http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/24337/
Sri Lanka: 18 months after civil war, Graham Thom, 9 December 2010:

”….Equally as confronting were the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camps situated outside Trincomalee along often barely drivable roads (which admittedly were also being upgraded to promote tourism). I was told that those in the camps just wanted to go home but the military had declared these areas as “high security zones”, so they were to be relocated elsewhere. As fishermen, their old homes were close to the beaches. The new places being offered are often remote, where even accessing water is difficult. They refuse to go, not wanting to give up the chance of returning home or ever earning a basic livelihood, so for the moment, they are stuck. ….
I was able to witness first hand the police doing a sweep through a camp; rounding everyone up to question them. The authorities are clearly still trying to find those who may have connections to the LTTE. It also serves to remind the locals who is in charge now, as if the large military presence is not enough…..”

Any way good work young Sri Lankans out there!!!!

Just as the Sinhala rural masses have been misled over the last 62+ years on ethnic conflict issues, they are NOT told the truth about the Oxford Debacle and maliciously allowed to grow.

All those who are going mad at the cancellation are not at all worried about what has been going on in the Northeast in the last eighteen months even if they cared less in the 61+ years up to May 2009 ???

May 2008 saw the President speak a pack of lies at the Oxford Union. He was going to do the same this time – his VISION FOR SRI LANKA while he prevents aid agents from helping the desolate IDPs in the war-ravaged villages behind the 21C curtain.

My dear brethren in the South, does our progress depend on the regress of those in the Northeast?

2. I hope to count the number of times ”white man’s burden” was pronounced at UNHRC in the last five years

3. In May 2008 he spoke:
”I wish to speak to you on a subject of much interest to my country at the present time. That is the empowerment of rural economy a central theme of my development strategy for Sri Lanka”, when there has been aerial bombing, intense shelling for more than 25 months, hundreds of thousands of IDPs, on the roads and under the trees with restricted help from aid agents, thousands of extrajudicial killings, abductions and murders of journalists, aid workers, parliamentarians, ordinary citizens, IIGEP leaving the country saying there is no political will, APRC running scores of sittings, Jaffna cordoned off and even some were dying of starvation, ….

4. This time he was going to speak of his ”Vision”:
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/09/23/submissions-before-lessons-learnt-reconciliation-committee-llrc-by-chandra-jayaratne/
‘’…. IDP’s being denied access to their former places of residence
Challenging the right to title of the properties traditionally owned and /or occupied persons living in conflict affected areas
Large tracts of previously occupied lands being demarcated as high security zones
Unjustified land acquisitions on security considerations but allocated for non security related purposes
The publicly announced resettlement benefits to internally displaced persons not being distributed equitably and in line with the announced scheme
Lack of basic amenities like water, sanitation, power and proper housing for the newly resettled families
Resource allocation not determined on community priorities and allocated without consultation and outside the need base and at times missing the most vulnerable and in need, possibly due to identity based biases
Some areas like Jaffna receiving more than necessary resource allocations and peripheral areas lacking in even basic allocations
Preventing willing and capable NGO’s/INGO’s, international community and Diaspora from helping people in need at their most vulnerable moment of need
Building of new permanent military cantonments with residential facilities for military personnel and their families
Plans to settle majority community families in order to change the traditional area demography otherwise than by natural development oriented migration
Arbitrary arrests and detention in the post war period as well
Continuing active engagement of unauthorized armed groups
Continuing disappearances of civilians
List of persons in custody, camps and detention centres not being made public
Failure to assist families in tracing missing persons
Negative impact on civilians during the conflict due military excesses
Unease of single women headed families fearing for their safety in the presence of large number of armed personnel of the forces
Removal of burial sites of persons affected by the conflict
Some important cultural, religious and remembrance sites being damaged and destroyed
Disrespect shown by visitors to holy sites and sites held in high esteem by resident communities
Free availability of liquor, cigarettes and narcotics
Emerging consumerism promoted by business houses who fail to participate in adding value to the civilian communities
Savings of the region being channelled to other areas whilst unmet needs of area community remain
Decision making in the hands of the military or officials from the Central Government. .…’’