Thursday, May 21, 2009

Sri Lanka cries "victory" as women are being raped and children are disappearing in Tamil refugee camps...

There are numerous reports of sexual assaults in the government-run camps, and claims that groups of young men are being rounded up and taken away.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon will demand unfettered access to the camps during his visit to the country, as well as access to other areas which have been off-limits to aid workers and journalists for months.

More than 40 camps have been set up to cope with more than 200,000 people left homeless by the long-running conflict.

The people inside the camps are kept behind barbed wire and are not allowed to leave. More...

See also:

  1. Tamil children being abducted from refugee camps in Sri Lanka...
  2. We should boycott the callous Sri Lanka regime...
  3. Sri Lanka blocks UN aid to thousands of Tamil refugees; this is victory?

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