In the wake of continuing violence and reports about deaths of civilians in Sri Lanka, the United Nations has asked Colombo to allow human rights monitors to visit the country and assess the situation.
In the space of one week, LTTE launched attacks on STF commandos in the eastern district at four separate locations killing 9 STF commandos injuring 13.
According to Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry, LTTE fighters in Puthukudiyiruppu (PTK) fired surface-to-air-missiles (SAM) at two Sri Lankan Air Force helicopters on Wednesday March 25, raising questions about LTTE’s weapons capability.
1412 Sri Lankan troopers were killed and 6123 were wounded in 7 days of fierce fighting when Sri Lankan Forces attempted to break through Tamil Tiger defences around Puthukudiyiruppu (PTK) town, according to a statement released by LTTE Battle Command.
More than 5,000 protesters took to the streets of Sydney Saturday, 28 March, demanding action against the Sri Lankan government and the atrocities being committed against Tamil civilians caught up in the war in the Vanni.
Sri Lanka’s largest Tamil political party called on the government to declare a ceasefire to protect civilians in the north and demanded that humanitarian agencies are permitted access to the conflict zone before discussing a political solution to decades long ethnic conflict.
Sri Lanka’s war on the Tamil people has reached an extremely brutal level. Many neutral observers and human rights activists have called it ‘genocide’. While brutal attacks against Tamils have reached a new height, lies spread by the government have also reached a new height.
Nimal Sripala de Silva, a cabinet minister in Sri Lanka parliament, said that India’s great assistance helped SLA to defeat the Liberation Tigers and that the people of Sri Lanka should be grateful to India
Paataali makkal Katchi (PMK), an ally of ruling Congress government has announced that it is forging a new regional alliance in a blow to the ruling Congress party's attempts to secure a national coalition weeks before the general election.
The top United Nations relief official Thursday repeated the world body’s concerns over the safety of civilians – numbering as high as 190,000 – trapped by fighting in northern Sri Lanka between Government forces and the LTTE.
The UN Security Council's second session in a month on the conflict in Sri Lanka was a "friendly censure" of the government, according to Jorge Urbina, the Ambassador of Costa Rica, a member of the Council.
The United States has accused Sri Lanka of breaking promises to stop shelling a no-fire zone where thousands of civilians are trapped by fighting between separatists and government forces.
The LTTE is not a movement believing that war is the only means to achieve the aspirations of the people it represents. But, political solution needs an environment conducive to it.
Despite hundreds of Tamils dying in Vanni daily, Indian premier Manmohan Singh wants to ‘wait and see’ for the Rajapakse regime to put forward a devolution package, something it has not managed to do for over three years.
