's concerns for their loved ones and the usual post-conflict chaos, I think this article unnecessarily increases people's concerns and anxiety, which helps no one.

Given that the Tamil Tigers rose to power by massacring other Tamil armed groups and parliamentarians, it would be naive to think there won't be reprisals from their surviving family - in the camps and later once people have been released.

They also have reason very good reason to fear harm from their more recent victims:

"But aid workers say there is also a growing resentment among inmates in the camps against the LTTE over its treatment of the civilian population in the final months of the fighting and that many of the female cadres now shut inside are living in fear of reprisals."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/21/sri-lanka-tamil-tigers-ltte-tamil-refugees-in-camp

Sabra and Shatila refugee camps are now infamous and will not be forgotten - although the violence was carried out by proxies it did not do the Israeli Government any good.

Hopefully, the Sri Lankan Government will avoid making that mistake.
Re: They DO have a responsibility for safety in the camps
[info]ram111 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 08:42 pm (UTC)
You Arrogand bloodhtirsty dangerous singhala terrorist simply tell, missing or death.
Arrogant bloodthisty destroyed all family and destroyed all nations because you bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist are ARROGANT.
you arrognat bloodhtirsty dangerous singhala terrorist way of talking show to the world that killed more than 500000 tamils.

why do not allow media or Aid workers
what have to hide to the world
You arrognat bloodhtirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist tired with war, then allow foreigners to help rest of the TAMILS.

You arrognat bloodthirsty dangerous singhala terrorist who you to decide to necessary or unnecessary are?

You arrognat told to the wold that war is finished
WAR mean between two countries

channel 4 showed to the world, what is happening in IDPs. So nobody fool to hear you arrognat bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist talk.

Tamils have been living with fears out side of IDPs or inside of IDPs.
in which countries people who were killed 300000 in one week.

arrognat bloodthirsty wild dangeorus singhala terrorist state is Very dangerous place to HUMAN
LTTE can only give a safe life to TAMILS.

UNESCO!
you must take action against arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist.
IC, US! All IDPs must be taken under your control

Arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala animals are dangerous terrorist in the world.
Arrogant begging bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist must be removed to survive HUMAN


Tamil children 'being abducted'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8060564.stm

Grim scenes at Srilankan camps
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/grim+scenes+at+sri+lankan+camps+/3126257

Boycott BOYCOTT srilanka-Times newspaper
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29423

WARNING: FOREIGNERS or TOUREST DONT VISIT TO TERRORIST SINGHALA STATE
WARNING: ARROGANT BLOODTHIRSTY SINGHALA MONKS ARE DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD
WARNING: ALL SINGHALESE ARE ARROGANTS, BLOODTHIRSTY AND DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD.
WARNING: SINGHALA SRILANKA IS A TERRORIST STATE
Paramilitary groups - They are doing such a thing in North and East
[info]malinig wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 05:54 pm (UTC)
These groups controlled by Sri lankan govt. Sri lankan govt allowed them to do murder, kidnap etc to tamils.

Because of this most abroad tamils supporting LTTE.

We tamils don't know who are these people, but they speak tamil. We tamils think they got some sort of connection with sinhalese.

This paramilitary groups also operating from UK, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. They do have their own radio station in London. Previous Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumuartunge helped them to open this radio station againgt tamils. If you do a little bit research you will know about them. Specially they kinapped young children as under 10 and assault them and dumped the bodies in the well.

Sri Lankan govt encouraged these groups to wiped out tamils. These groups working for money. They do not have any ambition or any thing. They just want money.

One of the group controlling Jaffna ( North) called" EPDP" (You mentioned above), Jaffna tamils scared of them. Every corner in Jaffna they put their camps next to Sri Lankan army.
Jaffna people very scared of this group than Sri Lankan army.

This is all happening under Sri Lankan Authorities.


Re: Paramilitary groups - They are doing such a thing in North and East
[info]pack_it_in wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 06:19 pm (UTC)
Any sources for these claims (OTHER than Tamilnet, Sangam...usual suspects)?

---------------------

Sorry, but you folks have been had again (first KP's statement, then the 'photo' of Praba). For details see:

http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17801

I notice Tamilnet is still saying he's alive and well.

May I suggest you wait for a video clip (with audio) before you hand over any more of your life savings.

But make sure it turns up within the next couple of days (you've seen what they can do in the movies these days).
Boycott BOYCOTT srilanka arrogant bloodthirsty terrorist state
[info]ram111 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 07:11 pm (UTC)
Tamil children 'being abducted'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8060564.stm

Grim scenes at Srilankan camps
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/grim+scenes+at+sri+lankan+camps+/3126257

Boycott BOYCOTT srilanka-Times newspaper
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29423

WARNING: FOREIGNERS or TOUREST DONT VISIT TO TERRORIST SINGHALA STATE
WARNING: ARROGANT BLOODTHIRSTY SINGHALA MONKS ARE DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD
WARNING: ALL SINGHALESE ARE ARROGANTS, BLOODTHIRSTY AND DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD.
WARNING: SINGHALA SRILANKA IS A TERRORIST STATE
Give them a break
[info]lak8 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 07:27 pm (UTC)
The war ended just a few days ago. Give them a break - they need to identify terrorists in civilian clothing : let them loose and they will start suicide bombings all over the place. Indian, British monitors have said the conditions in the camps were better than those provided in India and Pakistan.

Can anyone remember the state of the 'camps' in thSuperdome in Lousiana, USA three months after hurricane Katrins? They were horrible. Only a few people managed to get articles on this due to effective gagging of media.

So once again... give Sri Lanka a break and help if you can. The children you mention in this article, if not abducted and used by force by the terrorists as child soldiers, will be found.

Calm down!
Re: Give them a break
[info]ram111 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 07:58 pm (UTC)
You arrognat bloodhtirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist killed more than 4000 tamils in one day
you arrognat bloodhtirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist killed more than 300000 tamils in one week.
Everyday Tamils are abducted, killed, kidnaped so on
Now children are abducted and killed

UNESCO!
you must take action against arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist.
IC, US! All IDPs must be taken under your control

Arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala animals are dangerous terrorist in the world.
Arrogant begging bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist must be removed to survive HUMAN


Tamil children 'being abducted'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8060564.stm

Grim scenes at Srilankan camps
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/grim+scenes+at+sri+lankan+camps+/3126257

Boycott BOYCOTT srilanka-Times newspaper
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29423

WARNING: FOREIGNERS or TOUREST DONT VISIT TO TERRORIST SINGHALA STATE
WARNING: ARROGANT BLOODTHIRSTY SINGHALA MONKS ARE DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD
WARNING: ALL SINGHALESE ARE ARROGANTS, BLOODTHIRSTY AND DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD.
WARNING: SINGHALA SRILANKA IS A TERRORIST STATE
Re: Give them a break - [info]a123456z - Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 03:04 pm (UTC) Expand
Re: Give them a break - [info]ragukumar - Sunday, 24 May 2009 at 04:57 pm (UTC) Expand
LTTE Leader Alive!!!
[info]lak8 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 07:31 pm (UTC)
Re: LTTE Leader Alive!!!
[info]ram111 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 08:06 pm (UTC)
Why you arrognat bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist are so foolish?

We, are proving that video clip also FAKE.

Howmany kind of stories about death
how many kind of pictures after death(closed eyes, opened eyes)
So foolish arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist ethnic.

WHY DID NOT BURY instead for CREMATE


Conclusion: Arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist are so foolish and wild dangerous animal

Tamil children 'being abducted'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8060564.stm

Grim scenes at Srilankan camps
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/grim+scenes+at+sri+lankan+camps+/3126257

Boycott BOYCOTT srilanka-Times newspaper
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29423

WARNING: FOREIGNERS or TOUREST DONT VISIT TO TERRORIST SINGHALA STATE
WARNING: ARROGANT BLOODTHIRSTY SINGHALA MONKS ARE DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD
WARNING: ALL SINGHALESE ARE ARROGANTS, BLOODTHIRSTY AND DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD.
WARNING: SINGHALA SRILANKA IS A TERRORIST STATE
Re: LTTE Leader Alive!!! - [info]malinig - Friday, 22 May 2009 at 10:41 pm (UTC) Expand
Re: LTTE Leader Alive!!! - [info]a123456z - Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 12:21 pm (UTC) Expand
Re: LTTE Leader Alive!!! - [info]a123456z - Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 03:21 pm (UTC) Expand
They Will Be Found
[info]lak8 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 07:33 pm (UTC)
These Children will be found if they have not been hacked to death when they fled:

Lord Naseby from England:

Fleeing civilians shot and hacked to death by the Tamil tigers:

http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090311_02
Re: They Will Be Found
[info]ram111 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 08:11 pm (UTC)
Nobody foolish in the world except arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous terrorist

everybody knows about arrognat bloodhtirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist ethnic.
READ AGAIN ARTICLE.
how dangerous violent arrognat bloodhtirsty wild singhala terrorist ethnic are.

UNESCO!
you must take action against arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist.
IC, US! All IDPs must be taken under your control

Arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala animals are dangerous terrorist in the world.
Arrogant begging bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist must be removed to survive HUMAN


Tamil children 'being abducted'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8060564.stm

Grim scenes at Srilankan camps
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/grim+scenes+at+sri+lankan+camps+/3126257

Boycott BOYCOTT srilanka-Times newspaper
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29423

WARNING: FOREIGNERS or TOUREST DONT VISIT TO TERRORIST SINGHALA STATE
WARNING: ARROGANT BLOODTHIRSTY SINGHALA MONKS ARE DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD
WARNING: ALL SINGHALESE ARE ARROGANTS, BLOODTHIRSTY AND DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD.
WARNING: SINGHALA SRILANKA IS A TERRORIST STATE
Re: They Will Be Found - [info]rajapakse1 - Friday, 22 May 2009 at 10:02 pm (UTC) Expand
Re: They Will Be Found - [info]a123456z - Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 03:06 pm (UTC) Expand
Resemblance to Chagos Islands missing population in the sixties and seventies
[info]pearl_theva9 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 07:38 pm (UTC)
Please read John Pilger's Freedom Next Time where he chronicles western interest in policing enemy states from Indian Ocean islands such as Diego Garcia, from which the US deported entire popuation to Mauritius.
Although Sri lanka is emboiled in an internecine warfare the govt. has been successful packing us off to the West where we are employed as supermarket assts., factory workers and toilet cleaners notwithstanding our professional qualifications. Rings a bell?
It's too early to judge
[info]harshajayman wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 07:57 pm (UTC)
Most of the international media never utter a word about the effort taken to resolves problems with IDPs and never appreciate the difficulties the government of Sri Lanka faces with unprecedented number of civilians rescued from the North. They've just ended the warn but already started the most difficult task of rebuilding the lives of displaced civilians with the support of friendly nations. As they showed the whole world how to deal with terrorists, they will show how to rebuild a nation. JUST WAIT AND SEE!!
Re: It's too early to judge
[info]ram111 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 08:21 pm (UTC)
Arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangeorus singhala terrorist do PURELY TAMIL GENOCIDE.
Then
why dont allow media
why dont allow Aid workers?

you arrognat bloodhtirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist killed more than 300000 tmails in one week, more than 200000 disabled, 500000 missed their family members.

You arrognat bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala animals are dangerous terrorist in the world.
First dangerous singhala terrorist must be eliminate from the earth.
Then only HUMAN , and HUMANITY will survive in the world

UNESCO!
you must take action against arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist.
IC, US! All IDPs must be taken under your control

Arrogant bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala animals are dangerous terrorist in the world.
Arrogant begging bloodthirsty wild dangerous singhala terrorist must be removed to survive HUMAN


Tamil children 'being abducted'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8060564.stm

Grim scenes at Srilankan camps
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/grim+scenes+at+sri+lankan+camps+/3126257

Boycott BOYCOTT srilanka-Times newspaper
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29423

WARNING: FOREIGNERS or TOUREST DONT VISIT TO TERRORIST SINGHALA STATE
WARNING: ARROGANT BLOODTHIRSTY SINGHALA MONKS ARE DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD
WARNING: ALL SINGHALESE ARE ARROGANTS, BLOODTHIRSTY AND DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD.
WARNING: SINGHALA SRILANKA IS A TERRORIST STATE
Re: It's too early to judge - [info]rajapakse1 - Friday, 22 May 2009 at 09:48 pm (UTC) Expand
Re: It's too early to judge - [info]a123456z - Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 03:15 pm (UTC) Expand
Cheating
[info]123sun wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 08:56 pm (UTC)
I really do not understand who is cheating whom,I s Indians are trying to cheat Sri Lanka or Srlanka is trying to cheat India,
Time will tell watch the space I n the end both parties will hate each other
Who has got all the dosh???
[info]pack_it_in wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 09:01 pm (UTC)
Between US $200-300 million - according to 2007 figures.

http://www.janes.com/press/press/pc070719_1.shtml

Surely they haven't spent it all.

Someone must have squirreled a bit aside for a rainy day to pay for those bare necessities like:

- doctored photographs to keep the donations pouring in

- credit cloning devices for involuntary donations

- KP's retirement pension fund (Well, to be fair, it's not like there's anyone left in the Sri Lankan 'senior management' to have to share it with). Wonder where he'll settle down - Monacco, St Tropez, St Morritz, Klosters...? If they ask nicely people MIGHT get a refund.
Here's one you seemed to have missed, Ram
[info]pack_it_in wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 09:12 pm (UTC)
Eyewitness: 'They are all patients'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8062207.stm

Such a nice story, too.

Night, night - sleep tight
Doctors Service
[info]rajapakse1 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 10:01 pm (UTC)
I do appreciate the doctors statement irrespective of the ( I hope this was a true interview as no name mentioned on the report).

This makes me wonder WHY THE 4 TAMIL DOCTORS WERE IMPRISONED FOR THEIR SERVICE IN THE CONFLICT ZONE.

Please dont say that because of the report they published on you tube, but this was true as the whole was able to see the destruction by the SRL Govt to the hospitals.

Infact Defense Sec accepted that the hospitals were prime target.
Re: Here's one you seemed to have missed, Ram - [info]ram111 - Friday, 22 May 2009 at 11:33 pm (UTC) Expand
Re: Here's one you seemed to have missed, Ram - [info]ram111 - Friday, 22 May 2009 at 11:41 pm (UTC) Expand
Re: Here's one you seemed to have missed, Ram - [info]a123456z - Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 12:40 pm (UTC) Expand
Tamils Allege Rapes In Government Camps
[info]ram111 wrote:
Friday, 22 May 2009 at 11:07 pm (UTC)
Tamils Allege Rapes In Government Camps

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/Sri-Lanka-Tamil-refugees-tell-of-rape-and-kinappings-in-camps/Video/200905315285812?lpos=video_Article_Related_Content_Region_1&lid=VIDEO_15285812_Sri_Lanka%3A_Tamil_refugees_tell_of_rape_and_kinappings_in_camps


Tamil children 'being abducted'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8060564.stm

Grim scenes at Srilankan camps
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/grim+scenes+at+sri+lankan+camps+/3126257

Boycott BOYCOTT srilanka-Times newspaper
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29423

WARNING: FOREIGNERS or TOUREST DONT VISIT TO TERRORIST SINGHALA STATE
WARNING: ARROGANT BLOODTHIRSTY SINGHALA MONKS ARE DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD
WARNING: ALL SINGHALESE ARE ARROGANTS, BLOODTHIRSTY AND DANGEROUS TERRORIST IN THE WORLD.
WARNING: SINGHALA SRILANKA IS A TERRORIST STATE
[info]lawrat wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 02:40 am (UTC)
Is'nt it ironic that there are uncanny similarities between Hitler and Rajapakse.Both fed the people with deceit and blatant lies,murdered their own citizens in millions and ride on a wave of popularity.And both claimed they did it for their people and prepared to die for it.
Beautiful Land,sad people sad country
[info]lawrat wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 02:54 am (UTC)
It is apparent that the only thing the Sri Lankans are good at are death squads,mass killings and senseless violence.I cannot see how any person even with the least conciousness of an earthworm can defend this barbaric inhuman behaviour.Besides tea and cricket ,(thanks to the British and foreign coaches) can anyone name any field these sad souls are good at?.
The Fasicsts Dictators
[info]lawrat wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 03:12 am (UTC)
Since 1948 the Sri Lankans have been electing their so called leaders who have been nothing but criminals and thugs and now culminatinating in the present "Hitler"of Asia. Its now become the devils playing field.Where as most of the world has moved on in the right direction with human rights,eqallity of women, freedom of speech etc. the Sri Lankan fascists have taken the country backwards to the miiddle ages. If this trend continues soon the the country will be back to the stone age.British please come back before its too late and before it becomes another Easter Isalnd.
[info]chrissharpe wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 05:05 am (UTC)
Its really sad what the Tamil civilians are going through. Sky news and the Guardian also reported that the Sri Lankan government are kidnapping the Tamil children as well. I have actually seen a forward sent by a Singalese army [who felt sorry for the Tamil civilans trapped in the so called SAFE ZONE], where the Tamil children all lining up in a queue and you see their parents forced to sit against a tree with barbed wire around them and Sri Lankan Armies outside the barbed wire with guns guarding the parents. I have also seen another forward sent by a Singalese cook that felt sorry for the Tamil Civilians. The picture that was sent by the cook showed Tamil Civilians tied in pairs naked inside a room. See all these the world will never know or see because the SRi Lankan government bans the journalist from entering into the country. Mahinda and his army are scared that if journalists come to SRi Lanka all their lies and cruelties that they have been conducting for years will surface.

Mahinda Samarasinghe, the Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights, said: "That is not correct. We have the responsibility for the protection [of people] in the camps."

Yes Mahinda you do have the respomsibility to protect the people in the camps however you have failed this respomsibility miserably. If you are doing your job then why ban the journalists? Are you scared that the journalist will find the truth and all your lies and fake speech about caring for Tamil cibilians will unfold?
Reprehensible
[info]tamilcanadian wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 07:43 am (UTC)
I can not even fathom the gross violations the SL government continues to commit. A blatent disregard to the UN and the Geneva convention...furthermore the President has the audacity to give such a defiant and almost mocking speech regarding war crimes on the eve of the arrival of the Secretary General of the UN...
Fascist Psychopaths
[info]lawrat wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 09:26 am (UTC)
The Sri Lankan government is headed by criminals and fascist psychopaths .Rajapaki is no more than a present day Hitler,Idi Amin and Sadam Hussein all three in one.And dont be fooled by by the yellow robed shaven headed thugs either.They are no more than racist skinheads in camouflage.They are the ultimate insult to enlightened divine soul of Lord Budha.
Psychopath at the helm
[info]lawrat wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 09:48 am (UTC)
Rajapaki is a cold blooded killer of children.He literally thought he can hide everything from the world but the US sattelite and the internet has exposed the treachery and the killing he and his killers have committed.He is also an absolute a/h and an ignorant idiot believing the internet is some kind of fishing net.
Sri Lankan Dead Wits?
[info]lawrat wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 11:32 am (UTC)
Can any one think of anything the Sinhalese are good at apart from making match sticks and killing thier own countrymen by the thousands if not millions.Thanks Brits for giving them the tea and cricket otherwise thier only sport and pastime would have been exactly this--more killings.All their energy (chi) is wasted on the negatives thereby devoid of any positive energy to be productive.They get easily carried away by jingoism and blind nationalism blurring their thought process leading to violent behavior.
SINKALES GVT TRY BEST FOR LIE IN THE WORLD AND DESTRYING A WAR CRIME FOR VANI 75000
[info]a123456z wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 12:33 pm (UTC)
HI its for world commnuity , we are tamil you must understand what away we saying, because this is our life froblem, so sinkales gvt did destroyed all war crime evedentce for vani, pls you see here all sinkales made common for save for they gvt its wrong no body can,t do like this they did over 75000 tamil big murder now they everthing clear,destroying or detryed, but where is all body is gone?????? its a big question, and the what kind of camp they keep put our people its like animals moveing, even world commnuity are more restpect for animals, but this sinkales gvt did and doing a all derty way for tamil commnuity,and ltte fight for a freedom of tamil commnuity, what happinig now we are now staying since of 1948???? who is take for tamil commuity safty life no one every one give to sinkales gvt for all site weapons and everthing did war what happning a war crime we los a 750000 tamil civilian for last minits, kilied by sinkales gvt,
SRILANKAN SINKALES GVT ACT LIKE NAZY WAY
[info]a123456z wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 03:36 pm (UTC)
HI its all of you guys sinkales gvt,did and doing a big murder,for last minits in vani over 75000 people murdered, 300000 out of they own place and the they destroyed for tamil commnuity life, its all clear
Tamil Civilians
[info]rowdypeter wrote:
Saturday, 23 May 2009 at 03:40 pm (UTC)
As a journalist who covered the conflict, I am disgusted at how you British journalists describe the Sinhalese majority.
Susie, Price and Frances Harrison BBC rcorrespondents were the first to charge down the one way street and balmed everthing on the Sinhalese. The reality was however different. Since 1927 the Tamils have been trying to have a minority rule and only a few brave Englishmen stood upto them. They were responsible for the 1983 riots having booby trapped soldiers and then hacked their arms and legs off the dying. Everytime there was a backlash the Tamils were the ones who sparked it off by attcking innocent civilians farmers. If you know the background of this case would this change anything? The Tamils are allowed to move to the Sinhalese areas while the Sinhalese are murdered if the inverse was to happen. The Rajapakses may not have been "playing the whiteman Oxbridge" types but that does not mean the lack the commonsense the homosexual ex Minister was born without. There is no difference between the Talaiban and the LTTE. Anyway not for us in Sri Lanka. Remember one thing, you Western nations are losing the grip on South Asia and no matter how many troops you pour in your recklessness is going lose all. The Tamils have suicide bombers among them and we will take our time in finding out where they are in those camps. So you can go on saying what you want we will not give a toss.
Re: Tamil Civilians
[info]a123456z wrote:
Sunday, 24 May 2009 at 11:26 am (UTC)
HI rowedpeter, its for you ???? you are talking about for several things, but we are a tamil commnuity, we got lots of things sinkales did our life, since 1948 to until they killied 250000 tamil civilian ,but its 61 years, but 1948 to 1972 how many time they killied tamil people and how many viliges they destroyed, you know one things its 1984 sinkales army comming my villige killied 35 people and rape 19 woman took 7 guys like 14 -- 21 years old, still they don,t retuned ,they home, you are give some several incident,what away i give its very smal example, but if you go srilanka look a tamil civilian asking about, estern murder lots we lost lots villiges because thees vilige all so now sinkales people liveing how can,one example, our viliges a vani we are out from 1984 until we are not returnd, why, because all our viliges now sinkales people and army, so sinkales gvt destroyed our commnuity life,but are you thing still we can make a good life with sinkales and sinkales gvt?????and another one we are vani tamil commnuity ,but sinkales gvt destroyed our home land and out commnuity life and they did a big murder,a last minits, so in the feuture, srilankan killer gvt made big plan,but we are tamil we can,t make a good life from under the sinkales gvt, so we like to go free our life,and another question? you saying about 1983 attrack for army its nessasry, because we talk with sinkales gvt 1948 to 1972 until nothing change for sinkales gvt ,so after 1972 ltte fuormed a liveration tagers of tamil eelam, so after you thing sinkales kill tamil and rape and destroying and destroying our famile and commnuity life,so we have look and site, ok forget all what happning now 2002 ltte and made a cease fire,but gvt brocking that then start the war, its right you are saying,now we lost or sinkales gvt killied our people and destroyed, our commnuity from they own place, its all you saying rights??
Re: Tamil Civilians - [info]a123456z - Sunday, 24 May 2009 at 11:44 am (UTC) Expand
SRILANKAN SINKALES GVT ACT LIKE NAZY WAY
[info]a123456z wrote:
Sunday, 24 May 2009 at 11:47 am (UTC)
HI SRILANKA NEVER EVER GOING TO SHOW TAMIL PEOPLE FOR A GOOD LIFE, AND EVEN TAMIL CAN,T MAKE A GOOD LIFE FOR UNDER THE SINKALES GVT

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