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Reality of ADB safeguards in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is an island situated along the strategically important Indian sea route. It is a middle income country which has a population of approximately 20 million people. ...
Regions: Sri Lanka
Issues: Sustainable development
Sri Lankan doctors retract death claims - 10 Jul 09
Five Sri Lankan doctors who became famous for reporting from within the country's war zone say they were forced to lie by Tamil Tiger rebels. ...
Regions: Sri Lanka
Issues: Armed conflict, Internally displaced persons, Violence
Sri Lanka: A Hollow Victory? - Highlights
Chaired by Priyath Liyanage (BBC) Frances Harrison (journalist) Charu Lata Hogg (Human Rights Watch) Pearl Thevanayagam (Tamil journalist) ...
Regions: Sri Lanka
Issues: Armed conflict
Sri Lankan ambassador: 'No aid workers in the conflict zone' - 21 May 09
The Red Cross and the United Nations are demanding unrestricted access to refugee camps near the former war zone in Sri Lanka. ...
Regions: Sri Lanka
Issues: Internally displaced persons, Refugees
Disappearing in Sri Lanka's East
Disappearing in Sri Lanka's East: Maura R. O'Connor describes how even in peacetime, the Eastern Province is a place where abductions are an everyday occurrence. ...
Regions: Sri Lanka
Issues: Forced disappearances
Fears grow for Tamil war zone doctors - 20 May 09
Three Sri Lankan physicians hailed as heroes for providing the only form of medical care inside the war zone have been detained....
Regions: Sri Lanka
Issues: Armed conflict, Internally displaced persons, Refugees
Sri Lanka faces uncertain post-war future - 19 May 09
The Sri Lankan government has declared victory over the Tamil Tigers, but sympathy for the group's cause among ethnic Tamils around the world may now be at an all-time high. ...
Regions: Sri Lanka
Issues: Armed conflict, Internally displaced persons, Refugees
Red Cross says Sri Lanka aid not getting through - 15 May 09
Fierce fighting has made it impossible to deliver aid and evacuate the injured among civilians trapped between warring government forces and Tamil separatist fighters in Sri Lanka, Bernard Barrett, a ...
Regions: Sri Lanka
Issues: Armed conflict, Internally displaced persons, Refugees
Concerns rise over Sri Lanka civilian deaths - 12 May 09
The United Nations has expressed concern over violence in Sri Lanka as the death toll continues to rise, with a doctor working in the country's so-called safe zone saying at least 47 people died on Tu...
