Human Rights activists warn of "genocidal" atrocities

[Andrew49]

Hundreds of thousands of trapped refugees are cowering under the assault of fighter jets and mortars, with uncounted casualties and warnings of "genocidal" atrocities from human rights activists.

Ignoring the pact cobbled together long ago by Norwegian negotiators, the government is using its lopsided military advantage to pummel enemy fighters who shelter in schools and use human shields. After decades of inconclusive fighting, the government still refuses to recognize the rump statelet on its doorstep, even at the cost of more suicide bombers stalking its civilians.

And despite its democratic pretensions, the government bans all foreign journalists from the war zone, perhaps hoping for less graphic images of the hospitals and schools it has bombed.

Welcome to Sri Lanka.

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[Thac0man]

I am positive there has been a thread recently on this exact topic.

[jfk2008]

It's a pity that the this tragic situation isn't given the degree of attention from the international community that it deserves.

If you want to try to do something, then read the material on the Amnesty International site here and start lobbying politicians.

[Thac0man]

This is a duplicate thread. You posted this story yesterday on Foreign Affairs forum...

http://www.politics.ie/foreign-affai...civilians.html

[Clanrickard]

Hundreds of thousands of trapped refugees are cowering under the assault of fighter jets and mortars, with uncounted casualties and warnings of "genocidal" atrocities from human rights activists.

Ignoring the pact cobbled together long ago by Norwegian negotiators, the government is using its lopsided military advantage to pummel enemy fighters who shelter in schools and use human shields. After decades of inconclusive fighting, the government still refuses to recognize the rump statelet on its doorstep, even at the cost of more suicide bombers stalking its civilians.

And despite its democratic pretensions, the government bans all foreign journalists from the war zone, perhaps hoping for less graphic images of the hospitals and schools it has bombed.

Welcome to Sri Lanka.

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The civilians are Hindu Tamils. They don't have the ability to whine or indulge in knee jerk grievance mongering like the Muslims. Also bashing the Sri Lankan government doesn't have the cachet for the far eft and their useful idiot friends as bashing Israel.

[Thac0man]

Hundreds of thousands of trapped refugees are cowering under the assault of fighter jets and mortars, with uncounted casualties and warnings of "genocidal" atrocities from human rights activists.

Ignoring the pact cobbled together long ago by Norwegian negotiators, the government is using its lopsided military advantage to pummel enemy fighters who shelter in schools and use human shields. After decades of inconclusive fighting, the government still refuses to recognize the rump statelet on its doorstep, even at the cost of more suicide bombers stalking its civilians.

And despite its democratic pretensions, the government bans all foreign journalists from the war zone, perhaps hoping for less graphic images of the hospitals and schools it has bombed.

Welcome to Sri Lanka.

Source

The war is nearly over. Thankfully. The Tigers, who broke the ceasefire you mention by killing Tamil members of the national unity government that resulted from the ceasefire are on the verge of being crushed.

The tigers are fascist c**ts who have banned and killed all representation of the Tamil people (leaving of course only themselves).