Sri Lanka: Tamils on probation Six months ago in Sri Lanka, as the last bastion of the Tamil Tigers fell, tens of thousands of civilians who had fled the fighting were detained in refugee camps. Now the Sri Lankan army has given them permission to return home. We went to meet these refugees who have lost everything.

By FRANCE 24

a.While the government is promoting tourism, it’s downplaying the oppression, inhuman suffering and human rights violations in Northeast.

b.Tamil fishermen are displaced to let Sinhalese fishermen take their place with the protection of an army camp:  This is why the visiting EU parliamentarian team was not allowed into the East in June 2008.

c.The journalist is prevented from going to the North at the army checkpoint.

d.IDPs can be interviewed only in the presence of the Army

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