Articles mentioning both Human Rights Watch and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

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  1. Group presents new evidence on abuses in Sri Lanka

    Explore Article The State (May 21 2010) Human Rights

    Group presents new evidence on abuses in Sri Lanka ...rpetrated against civilians during the final phase of Sri Lanka's long and bloody civil war against Tamil Tiger rebels. New York-based Human Rights Watch called on U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "to promptly establish an international investigation ......g the last weeks of fighting, apparently by government forces," the group said. It also accused the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of abusing the civilian population. "The witnesses also described LTTE recruitment of ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sri Lanka   Batticaloa   Human Rights Watch

  2. Group presents new evidence on abuses in Sri Lanka

    Explore Article Homepage at Kentucky.com (May 21 2010) Human Rights

    Group presents new evidence on abuses in Sri Lanka ...rpetrated against civilians during the final phase of Sri Lanka's long and bloody civil war against Tamil Tiger rebels. New York-based Human Rights Watch called on U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "to promptly establish an international investigation ......g the last weeks of fighting, apparently by government forces," the group said. It also accused the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of abusing the civilian population. "The witnesses also described LTTE recruitment of ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sri Lanka   Batticaloa   Human Rights Watch

  3. On the Tragic Beheadings of Pakistani Sikhs by the Taliban

    Explore Article Mainstream Weekly (Mar 19 2010) Human Rights

    Human Rights Watch, New York writes about the ill treatment meted out to Bhils by landlords because they are Hindus or......d in Colombo, Sri Lanka and was chaired by the late Neelan Thiruchelvam who was later killed by the LTTE. I visited Pakistan and Bangladesh on two separate occasions to observe their general elections. I ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lahore   Colombo   Zia-ul-Haq

  4. Tens of thousands of Sri Lankan war refugees come home to few jobs, ongoing ...

    Explore Article Newser (Dec 13 2009) Human Rights

    ...lienating the 300000 displaced and their relatives," said Meenakshi Ganguly, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. "They're all going to feel ... This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Vairamutto Bavani shown in her house...... now in various stages of limbo. The quarter-century war cost 80,000 to 100,000 their lives, as the Tamil Tiger rebels fought for a separate state for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. After the rebels finally lost ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Meenakshi Ganguly   Batticaloa   Rishard Badurdeen

  5. Sri Lanka war refugees face uneasy homecoming

    Explore Article San Diego, California, National News (Dec 12 2009) Human Rights

    Sri Lanka war refugees face uneasy homecoming Now he is one of more than 11000 people Human Rights Watch says are being detained without charge in so-called rehabilitation centers for suspected Tiger ... ...... now in various stages of limbo. The quarter-century war cost 80,000 to 100,000 their lives, as the Tamil Tiger rebels fought for a separate state for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. After the rebels finally lost in... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Unhcr   Sasikala Sivaraja   Unicef

  6. UN chief tries to heal wounds in Sri Lanka

    Explore Article Home Page (May 22 2009) Human Rights

    ...oups. Mr Ban’s 24-hour visit comes in the wake of government forces declaring a bloody victory over Tamil Tiger rebels, drawing to a close one of the world’s longest-running civil wars. Some criticise Mr Ban’s v......July 2006 that the military marks as the start of the fourth and final stage of the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s administration has been accused of human ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam   Ban Ki-moon   Mahinda Rajapaksa

  7. Diaspora Hope

    Explore Article canada.com (May 13 2009) Human Rights

    Diaspora Hope The rebels have a long history of recruiting child soldiers, according to Human Rights Watch, a non-government organization. ... MONTREAL — The petite Sri Lankan refugee's voice is gentle, but......these days as Sri Lanka reports it could be days away from crushing a 26-year-old insurgency by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The war has bitterly divided Sri Lanka's Tamil minority, traditionally based in the country's nor... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Colombo   Burnaby   Sri Lanka

  8. Diaspora Hope

    Explore Article canada.com (May 13 2009) Human Rights

    Diaspora Hope The rebels have a long history of recruiting child soldiers, according to Human Rights Watch, a non-government organization. ... MONTREAL — The petite Sri Lankan refugee's voice is gentle, but......these days as Sri Lanka reports it could be days away from crushing a 26-year-old insurgency by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The war has bitterly divided Sri Lanka's Tamil minority, traditionally based in the country's nor... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Burnaby   Toronto   Sri Lanka

  9. Law student ‘Starves for Peace’ in Sri Lanka

    Explore Article Student Life (May 13 2009) Human Rights , Terrorism

    ...d stay hydrated.” Comments 30 comments Next » 12 Matt S. Smith Fri Feb 20 2009 13:04 So nice of the Tamil Tiger rebel aircraft to provide a friendly peaceful jester of dropping some presents into the Capital of ......://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/02/03/sri-lanka-disregard-civilian-safety-ap palling I think that this Human Rights Watch article adequately describes the situation and the violations being committed by both the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government. People like Sadena ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Colombo   Sri Lanka   Canada

  10. Members of Canada's 100000-strong Tamil community charge the world ...

    Explore Article canada.com (May 12 2009) Human Rights

    Members of Canada's 100000-strong Tamil community charge the world ... The rebels have a long history of recruiting child soldiers, according to Human Rights Watch, a non-government organization. ... MONTREAL — The petite Sri Lankan refugee's voice is gentle, but......these days as Sri Lanka reports it could be days away from crushing a 26-year-old insurgency by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The war has bitterly divided Sri Lanka's Tamil minority, traditionally based in the country's nor... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Colombo   United Nations   Sri Lanka

  11. Diaspora Hope

    Explore Article canada.com (May 12 2009) Human Rights , Terrorism

    Diaspora Hope ...these days as Sri Lanka reports it could be days away from crushing a 26-year-old insurgency by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The war has bitterly divided Sri Lanka's Tamil minority, traditionally based in the country's nor......amils have thronged in cities around the world, including London. Yet tainted by its loyalty to the Tamil Tigers, listed as a terrorist organization by Canada and 31 other countries, the Tamil ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   London   Simon Fraser University   Burnaby

  12. Members of Canada's 100000-strong Tamil community charge the world ...

    Explore Article canada.com (May 11 2009) Human Rights

    Members of Canada's 100000-strong Tamil community charge the world ... The rebels have a long history of recruiting child soldiers, according to Human Rights Watch, a non-government organization. ... MONTREAL — The petite Sri Lankan refugee's voice is gentle, but......these days as Sri Lanka reports it could be days away from crushing a 26-year-old insurgency by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The war has bitterly divided Sri Lanka's Tamil minority, traditionally based in the country's nor... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   London   United Nations   Sri Lanka

  13. Jonathan Kay on the first independent video report from Sri Lankan ...

    Explore Article CS Redir (May 7 2009) Human Rights

    ...ere near enough for the number of people in the area. How about the shortfall in food and medicine? LTTE’s Sea Tigers have managed to “smuggle” small supplies of essential items. Rice porridge ‘kanchie’ is given twice......civilians have been able to leave or escape the area, reliable reports indicated to the UN that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have prevented others from leaving, including by firing at them.” ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   London   Harrow   Elizabeth May

  14. The first independent video report from Sri Lankan detention camps ...

    Explore Article CS Redir (May 6 2009) Human Rights

    ...Buddhists know hindu burial rites! What a pathetic attempt at destroying Sri Lanka's good name. The Human Rights Watch nutter then ... Britain's Channel 4 has an independent video report from one of the main detention ......ntion camps being used to detain Tamil civilians displaced by the fighting between the army and the Tamil Tigers. The video doesn't confirm the more alarmist claims being made by Tamil activists ("genocide," the ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Colombo   Elizabeth May   Rwanda

  15. Members of Canada's 100000-strong Tamil community charge the world ...

    Explore Article canada.com (May 5 2009) Human Rights

    Members of Canada's 100000-strong Tamil community charge the world ... The rebels have a long history of recruiting child soldiers, according to Human Rights Watch, a non-government organization. ... Members of Canada's 100,000-strong Tamil community charge the w......these days as Sri Lanka reports it could be days away from crushing a 26-year-old insurgency by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The war has bitterly divided Sri Lanka's Tamil minority, traditionally based in the country's nor... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Denesta Davidlambert   United Nations   Burnaby

  16. Exclusive: Inside Sri Lanka's 'concentration camps'

    Explore Article Home | Mail Online (May 2 2009) Human Rights , Terrorism

    Exclusive: Inside Sri Lanka's 'concentration camps' ...se who have branded them 'concentration camps'. However, not everyone agrees with this description. Human Rights Watch's Asia director, Brad Adams, prefers the term 'open prisons'. 'These are detention camps, not welfa......lict zone has been greeted with hostility in Sri Lanka. 'Miliband is giving unnecessary hope to the Tamil Tigers in calling for a ceasefire,' said one senior Sri Lankan government source. Tamil Tiger rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran 'Psychotic': Tamil ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Justice Ministry   Killinochi   Sri Lanka

  17. Is the World Ignoring Sri Lanka’s Srebrenica?

    Explore Article Breaking News (Apr 17 2009)

    Is the World Ignoring Sri Lanka’s Srebrenica? ...rom a map posted on the Web site of the Sri Lankan Army, showing the government’s operation against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the country. Civilians are trapped by fighting in what the the government ca......deadly and shrinking five-square-mile wedge of land in northeastern Sri Lanka, where the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers, fighting for an ethnic homeland for 25 years, have effectively held ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   David Miliband   Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam   Bernard Kouchner

  18. Between the devil and the deep sea

    Explore Article island.lk (Apr 16 2009) Human Rights

    by S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole IN recent US senate foreign relations committee hearings, testimony from Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the previous US ambassador ... This article first appeared on the Op-ed page of the New I......sappear from the camps with no one knowing where. These are the people the world has given up on as Tigers. The world therefore cannot write off the people cornered with the Tigers. Lower ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Colombo   Mullaitivu   Sri Lanka

  19. Sri Lanka: UN urges Tamils to let civilians leave during cease-fire

    Explore Article The Christian Science Monitor (Apr 13 2009) Human Rights

    Sri Lanka: UN urges Tamils to let civilians leave during cease-fire ...a "bloodbath" if they are not evacuated. The government says it has nearly wiped out the Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a conventional military force, after a grueling, 14-month campaign that saw fierce trench warfa......one, [United Nations Secretary-General] Ban [Ki-moon] said in a statement on the UN's Web site. The LTTE says the civilians have chosen to remain in rebel-held areas. Human Rights Watch recently called the "no-fire ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   UN Security Council   Norway   Australia

  20. The overlooked Lankan genocide

    Explore Article The Star Online (Feb 25 2009) Human Rights

    ... conflict which has gone on for a quarter of a century. The Sri Lanka army has all but caged in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) into a tiny strip of territory in the north-east of the island. The world has been weary of this w...... the civilian population,” HRW said in the report titled “War on the Displaced: Sri Lankan Army and LTTE Abuses against Civilians in ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Japan   Kosovo   Kilinochchi

  21. Terror Groups in India

    Explore Article washingtonpost.com (Dec 1 2008) Human Rights , Terrorism

    ...ruggle. Their followers use small arms and homemade explosives, including landmines, according to a Human Rights Watch report. They raise funds through extortion or by setting up parallel administrations to collect tax......ut that India itself participated in this "tradition" when it helped train the Sri Lankan extremist Tamil Tigers during the 1980s who later allegedly orchestrated the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Indian Mujahideen   Deccan Mujahideen   Jaipur

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