Sri Lankan Tamil civilians arriving at a government-controlled area after fleeing territory controlled by the the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelan last week.
(Reuters)
Arundhati Roy
The silence surrounding Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Tamil civilians arriving at a government-controlled area after fleeing territory controlled by the the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelan last week.
(Reuters)
While the killing continues in Sri Lanka, while tens of thousands of people are being barricaded into concentration camps, while more than 200,000 face starvation, there is dead silence surrounding it. It's a colossal humanitarian tragedy. (Full article: 733 words)
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