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Darfur vs. Sri Lanka
Click here for a larger version. Graphed from data on Reuters Alertnet, the chart above covers the period from 21.9.2006...
Continue reading »Getting rid of the LTTE: A few questions
The photo above was taken at a busy intersection in Colombo. How much are we willing to sacrifice to root...
Continue reading »Orwellian leaders and big brothers
Shot this with my mobile, caught up in a massive traffic jam in Kirulapona. A dangerous & delicious irony here....
Continue reading »Cutting off telecoms in Sri Lanka redux…
This from the FMM today: Internet facilities and 8,000 telephones cut off in Jaffna Peninsula The Free Media Movement (FMM)...
Continue reading »Double standards?
A post here points to a powerful new report on the dangers on humanitarian aid work in Sri Lanka and...
Continue reading »Human displacement
Two posts on DBS Jeyraj’s blog highlight aspects of the humanitarian crisis in the North and the East already flagged...
Continue reading »Daily Security Report from UN – The plight of the North & East
Got this in my email today – paints a bleak picture of the North and East of Sri Lanka. Don’t...
Continue reading »Bus bombs
The south is in turmoil after bombs in buses. Allegedly the work of the LTTE, it’s bringing home, once again,...
Continue reading »Maps of shame
Every time I look at an OCHA map of Sri Lanka, the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis is made really...
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