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Sri Lanka government accuses Amnesty International
Saturday, 22 November 2008 - 5:55 AM SL Time
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The Sri Lankan government says an Amnesty International report on displaced people in the north of the island contains `outright falsehood`.
It says Amnesty is trying to show the government in an unfavourable light.
Amnesty`s report urged the government and Tamil Tiger rebels to let international observers monitor the plight of the displaced.
It had other criticisms of both sides in the fighting. Amnesty told the BBC that it stands by its report.
The report, issued on Wednesday, called on the government to stop blocking humanitarian aid for hundreds of thousands of people in the northern Wanni region controlled by the Tamil Tigers.
It accused the Tigers of serious human rights abuses in the Wanni area against people who refused to fight for them. And it said the Tigers were using the displaced as a `deliberate buffer` against
Full Story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7742463.stm
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SatanKaBacha
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 21 Nov 2008 23:59:30 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Everybody except Mahinda and co are wrong..! And Mihin & Co has a following too..! What a disgraceful bunch..! :O)) |
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Everybody except Mahinda and co are wrong
Good that Modapakshe is not even getting the support from world anymore !
Only Pariah Empty vessels make more noise ! |
Revy
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22 Nov 2008 00:02:00 GMT Report for Abuse
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| LOL does anyone expect anything else from a crap hole government of a fake crap hole country... |
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 22 Nov 2008 00:04:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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Possibly this is another air-strip of LTTP
http://tinyurl.com/air-strip-ptte
Zoom in and see... see the two ends of the carpeted area, leads to a gravel road..
may be this has been used by the NGOs to land their tuk tuks.. |
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 22 Nov 2008 00:10:42 GMT Report for Abuse
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Our LTTE keyboard heroes conveniently ignored this:
It accused the Tigers of serious human rights abuses in the Wanni area against people who refused to fight for them. And it said the Tigers were using the displaced as a 'deliberate buffer' against |
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22 Nov 2008 00:15:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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It accused the Tigers of serious human rights abuses in the Wanni area against people who refused to fight for them. And it said the Tigers were using the displaced as a 'deliberate buffer' against
this may be true.. but allow them to work/UNHCR and find out the real truth how people are suffering/bombing/and the needs.
At present the real truth is Gosl blocking aid that can be seen from the Gosl controled areas.. |
Revy
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22 Nov 2008 00:18:30 GMT Report for Abuse
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Our LTTE keyboard heroes conveniently ignored this
ShanA do fail at reading comprehension? What does the title say?
Does it say Tamils accuse Amnesty International? OR crap hole government accuses AI?
So what are you talking about exactly? Its your side of midle ages tribal terrorists who are telling us AI is lying, so I guess your quote is a lie too :) |
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22 Nov 2008 00:24:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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ShanA do fail at reading comprehension? What does the title say?
You guys are so used to read titles instead of reading the content. Cannot help. |
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Edited By - jacob99 - 22 Nov 2008 00:47:24 GMT |
ShanA
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22 Nov 2008 00:26:01 GMT Report for Abuse
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Does it say Tamils accuse Amnesty International? OR crap hole government accuses AI?
Why LTTE needs to deny when they know it is true. Difficult for you to understand I guess. |
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