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Vanni Narratives. The exposure to massive, existential trauma resulted in the tearing of the social fabric described here as collective trauma.By Dr. Daya Somasundaram

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Vanni Narratives A population of 300,000 underwent multiple displacements, deaths, injuries, deprivation of water, food, medical care and other basic needs caught between the shelling and bombings of the state forces and the LTTE which forcefully recruited men, women and children to fight on the frontlines and held the rest hostage. The exposure to massive, […]

Amnesty International Calls on Sri Lankan Government to Act on Enforced Disappearance

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Amnesty International Press Release Thursday, February 10, 2011 Amnesty International Calls on Sri Lankan Government to Act on Enforced Disappearance Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, DC) On the eve of the one year anniversary of the disappearance of Sri Lanka human rights defender Pattani Razeek, Amnesty International renews its call for the Sri […]

UN: 5,000 Tamils are held off-limits in Sri Lanka

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A senior U.N. official says 5,000 suspected ex-combatants remain in Sri Lankan camps 21 months after a quarter-century civil war ended. Neil Buhne said Friday those ex-combatants are suspected loyalists to separatist Tamil Tiger rebels defeated in May 2009. He says they remain in camps beyond reach of U.N. and Red Cross officials, but another […]

Internet Enemies – Sri Lanka

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“..Despite the end of the bloody civil war that has decimated the country for decades, the repression of dissident voices continues, and may well become commonplace…” To download the full report – http://www.warwithoutwitness.com/images/stories/PDF/internet_enemies.pdf

WiKi Leaks – 25th Apr 2009 : Beijing was looking for a special relationship with Colombo

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204118, 4/25/2009 13:28, 09NEWDELHI829 ,Embassy New Delhi, CONFIDENTIAL,, “VZCZCXRO9012OO RUEHBI RUEHCI RUEHDBU RUEHLH RUEHPWDE RUEHNE #0829 1151328ZNY CCCCC ZZHO 251328Z APR 09FM AMEMBASSY NEW DELHITO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6352INFO RUCNCLS/ALL SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATERUEAIIA/CIA WASHDCRHEHNSC/NSC WASHDCRUEIDN/DNI WASHINGTON DCRHMFISS/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FLRHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HIRUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC”,”C O N F I D E […]

WikiLeaks 29th Jan 2009 – “”safe zone”” is not functioning as a safe zone

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189383, 1/29/2009 12:27, 09 COLOMBO 106, Embassy Colombo, CONFIDENTIAL,, “VZCZCXYZ0000OO RUEHWEBDE RUEHLM #0106/01 0291227ZNY CCCCC ZZHO 291227Z JAN 09FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBOTO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9274RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 2588INFO RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 4630RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 3736RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 3160RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0887RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITYRHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY”,”C O N F I D […]

WiKiLeaks 15th May 2009 – pressure needed to be put on the Sri Lankan government to limit the harm caused to civilians

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207268, 5/15/2009 13:42, 09NEWDELHI996, Embassy New Delhi, CONFIDENTIAL,, “VZCZCXRO5458OO RUEHBI RUEHCI RUEHDBU RUEHLH RUEHNEH RUEHPWDE RUEHNE #0996 1351342ZNY CCCCC ZZHO 151342Z MAY 09FM AMEMBASSY NEW DELHITO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6614INFO RUCNCLS/ALL SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA COLLECTIVE PRIORITYRUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK PRIORITY 7285RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 7672RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 6387RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 3417RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 0366RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE PRIORITY 0065RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY […]

Sri Lanka: Account for Wartime Disappearances – HRW

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(New York) – The Sri Lankan government should account for everyone who was taken into custody at the end of Sri Lanka’s 26-year-long armed conflict in May 2009 and are feared to have been “disappeared,” Human Rights Watch said today. Despite numerous requests from families for information about their relatives, the authorities do not appear […]

Report of the UNSG’s panel of experts on accountability in Sri Lanka – Executive Summary

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Allegations found credible by the UN Panel The Panel’s determination of credible allegations reveals a very different version of the final stages of the war than that maintained to this day by the Government of Sri Lanka. The Government says it pursued a “humanitarian rescue operation” with a policy of “zero civilian casualties”. In stark […]

Panel of experts finds credible reports of war crimes during Sri Lanka conflict – UN

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25 April 2011 – The panel of experts set up to advise Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on accountability issues with respect to the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka has found credible reports of war crimes committed by both the Government and Tamil rebels and calls for genuine investigations into the allegations, according to a report made public today […]