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World News tagged with Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Australian Complicity in Genocide
World  (tags: Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, Tamil, Tamils, HumanRights, humanrights, conflict, asia, Australia, government, capitalism, racism, abuse, politics, corruption, freedoms, disease, hunger, internment camps, concentration camps, death camps, genocide, holocaust )

Simon
- 4 days ago - greenleft.org.au
Sri Lanka's war against the Tamil people has not ended. 250,000 Tamil people face nightmare conditions detained behind barbed wire in violation of international law, in concentration camps where they are killed, or subjected to torture, rape, disease, etc
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Tamil Tigers Look to Regroup in Canada: Expert
World  (tags: Canada, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers )

Janet
- 21 days ago - news.ca.msn.com
The Tamil Tigers organization hopes to use Canada as a strategic base to continue the fight against the government of Sri Lanka, according to an authority on the alleged terrorist group.
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Tamil Refugees -- Escaping From Hell
World  (tags: Refugees&Relief, asia, Sri Lanka, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', world, politics )

Cal
- 23 days ago - greenleft.org.au
While two boat loads of Tamil refugees fleeing Sri Lanka push their case to be admitted into Australia, two reports on Sri Lankan atrocities against Tamils have been released without a word from the Australian media or government.
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Act Now! - Call on the Sri Lankan Government to Free Civilians From the Nightmare - Unlock the Biggest Prison Camp in the World
World  (tags: sri lanka, war, crime, ethics, freedoms, humanrights, food, water, healthcare, death, Refugees&Relief, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', Amnesty International USA )

David
- 106 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
These innocent civilians have broken no laws but are being treated like criminals. They are essentially prisoners locked up in violation of the Sri Lankan constitution and international law. Lend your voice to those who are suffering. Sign the petition?
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Doctors Who Braved Bombs in Sri Lanka Imprisoned
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', children, ethics, crime, corruption, conflict, death, freedoms, humanrights, politics, Refugees&Relief, society, violence, war, world, sri lanka, war crimes )

Pete
- 172 days ago - independent.co.uk
Three doctors who struggled to help tens of thousands of civilians wounded in Sri Lanka's war zone could be held for up to a year before being charged with harming the country, the government has revealed.
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Sign Petition: Marginalized People in Sri Lanka - Help Protect Their Human Rights
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, aid, human rights, women, children, sri lanka, water, humans, safety, risks, health, children, disease, illness, pollution, environment, culture, society, government, family, poverty, poor, cholera, typhoid, malaria )

Tom
- 179 days ago - change.org
The people of Sri Lanka have suffered immeasurable, untold violations of their fundamental human rights. The worst of these abuses are horrific acts of torture and the systematic abuse of women and children. Much work needs to done to get justice.
21 comments
Sign Petition: 61 Years of UN Peacekeeping - Send a Letter Thanking Peacekeepers for Their Service.
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, relief, war, violence, UN, peacekeepers, middle-east, africa, darfur, zimbabwe, congo, sri lanka, human, rights, starvation, food, medicine, conflict, politics, terrorism, freedoms, death, humanrights )

Tom
- 179 days ago - humanitarianrelief.change.org
Take a minute to watch the message from George Clooney below. Then sign this letter and join us in thanking the 100,000 brave men and women from 118 countries serving as UN peacekeepers in 16 of the most volatile countries in the world.
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Last Phase of Sri Lanka War Killed 6,200 Troops: Government
World  (tags: war, violence, SRi Lanka, asia, death, government, Refugees&Relief )

Cal
- 187 days ago - reuters.com
More than 6,200 soldiers died and nearly 30,000 have been wounded since the last phase of Sri Lanka's 25-year war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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Sri Lanka's War Grinds on Despite U.S., U.N. Calls
World  (tags: world, violence, Sri Lanka, war, conflict, asia )

Cal
- 195 days ago - reuters.com
Fighting in Sri Lanka's war showed no signs of abating on Thursday despite strong words from Barack Obama and the U.N. Security Council, with both sides refusing to budge in the waning days of a 25-year conflict.
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Sign Petition: End the Conflict - Bring Peace to Sri Lanka!
World  (tags: world, UN, refugees, relief, Sri Lanka, war, violence, humanrights, conflict, children, politics, suffering, humans, civilians, hunger, men, women, freedoms, culture )

Tom
- 200 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Target: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Please join the Better World Campaign in thanking the UN for the critical humanitarian and diplomatic work they have done thus far - and urge them to do everything in their power to end the suffering in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka: Troops Close in on Rebels
World  (tags: world, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers, death, conflict, violence, war, asia )

Cal
- 204 days ago - cnn.com
Tamil Tiger rebels have been pinned down by Sri Lankan government troops in a small section of the country's north, the Ministry of Defense claimed Tuesday.
2 comments
Emergency Relief for the Crisis in Sri Lanka!
World  (tags: Sri Lanka, Refugees, Crisis )

Ben
- 211 days ago - shop.thehungersite.com
You can help families in desperate need! Learn about the crisis in Sri Lanka, and take action here to alleviate it. More than 200,000 refugees in poor condition -- with many more expected to arrive soon -- are already crowded into government refugee...
12 comments
In Sri Lanka, at Least 50,000 Stuck in War Zone
World  (tags: world, sri lanka, tamil, tigers, UN, war, violence, red cross, Refugees&Relief, conflict, death )

Tom
- 217 days ago - latimes.com
Tens of thousands of civilians trapped in Sri Lanka's northern war zone face a "catastrophic" situation, the Red Cross said Tuesday amid fear that a final assault against the Tamil Tiger rebels would lead to a dramatic rise in casualties.
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Thousands Flee Sri Lanka War Zone
World  (tags: asia, conflict, Sri Lanka, violence, world )

Cal
- 218 days ago - uk.reuters.com
Sri Lankan soldiers battled into the last redoubt of the rebel Tamil Tigers on Tuesday as the exodus of people fleeing the war zone surpassed 62,000 and the United States said the conflict was at a "decisive point"
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Sri Lanka Gives Tigers Ultimatum as Thousands Flee
World  (tags: world, conflict, Sri Lanka, war, asia )

Cal
- 220 days ago - reuters.com
Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tiger rebels 24 hours to surrender after thousands of civilians fled the war zone when troops breached an earthen fortification blocking their exit route, the military said.
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