With the publishing of the ruling party proposals the President would be in better position to deflect international pressure for his government to pursue a political solution.
The killings and abductions were carried out during curfew hours in the nights, as well as in broad day light by armed men in white van, gunmen in military uniforms and men on motorcycles.
Lack of facilities in the makeshift shelters, growing shortage of food, torrential rain and over-crowding are making living conditions unbearable and has turned the refugee camps into breeding ground for disease.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has pulled out of all refugee resettlement operations in Sri Lanka’s East after accusing the Government of forcibly resettling displaced Tamils in areas considered to be unsafe.
