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How the ICRC was kept out of killing zones
Tamil Guardian 11 February 2011
Bosnian Serbs denied the Red Cross access to the eastern town of Srebrenica in July 1995 to hide the ongoing massacre of some 8,000 Muslim civilians, a witness said this week.
See report on the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic here.
In 2009, Sri Lanka also blocked the Red Cross (ICRC) from accessing the northern enclave in Tamil civilians were being massacred by shelling by its forces.
See the BBC’s report (Jan 16) here, and CNN’s report (Jan 27) here.
On March 1, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee appealed for Sri Lanka to allow the civilians to escape the killing zone. This is what he said:
“The Sri Lankan government should use the ceasefire offer by the LTTE to evacuate all civilians caught in the crisis. Seventy thousand or more more civilians are trapped there … [Also] Colombo should allow international organisations like the ICRC to work there."
However, Sri Lanka refused both requests.
This is what Pierre Krähenbühl, ICRC director of operations said in mid-April:
"The situation is nothing short of catastrophic. I cannot remember … as much concentrated pain and exposure to violence with very, very minimal possibilities to reach anywhere that could be called safe."
See AP’s report here.
This is what Krähenbühl said on May 15, 2009:
"Our staff are witnessing an unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe [in Mullaitivu]”
See the ICRC’s statement here.
For a chronology of the bloodbath, see a selection of TamilNet reports from January – May 2009 here.
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Tamil Guardian 27 June 2011
Sri Lanka’s monoethnic military
“Not all Sinhalese are evil. Neither is every Tamil a saint. But the fact remains that every soldier in the Sri Lankan army who fought the war against the LTTE during 2008-2009 was a Sinhalese. [more]
Tamil Guardian 25 June 2011
At the screening last week in New York of the Channel 4’s documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ to UN diplomats and US media, representatives of Sri Lanka’s government insisted on responding to it. [more]
Tamil Guardian 25 June 2011
Sri Lanka’s defence ministry and tourism investment
On Friday Sri Lanka hailed $1.2bn of investment in its tourist industry so far in 2011.
But $1bn of this is for a hotel and a shopping mall, both in Colombo, on prime land purchased from Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry. [more]
Tamil Guardian 21 June 2011
“Only a fool thinks that sport and politics do not mix. But I can understand the desire to try and keep the two things separate, [more]
Tamil Guardian 20 June 2011
The first step should be international investigation
"The video showing summary executions during the final days of Sri Lanka’s war in May 2009 provides clear-cut evidence of war crimes.
"Beyond what is evident in the video, [more]
Tamil Guardian 20 June 2011
In April, Sri Lanka’s cash-strapped government suddenly raised taxes on imported cars – from 95% to 120%.
The overnight raise drew this comment from ‘fp’, [more]
Tamil Guardian 20 June 2011
The link between Sport and Politics
President Mahinda Rajapaksa welcoming Sri Lanka’s cricketers back from the World Cup in India (April 2011). [more]
Tamil Guardian 20 June 2011
Ruling party MP rejoins Sri Lanka cricket team
The argument that cricket and politics are separate was always dubious – not least given what a ‘national’ team represents. (See this, and also this and this). [more]
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