Rapports

AHRC-ART-042-2010 Basil Fernando Over the years, Sri Lankan Tamils have had leaders such as J.V. Chelvanayagam, G.G. Ponnambalam, Appapillai Amirthalingam, Velupillai Prabhakaran and Karuna Amman to name a few. The first three names belong to a group of elite…

Caritas says Sri Lanka has yet to emerge from decades of conflict with a real peace. The Sri Lankan government seized the last remaining Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebel territory in May 2009, ending a 30 year war. But Caritas Sri Lanka…

KALMUNAI, 27 April 2010 (IRIN) - Selvanayagam Selvantha, 34, has worked as a pastor and social worker for eight years in rural northeast Sri Lanka, helping people to recover from the country's civil war and the 2004 tsunami, which…

This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR websites, www.unhcr.org and www.unhcr.fr, which should also be checked for regular…

. SITUATION OVERVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS Resettlement update Return movements from Menik Farm and host families resumed on 16 April after a temporary suspension at the end of March over the general election period. During the second half of April, 4,804…

Passanna Gunasekera Sri Lanka - A group of young former combatants recently received canoes, outboard engines, water pumps and tool kits from IOM at a ceremony in Batticaloa, on the east coast of Sri Lanka, 300 km from the capital…

I. SITUATION OVERVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS Adult separatees and children associated with armed groups released - On 5 and 6 April, a total 1,158 separatees, almost all of whom had disabilities, were released. Some of the group chose to join their families…

GENEVA, April 7 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation have just released a report that examines the impact of a cash grant provided by UNHCR to help displaced people in northern…

"What do you do if you kick a ball into a mined area or find a suspicious object?" These and other similar, life saving questions were posed to the children of Parappankandal Sirikulam village of Northern Sri Lanka last…

KILINOCHCHI, 2 April 2010 (IRIN) - Ragavan Sinnathurai, 15, was a resident of Kilinochchi during Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war between government forces and the now defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who had been fighting for an…