Sri Lanka to free war-displaced civilians held in camps < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateSri Lanka said Saturday it plans to let war-displaced civilians move freely in and out of internment camps ahead of completing their planned re-settlement in two months.The announcement comes amid strong international pressure on Colombo to release tens of thousands of civilians held in the camps.Some 136,328 men,...
|
Sri Lanka has released half of war-displaced: minister < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateSri Lanka has released more than half of the thousands of displaced civilians held in government camps after the end of the country's ethnic conflict earlier this year, a minister said Friday."We feel the security situation has eased considerably now to allow people to return to their homes," Human Rights minister...
|
MARDAN Pakistan : The displaced persons from Sheikh Shahzad camp here refused to return back to their homes without issuance of the cash cards.The IDPs in Sheikh Yasin camp in Mardan have started the return journey to their homes, while the displaced persons in Sheikh Shahzad camp have refused to return back homes without getting the cash cards from the authorities.Meanwhile, the IDPs in Swabi have...
|
decision to grant freedom of movement to the displaced Tamils living in the military guarded camps at the"The Secretary-General welcomes the decision by the Government of Sri Lanka to grant increased freedom of movement to internally displaced persons (IDPs) still residing in camps in northern Sri Lanka," said a statement issued in UN by Ban's spokesperson."These are steps which the UN has long been...
|
Lankan government hopes toresettle majority of war displaced Tamils by January nextyear, a senior minister has assured amidst rising pressurefrom the US and other western nations to send the Tamils home."The Government has consistently maintained thatInternally Displaced Persons will be screened and released ina structured and well managed manner," Minister of DisasterManagement and Human Rights Mahinda...
|
Sri Lankan government says people living in special camps since the end of the conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels will be free to leave next month.The camps were set up in the north for Tamils fleeing the final stages of the civil war - which ended in May - and still house more than 130,000 people.Sri Lanka drew strong international criticism for holding people in the camps against their will.The special...
|
Sri Lanka to free all war-displaced civilians: official < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateSri Lanka said Saturday it would grant free movement to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in internment camps, meeting a key demand of the international community.The government also reiterated it would complete the resettlement of civilians by the end of January."We will allow complete freedom of movement,"...
|
Lankan war-displaced civilians peer from behind barbed wire fences surrounding their internment camp in Vavuniya-- The Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will lift restrictions on thousands of war-displaced ethnic Tamils still residing in squalid internment camps.More than 300,000 people displaced by the fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels were placed in a sprawling, heavily...
|
VAVUNIYA: Sri Lanka said Saturday it would grant free movement to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in internment camps, meeting a key demand of the international community.The government also reiterated it would complete the resettlement of civilians by the end of January. “We will allow complete freedom of movement,” senior presidential adviser Basil Rajapakse told inmates of the Manik Farm...
|
MARDAN Pakistan : The displaced persons from Sheikh Shahzad camp here refused to return back to their homes without issuance of the cash cards.The IDPs in Sheikh Yasin camp in Mardan have started the return journey to their homes, while the displaced persons in Sheikh Shahzad camp have refused to return back homes without getting the cash cards from the authorities.Meanwhile, the IDPs in Swabi have...
|
