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humanitarian situation in the safe zone - March 1-7, 2009
By: Masha Medvedkov
Posted: Mar 25 09
Witnessed: 1138 veces
Regions: Sri Lanka
Issues: Internally displaced persons, Landmines & unexploded ordnances, Shelter
Tags: bombing, conflict, food, Health Care, humanitarian, ltte, tamil, vanni, water
This footage was collected by the Coordination Office of Humanitarian & Human Rights of Tamils, and was originally posted on COHHRT's YouTube Page. To read more about the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka, start with Sameer's post: http://hub.witness.org/en/node/12166. To add more video from Sri Lanka, click "upload" above.
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